Call for applications: Youth Empowerment and Training Initiative (YETI)

Applications for the Youth Empowerment and Training Initiative (YETI) in Europe are still open!

ACP MEAs (UNEP) is searching for potential mentees around Europe (16-30 years) with high interest in environmental management and governance and an ambition to be the influencers of pro-environmental change.

Deadline for applications: 29.1.2022

Announcement for selected candidates: 4.2.2022

Duration of the programme: 9.2.2022 - 31.3.2022

• For further information on YETI and application requirements: Youth Empowerment and Training Initiative in Europe.
• You can download the application form here: YETI APPLICATION FORM. 
• Get inspired! Watch here a testimony from one of the participants of patch 1 that took place last year in Africa.
• For questions, please contact: Louise Dorner, ACP MEAs 3 Programme, UNEP, louise.dorner@un.org 

Background

About ACP MEAs programme:

The ACP MEAs programme is a joint partnership between the European Union, the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The programme aims to build capacity in 79 countries in Africa, Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP) to support them in fulfilling their obligations as parties to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), to address the environmental challenges they face and to reap the benefits of improved environmental governance at national and regional levels.

Introduction to YETI: