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Call for Applications: The 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize

Call for Applications: The 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize

The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Democracy and Culture Foundation invite nominations for the third edition of the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Award. 

The Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize aims to:

  • Recognise exceptional intellectual and/or “in action” leadership shown by a young activist in defending, promoting or renewing democracy;
  • Provide the recipient of the prize with support, including through a one-year mentorship with a recognised democracy expert or senior leader;
  • Inspire young people to commit to the advancement of democracy.

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2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize

Application Deadline31 Mar 2025
Country to studyGreece
TypeContest
SponsorKofi Annan Foundation
GenderMen and Women

Aim and Benefits of 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize

  • The Prize includes a monetary prize of USD 10,000.
  • The award will be presented at the Athens Democracy Forum, and all travel and accommodation expenses linked to the Awardee’s participation in the Forum will be covered by the organizers. Awardees will be invited to take a leading role in organising a panel session on youth and democracy at the following year’s Forum.

Requirements for 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize Qualification

Nominees must be aged between 18 and 30 at the time of nomination. There are no restrictions in terms of nationality, gender, or occupation. The Selection Committee will consider the following when deciding the winner:

  • Impact: The nominee’s actions had a demonstrated outcome, for instance, a change in policy in a given country, the rate of participation in elections, the number of people reached through a specific campaign, the number of users of a specific application, the number of students gaining a wider understanding of the importance of the democratic process, the number of community associations engaged in an educational campaign etc.
  • Innovation: The innovative character of these actions.
  • Sustainability: Whether the nominee has advanced the cause of democracy and human rights for a sustained period of one-year minimum, and whether her/his actions are sustainable over time and replicable in other contexts;
  • Values: The values displayed by the Nominee through her/his actions.
  • Benefit: The added value the Award could bring to the nominee in terms of international notoriety and support.

Application Deadline

March 31, 2025

How to Apply

For more details, visit  Kofi Annan website

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