Call for Entries: Ilia Calderón Scholarship

The Ilia Calderón Scholarship will select and fund the participation of two Afro-descendant leaders who will be able to travel to attend the One Young World 2025 Summit in Munich, Germany.

Benefits

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich.
• Hotel accommodation in a private room between 2 – 6 November 2025.
• The cost of travel to and from Munich (economy class).
• Domestic travel costs to the airport to take the international flight (economy class).
• Visa costs, if applicable.
• Transport between the Summit accommodation and the Summit venue.
• Catering which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner (provided by the hotel and during the Summit).
• Translation services from English to Spanish in the plenary sessions, welcome and closing event.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must be:
  • Aged 18 – 30 at the time of the One Young World Summit 2025 which takes place in Munich, Germany from 3 – 6 November 2025.
  • Eligible Nationalities: Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil.

Evaluation Criteria

• Candidates will also be evaluated on the following:
  • Demonstrate commitment and potential benefits for the communities or territories to which they belong.
  • Relevance of the initiatives to which he/she leads or he/she participates.
  • Demonstrated capacity for leadership.
  • Address key local and/or global issues in their community or territories.
  • Have a track record of generating impactful and innovative ideas.
  • Motivation to participate in One Young World.

For more information, visit One Young World.