Call for Climate Skill Global Collaboration Grant is Open Now !!!

Eligibility mandates a joint proposal from one lead UK institution (including Higher Education, TVET institutions, training providers, or NGOs) and one lead partner country institution. This requirement underscores the commitment to co-creation, ensuring that the curricula, training models, and resources developed are mutually beneficial, culturally relevant, and aligned with local skills gaps. A crucial, overarching objective of the program is comprehensive capacity strengthening and mutual knowledge exchange. This helps partner organizations build sustainable, long-term educational programming well beyond the grant period, fostering enduring international connections and shared best practices in climate education.

The ultimate and most vital beneficiaries are the young people themselves, who will accelerate their entry into meaningful green jobs and foster the creation of climate-resilient entrepreneurship ventures. By actively working to close the identified skills gap in rapidly emerging green industries, the British Council and its partners aim to cultivate a generation of resilient, skille,d and socially conscious workers who can actively drive sustainable development and innovation on a global scale, making a tangible impact on the climate crisis.

Benefits

• Partner institutions will receive financial grants of up to £85,000 to fund the co-designed collaborative projects.

• The grant will establish new, or strengthen existing, strategic international partnerships between UK institutions and local organisations in the partner countries.

• Partner institutions will undergo capacity strengthening and benefit from mutual knowledge exchange and sustained engagement.

• Young people (18-30) will gain access to structured, industry-aligned green work experience and/or green entrepreneurship experience.

• Participants will acquire specialized green skills and core life skills necessary for successful careers in the green economy.

• The project will create and promote clear pathways for young people to enter green jobs and drive sustainable development in their respective countries.

Eligibilities

• The proposal must be a joint application between one lead UK institution and one lead institution from a partner country: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, or Vietnam.

• All participating organizations must be one of the following: Higher Education Institutions, Technical and Vocational Education institutions, Training Providers or Non-Governmental Organizations.

• The project collaboration must focus on delivering structured, industry-aligned opportunities for young people (aged 18-30) to gain green work experience.

• The project must support capacity strengthening of each partner organization while stimulating longer-term interactions between the two countries.