Research/Project Grants

The UNESCO Memory of the World Initiative to Safeguard Documentary Heritage at Risk aims to protect the world's documentary items and collections at risk of loss as a result of natural or human-induced threats by granting financial support to cover specific needs on the ground.

At a time of increasing environmental issues caused by climate change and escalating conflicts, documents of universal value are not exempt from being permanently damaged or destroyed. Documentary heritage items at risk include many forms of paper-based and audiovisual materials, yet physical collections and digital repositories are also vulnerable to rising global challenges.

In this context, the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme provides financial support for projects of national, regional, or international scope that address specific needs for safeguarding all forms of endangered documentary heritage and ensuring its accessibility, including in a post-crisis scenario.

1. The Call focuses on three priority sectors – energy, transport, industry – and supports cross-sectoral projects linked to one of the priority sectors •
2. Continued focus on the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs),  as well as emphasis on long-term strategies (LTS), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) processes and global cooperation (NDC Partnership) 
3. Provision of a grant-based funding for projects that combine technical assistance and financial cooperation targeting market-based, sustainable and scalable financial mechanisms 
4. Overall funding volume of the Call of up to EUR 100 million as well as an upper funding  volume of EUR 25 million per project 
5. A simplified application process featuring a competition of Project Concepts,  preceding the submission of Project Outlines 
6. A limit of 10 Project Concepts per Applicant including its regional representations  and /or subsidiaries 
7. An upper limit of up to 25 Project Concepts selected to proceed into the Project Outline Phase in which further, more detailed, elaboration of the project needs to take place 
8. Tailored support in the Outline development provided to a limited number of promising  Project Concepts (out of the 25 selected for the Project Outline Phase) submitted by  Applicants that have limited previous experience with the Mitigation Action Facility  (and its predecessor, the NAMA Facility) 
9. Piloting modality for novel technologies 
10. Public and private actors invited to submit Project Concepts

1. Support for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
2. Improvement of CSO accountability and link to constituencies

In securing the future of the planet, however, we must also ensure that it is a future in which the next generation is equipped to meet the challenges that will come with it. Investing in education and skills is key to empowering individuals, nations, and societies to face the challenges of tomorrow. However, millions of people around the world are held back by educational inequality, with 800 million youth today not predicted to have even the basic skills to succeed in the workforce by 2030.

At Deloitte, we believe we have a responsibility to build a better, more sustainable, future within which every individual is empowered, uplifted, and able to achieve their full potential. Through our strategic initiatives, WorldClass and WorldClimate, we are respectively committed to expanding opportunities for 100 million people globally by 2030, as well as addressing climate change, both within our organisation and beyond.

As a longstanding partner of One Young World, we’re proud to support the Deloitte One Young World Scholarships 2024 which will enable 5 outstanding young leaders to attend the One Young World Summit in Montreal, Canada on 18 - 21 September 2024.

The scholarships are intended for young leaders focused on tackling these challenges, by either reducing the causes and effects of climate change, or improving the education, skills, and access to opportunities, in their communities, countries, or the world at large.

The scholarship is seeking candidates who have demonstrated commitment to:

1. Create, scale, or support efforts that reduce carbon emissions
2. Reduce the negative impacts of climate change through technology, activism, community programs, policy, nature-based solutions, or other similar efforts
3. Empower individuals within the community or around the world to take climate action
4. Plan and strategize around reducing climate change-related natural disaster impacts and strengthening resiliency

Or:

1. Improve access to education, skills, or employment opportunities for those that may be left behind by the rapidly changing global economy. For example, women and girls, and disadvantaged youth. 
2. Create skills development or lifelong learning opportunities for people to prepare for the future workforce, including in areas where there are talent shortage
3. Accelerate entrepreneurship, new types of employment, or provide opportunities for people to overcome traditional barriers to employment.