Call for applications from budding Youth Climate Activists from Colombo District under “Youth Leadership for Climate Action” (YLCA) Project

Biodiversity Sri Lanka in partnership with British Council and Curve Up

The Context

Biodiversity Sri Lanka is a national platform entirely owned and driven by the private sector established to promote strong engagement of the corporate sector in sustainable development. BSL’s overall mandate is to help raise awareness of biodiversity and sustainability issues amongst the Sri Lankan business community.

Curve Up is a pioneering education technology company in Sri Lanka. Curve Up works closely with several schools, global institutes, SMEs, and NGO communities to partner and develop solutions that are more innovative, adaptive, and effective.

The British Council has undertaken the Youth Leadership for Climate Action Project in Sri Lanka which intends to offer Sri Lankan youth active at community level climate action the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills, and networks to offer better, more impactful, and sustainable solutions to pressing social, economic, and environmental climate-related issues through the engagement of local communities. Together, Biodiversity Sri Lanka and Curve Up carry out Colombo District’s project activities of the YLCA Project.

Opportunity for Youth

The project will run from October 2022 to March 2023, during which time the selected youth will undergo a series of intensive residential training programs on topics related to climate change, project management, and personality development. Upon completion of all the training sessions, youth are required to develop and implement a Community Action Project (individual or group) related to Climate Change within Colombo District in keeping with the project’s timeline.

Who may apply,

• Age between 18-29 years
• A permanent/ temporary resident of the Colombo district
• Available to take part in residential training (9 days of residential training in 3 segments) and subsequent community actions
• Strong interest and commitment for environmental/ climate action
• Should be able to carry out Community Intervention/ Action Project within Colombo District
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, and religions.
• Good communication skills in Sinhala or Tamil (English is not essential)
• Being a member of a community-based organization or a Youth Club is desirable
• This call is open and inclusive. All are encouraged to apply if you match the eligibility criteria given above etc.

To apply please visit the below link.

Sinhala: https://forms.gle/43E5BDEf7yQqDNcLA

English: https://forms.gle/YT92osUdb7Wmrgbe9

Tamil: https://forms.gle/hwUExaP7WArUL18eA

The applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so we would recommend applying early. The deadline for submitting applications is 24 October 2022.

For any queries, please contact Yoshan at [email protected] or 0779793951 or Roshan at [email protected] or 0715358068