Applicants pitch a project that tackles specific Climate Justice challenges using crowdsourcing solutions, during August and September 2022.

Also, 50 applicants will be selected to work in teams and receive online coaching to develop their project and deliver a compelling pitch, lasting 5 weeks for 2hrs per week (Oct-Nov). Participants who complete this phase will receive a certificate of completion from the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

The most promising projects, as selected by a jury of consortium members and external experts, will progress to an intensive online workshop focused on developing a working prototype, co-organized by CERN IdeaSquare and the Crowd4SDG partners. An objective of this phase is to make a working prototype of a Citizen Science project using Crowd4SDG tools. All teams that complete this phase will receive a further certificate for their prototype development.

Members from the two top teams, as selected by a further jury of consortium members and external experts, will be invited to an international conference in Geneva in March 2023, called the Geneva Trialogue, to present their projects in person to potential UN and NGO partner organizations and impact investors.