Innovation & SDGs
S!NERGY
A launchpad for youth-led projects with real community impact.
Programme overview
S!NERGY gives youth-led innovation a public platform and connects social purpose with clear project thinking. It centres on ideas that respond to community challenges and contribute to sustainable development, bringing project teams into conversation with mentors and wider audiences. The emphasis is on explaining a need, presenting a credible response and showing how an initiative can develop responsibly. Each edition’s confirmed contest format, participation arrangements and recognition details are announced separately by the organising office.
Inside the programme
Innovation with social purpose
A strong idea begins with a meaningful problem, not simply a new product or presentation. S!NERGY encourages attention to local context, the people affected and the contribution a project hopes to make. Teams can explore the connection between their initiative and sustainable development while explaining the practical value of their proposed response.
Clear projects & compelling pitches
A project presentation should make the challenge, solution and next steps understandable. Teams can describe who the initiative serves, how it works, what resources it needs and how progress could be assessed. Feedback and mentoring provide space to strengthen the proposal, question assumptions and communicate the idea with clarity rather than relying on promises of impact.
Visibility & continued development
Public project stories help audiences discover youth initiatives and understand the thinking behind them. The showcase provides a place to explore published projects, while any opportunities for recognition or support follow the approved arrangements of the relevant edition. Visibility is an invitation to learn about a project, not a guarantee of funding, selection or an award.
Programme imagery is illustrative and does not depict a documented event or award recipient.