Call for Applications: 2026 Changemakers for Youth Program for social entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: 29 March 2026
Call for Applications: 2026 Changemakers for Youth Program for social entrepreneurs
Connecting changemakers across borders
Changemakers for Youth support, connect and amplify the work of social entrepreneurs based in Egypt, Germany*, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Switzerland or Tunisia who address pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges in their communities, while strengthening the agency and skills of young people. Participants receive access to a global community, customised capacity building and seed funding for cross-border collaborations.
What ChangemakerXchange Do
Over the next 3 years ChangemakerXchange will search, identify, and recruit 80 young changemakers and social entrepreneurs with existing ventures that create tangible impact, while empowering and mobilising young people. In 2026, ChangemakerXchange will select and onboard the first cohort of 20 participants, ideally with equal representation from all the eligible countries.
ChangemakerXchange help them thrive and scale their efforts by providing tailored and customised capacity building, immersive retreats, a community of peers, collaborative funding, and cross-regional connections and access to supporters, mentors and funders.
The first cohort of 20 participants will both connect online, as well as through a 5-day in-person summit in Morocco, focused on peer to peer learning, wellbeing and resilience for changemakers and collective impact collaborations. Beyond the summit, participants also get a chance to connected to a wider ecosystem of partners, experts, supporters and collaborators. Last, but not least, they become lifelong members of the global ChangemakerXchange community of over 1500 changemakers in 130+ countries.
This programme is particularly relevant for changemakers who resonate with these principles:
The MENA region and Europe face urgent social, economic, and environmental challenges, yet also hold immense potential: a rising generation of young people eager to lead change! Young people – from Cairo to Zurich and everywhere else – are stepping up to solve their regions’ biggest challenges, and empowering huge numbers of other youth while doing so.
What You Can Expect As A Participant
The timeline/s
ChangemakerXchange want to be mindful of your time and help you plan, hence transparently share all the major milestones across the selection process, as well as the programme. Before applying, please ensure these milestones and timelines match your availability.
- Application phase: 2nd Feb to 29th Mar ’26
- Deadline for applications: 29th Mar ’26 (11:59 PM GMT)
- Review of applications: 29th Mar to 17th Apr ’26 – including consultation with Drosos Foundation.
- Next Steps: 17th Apr ’26 – All candidates will be informed about the selection outcome. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 1 hour online interview.
- Interviews: 17th Apr to 8th May ’26
- Notification of final outcome: 15th May ’26 – shortlisted candidates will be informed if they’re selected for the programme
Please note that all the following dates and timelines are tentative, the final dates will be shared with selected participants upon joining the programme:
- Kick-Off Call: Jun ’26 – a 2 hour online call to welcome all participants, get to know each other and explain next steps.
- Public Announcement of Fellows: Jun ’26
- Needs Assessment and Customised Support for participants: Jun – Dec ’26
- In-Person Summit: Sep ’26
- Collaboration Funds / Projects (optional): Sep ’26 – Feb ’27
- Checkin Call: Dec ’26 – a 90 minutes Checkin Call with all the participants
- Closing Ceremony: Feb ’27 – a 2 hour online closing Call to mark the end of the official programme, and inauguration into the CXC community
- Life-long participation in ChangemakerXchange’s network: Following the end of the programme you’ll be invited to continue to engage with the global network of CXC.
Changemakers for Youth 2026
- Online / Morocco
- Supported by Drosos Foundation
- This programme is for Changemakers aged 18-35 who permanently live and work in Egypt, Germany*, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Switzerland or Tunisia
- The official programme runs from May 2026 to May 2027
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