Deadline: October 8, 2023.
The CoalitionWILD EXCELerator is a rigorous 6 month leadership development program. Each participant is accepted based on their individually proposed idea of an environmental project they want to implement that will tackle an issue facing an ecosystem, their community, their culture, or their livelihood.
CoalitionWILD equips EXCELerator participants (EXLs) with the tools, support, and confidence needed to implement that idea. In doing that, we focus on the 3 Ps: Project Development, Personal Growth, and Professional Network.
Participants undertaking the EXCELerator LIVE program will:
- Have access to 15 live sessions, facilitated by the CoalitionWILD team, where they will have the opportunity to apply the key concepts learnt during the recorded sessions to their own projects through the study in groups of case studies. During these sessions, participants will also have the space to share their progress about their projects, and thoughts about the recorded sessions, but also to engage in exercises that will bring them one step closer to the implementation of their initiative. Live sessions are designed to be interactive, therefore we will encourage participants to participate, ask questions, and bring their perspectives to the sessions
- Develop several tasks to translate learnings into action. Some recorded sessions will have a follow-up task associated with them. These are to help participants to implement and integrate the tips, practices, and information learned from the sessions into their projects and everyday life.
- Have access to a peer-learning scheme, where 2-4 EXCELerator participants will be grouped taking into account their regional and thematic focus, in order to be able to work together with their group and support each other throughout their journey.
Eligibility
- Be 35 years of age or younger at the start of the program (November 2, 2023).
- Have a project idea, a project on its early implementation or a project with the potential to scale up within the environmental field.
- Have the energy to dedicate to the development of their project idea, thus having the availability of completing the training in any of its modalities.
- Have a computer and reliable internet connection to access the program’s learning platform and be able to watch the recorded sessions (as well as the live sessions, if you are applying for the EXCELerator LIVE program).
- For the EXCELerator LIVE program: Availability to participate in the live sessions throughout the six months of the program, happening on Thursdays between 12.30 to 14.00 UTC.
For more information and application.