Since the winners and finalists of the Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge were announced in January 2024, the Learning Planet Institute has been encouraging and developing the finalists' ideas - the learning programs they propose for the university of their dreams. Selected by a jury of leaders from international universities, youth networks and social enterprises, 20 finalists, including 3 winners, followed a customized 6-month online training plan.
Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge
The Learning Planet Institute is at the origin of an intergenerational and global movement to create a new form of university adapted to transitions around the world. With the Youth Design Challenge, we are calling on young people to co-design the future of learning.
The Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge is an annual global initiative that encourages young people aged 15 to 26 to present their ideas for innovative learning programs. The challenge aims to co-create engaging, thriving and sustainable universities of the future. Participants can submit proposals on themes such as community engagement, wellbeing and global health. This initiative is a great opportunity for students to present their vision of the future of education and contribute to global discussions on learning.
Designed and managed by the Institut Planète Apprentissage, the training enables them to harness their ideas and integrate them :
- Framing the problem: A deeper understanding of the problem addressed by the programs.
- Learning designDefine learning objectives and create a structure to guide learning.
- Creating partnershipsDeveloping the relationships and resources essential to your program.
- Pitchingcommunication skills to make your program known to a wider audience.
- FundraisingDiscover different fundraising strategies to finance your program.
Discover the winning and runner-up apprenticeship programs below.
To support a program with a funding or mentoring, contact us here.
The next Learning Planet Youth design Challenge will be launched on
at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2024
All information on the 2024-2025 edition is available at here.
winning programs 2024
Pearl Perumal (South Africa) - Indigindom
Integrate global indigenous knowledge systems.
Georgina Odero (Kenya) - FiXers: Engineering for sustainability
Knowledge-sharing platform for the repair of used machinery.
Jay Liu (Hong Kong) - Ad Bonam Fiden
Improve communication and good faith in interpersonal relations.
2024 finalist programs
Ron Berlinski (Netherlands) - Weavership
Supporting young weavers to strengthen their communities' ability to organize and co-create life-enhancing futures
Siyona Bordia (United States) - Rightfully Hers
Raising awareness of gender disparities
Lucie Boutez (France) - Becoming activists
Giving young people the tools and resources for activism
Iqsa Aqilah (Malaysia) - The fundamental value of the self
∀ > Σ nos §s = We are more than the sum of our parts
Ariana Dongo (Peru) - Conectadxs por el Cambio (Connected for change)
Empower young Latin Americans (18-24) to become global citizens through online sessions that promote awareness, intercultural understanding, leadership and community involvement.
Jiatong Han (China) - Nexovate
Empower young people to start their own businesses by providing resources for developing practical skills.
Ryan Honorary - Climate Solutions Society
Our aim is to enable young people around the world to develop solutions for local environmental change.
Paulina Jantos (Germany) - One Home UnivEARTHsity
Connecting change agents around the world to co-create a regenerative future for all life forms.
Gia Khanh Pham (Vietnam) - Education reimaginedHow students in rural Vietnam are rewriting their own “chalk road”.”
Promote holistic and sustainable education by cultivating lifelong personal values and sustainable skills that transcend formal academic settings.
Wen Ying Ying Li (Singapore) - Rhythmo AI
Supporting the identification and prevention of sports injuries
Nicole Pajes (Philippines) - PlanetPulse
Climate education for a planetoid ready for the future
Daniel Persky (United States) - Sustainable Development Career Program
Enabling people of all ages to have climate-resistant careers
Aman Shah (Afghanistan) - Empowering Afghan women
A plea for support for education, employment and individual freedoms
Divya Sharma (India) - DIYA: Disability Inclusion Youth Association
Empowering diverse communities affected by disabilities, championing inclusion and advancing the SDGs through education and collaboration
Kajal Tanwar (India) - Flourish360: Cultivating well-being and sustainability in education
Holistic growth towards a happy, peaceful planet.
Binti Zani (Kenya) - Green circles
Equipping the world's citizens with a holistic understanding of sustainability
Ruonan Zhao (Canada), Fuelling Futures
Initiative to ensure that students have access to a nutritious breakfast and lunch at school every day, free of charge.
This publication is part of the UNESCO Chair in Learning Sciences, established between UNESCO and Université Paris Cité, in partnership with the Learning Planet Institute. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of UNESCO. UNESCO cannot be held responsible for them.
