2024 Youth Ambassador Asia‐Pacific Programme Application Page

Please read these simple terms & conditions and then complete the application form.

1. ITS Education Asia, partnered with UNITAR, shall provide the Youth Ambassador Asia-Pacific Programme (the “Programme”) to be taught online. The Course shall be taught to Youth residing in an Asia-Pacific country for the full duration of the course.
2. The course will occur on 8 consecutive Saturdays beginning 12th October 2024 and ending 30th November 2024. Weeks 1-7 the session will run at 10am to 1pm Hong Kong time. Week 8 is graduation day and will run from 1pm to 5pm HKT.
3. Applicants will clear their diaries for the 8 Saturdays and prioritize attendance. Failure to attend 2 or more sessions will mean failing to graduate.
4. Applicants are advised wherever possible to use a proper sized tablet, laptop or desktop with a good stable internet connection in a quiet and private location for the Saturday sessions. Applicants without great digital resources are welcome to apply and should let us know their circumstances so we can see what support might be available.
5. Applicants should understand that the graduation requirement is based on delivering a pitch of their ideas to deal with a sustainability issue. The graduation day event will take place online.
6. Applicants should understand that there will be in-course deadlines to submit work and in-course requirements to attend smaller group or individual mentoring sessions. Failure to make deadlines or attend mentoring sessions will mean failing to graduate.
7. All applications must be supported by a referee who must not be related to the applicant and who must be able to reference the applicant's experiences and abilities with regard to: attendance, diligence, research ability, and knowledge of sustainability. They will also be aware of any and all social/community work & activities the applicant is involved in. The referee could be a school teacher, NGO/agency manager, community leader or other appropriate person.
8. Referees must be willing to be contacted for a follow-up of the reference and should be prepared to attend the graduation day event online.
9. Fees:
   (i) The cost of the Programme is USD900 per attendee, priced on a not-for-profit cost recovery basis.
   (ii) Invoices will be issued by ITS and only to successful applicants.
   (ii) The fee can be paid to ITS in USD or in HKD at HK$7200 per attendee. ITS will be responsible for disbursing costs.
   (iii) Fees are non-refundable.
   (iv) Fees may be paid by the applicant, a supporting organization, or shared. In the case that you are sharing the fees, please mark the organization in the form below. The organization will be invoiced by ITS and will pay ITS in full. It is then up to the applicant to reimburse the organization whichever amount has been agreed between them.
   
10. The timeline is:
    (i) Applications/nominations to be received by 6pm HKT on Thursday 3rd October 2024.
    (ii) Invoices will be issued to either organizations or applicants depending on the preference indicated.
    (iii) Payment is due immediately.
11. Where multiple applications are received from students of the same organization, selection will be made based on the merit of the application information and/or communication with the referee. In any case, no more than two applicants will be accepted who are attending/members of any one organization.
12. In addition, there is a limit of 5 attendees per country in the first instance. Applications will be dealt with on a first-come-first served basis and suitable applicants received outside the top 5 will be waitlisted. In the event of places remaining unfilled by the deadline, waitlisted candidates will be offered places and some countries may have more than 5 attendees.
13. The content of the Programme will follow the scheme of work indicated in the document "UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia‐Pacific Programme 2024".
14. ITS and UNITAR are responsible for provision of resources.
15. ITS and UNITAR make no guarantee that attendance of the Course will lead to students achieving certification.