Are you a graduate student passionate about making a difference in the world? Here’s your chance to engage in real-world impact investing and present innovative solutions to global challenges. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is hosting the Impact Investing Challenge 2024, focusing on the critical intersection of climate action and gender equity.
About IFC Impact Investing Challenge 2024
Why Climate-Gender Nexus?
Climate change disproportionately affects women and marginalized communities, exacerbating vulnerabilities and limiting opportunities. However, the transition to greener economies offers a chance for economic empowerment and job creation for women. By addressing this nexus, we aim to harness the potential of green economies to empower women in developing countries.
Why Participate?
- Real-World Experience: Gain insights into impact investing guided by IFC, a leader in the field.
- Global Platform: Showcase your ideas on a global stage and make a tangible difference in developing countries.
- Exclusive Training: Access masterclasses on impact investing and soft skills training from IFC professionals.
- Meet IFC Leadership: Finalists get the opportunity to pitch ideas to IFC’s senior leadership in Washington, D.C.
Challenge Timeline
- Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15, 2024
- Masterclasses: Last two weeks of April 2024
- Detailed Proposal Submission Deadline: May 10, 2024
- Announcement of Finalists: Mid-May 2024
- Grand Finale: Early June 2024
How to Participate?
- Eligibility: Open to graduate students from IFC member countries.
- Team Formation: Form a team of up to three individuals.
- Idea Submission: Present your proposal focusing on the gender-climate nexus in priority sectors identified by IFC.
Challenge Timeline (Tentative)
- Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15, 2024
- Masterclass: Spread over the last two weeks of April, 2024
- Detailed Proposal Submission Deadline: May 10, 2024 (Tentative)
- Announcement of Finalists: Mid-May 2024
- Grand Finale: Early June 2024
Benefits of IFC Impact Investing Challenge 2024
- You get exclusive access to master classes on impact investing and impact management from IFC professionals, along with soft skills training on drafting investment proposals and effective pitching.
- Also, if you make it to the finals, you will get a chance to come to Washington, D.C. to pitch your ideas in front of IFC's senior leadership team, and an exclusive networking event with IFC management.
IFC Impact Investing Challenge 2024 Requirments
- Open to graduate students from IFC member countries.
- Current World Bank Group employees (staff and consultants) are not eligible to take part in this challenge.
- Category I Relatives of World Bank Group employees are not eligible to take part in this challenge. Category I Relatives include relatives by blood or adoption - mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, half-sister, half-brother, aunt, uncle, niece, and nephew.
Team Formation: Assemble a team of up to three individuals.
Idea Submission: Present your proposal focusing on the gender-climate nexus in one of the priority sectors identified by IFC.
Application Date and Process
Please find more details about the challenge, including what we are looking for in the application website. You will need to submit your proposal consisting of a video presentation of no longer than 3 minutes together with a presentation deck to IFC by April 15th 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.
All participants will get access to a series of masterclasses and trainings, and shortlisted teams will be asked to submit a more detailed proposal to IFC by the first week of May.
Application Deadline
15 April, 2024
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