BYLC Youth Leadership Prize
Application Form
Section 1: General Information
Group name:
Number of group members:
Issue your project will address:
Main Applicant:
(Main Applicant must be a BYLC graduate/delegate)
Name:
Age:
Nationality:
Name of current/most recent educational institution:
Year of graduation:
(Expected year for current students)
Name of current workplace:
(N/A for students)
Designation:
(N/A for students)
BYLC program completed:
(eg. BBLT 5)
Email:
Contact No.:
Group Members
Enclose the same details as above for all other team members in the group
Note: All group members do not have to be BYLC graduates
Section 2: Main applicant
In this section we want to know more about the main applicant of the team. Please answer the
following questions:
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When and how did you come up with the idea for the project? (150 words)
Explain why this issue is important to you? Why are you passionate about solving
the problem and helping your target beneficiary group? (300 words)
Why did you choose to work with the individuals in your project team? (300 words)
Give one example of your ability to overcome obstacles. (300 words)
Talk about an experience or accomplishment that demonstrates your potential for
exercising leadership. (300 words)
Section 3: The team
Think about how each of you is different and what you have to offer in the project. Now, answer the
following questions about your team:
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How did you come to work together? How long have you known each other, and in
what capacity? (200 words)
What skills or experiences do individuals in your team possess to ensure effective
implementation of your project? (500 words)
Describe the team structure and individual roles within the organization.
(500 characters)
Section 4: Project details
In this section your intervention has to be explained clearly and elaborately. Evaluation of your
projects will focus on:
i.
The social impact of your intervention. To demonstrate, please answer:
 What problem will your project address? (300 words)
 What are the root cause(s) of this issue and why haven’t they been addressed yet?
(300 words)
 How significant is it to solve the issue at present? (300 words)
ii.
The innovation in your idea. To demonstrate, please explain:
 What intervention you want to implement to address the problem mentioned in the
previous section. Discuss the idea itself as well as the target beneficiaries of your
intervention. (500 words)
 How did you come to this idea? What are the underlying assumption(s) behind
making the model work? (300 words)
 How will the lives of your target beneficiaries improve because of your intervention?
(300 words)
 What makes your intervention unique from other initiatives addressing the same
problem? (300 words)
iii.
The strategy in your plan. Please discuss:
 What kind of obstacles do you envision facing during the implementation of your
intervention? (300 words)
 How do you plan to tackle the aforementioned obstacles? (300 words)
 Who are your key stakeholders and what are their roles in the implementation of
your project? (300 words)
iv.
The sustainability of your project. Please demonstrate:
 How will you measure the success of your project? Elaborate on the
qualitative/quantitative indicators you will set to monitor the progress of your
intervention. (300 words)
 What is your long term plan for the project? Include a detailed description of how
you plan to keep your intervention operational after funding is finished and how you
can scale up or expand the intervention if it proves to be successful after primary
implementation. (500 words)