Unicredit Foundation launch the “Call for Education 2023” to support programs to combat "educational poverty" in all the countries in which the Group operates (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary) with the exception of Bulgaria and Romania where the Call has just ended successfully. To this initiative, Unicredit Foundation will allocate a total contribution of 3 million euro.
Call for Education 2023 of Unicredit Foundation
The goal is to identify and support programs in favor of and students of lower and upper secondary school (age group 11-19), carried out by non-profit organizations, with particular attention to:
- combating early school leaving;
- facilitate access to and completion of university studies;
- favor the acquisition of adequate skills for entering the labor market.
By 8 September 2023 non-profit organizations will have to present their own candidacy on the dedicated platform.
By the end of October 2023, an ad hoc Evaluation Committee will select approx 20 winning projects, also indicating the amount of the support itself.
Orcel (to Unicredit): "Our responsibility to support young talent"
“Education is the key driver for Europe's future and I am convinced that it is our responsibility, as a European institution, to continuously identify and support the young talents of the communities in which we operate, as they will lay the foundations for progress and success of our continent in the years to come,” he said Andrea Orcell, president of Unicredit Foundation. “I am therefore proud to have announced this Call for Education 2023, which will involve 10 of the countries in which we are present. This initiative fits perfectly with the Group's commitment to constantly giving our communities the opportunity to progress and improve in social aspects, in line with the ESG strategy and the Bank's strategic plan".
