What is the "Life Plus" Youth Program?
The "Life Plus" Youth Program is a program for young people established in 2005, organized jointly by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Coca-Cola Life Plus Foundation and the Yaşama Dair Foundation and which supports innovative, creative, participatory and sustainable environmental projects designed by young people and aiming to achieve social benefits.

In what way does "Life Plus" support young people?
The "Life Plus" Youth Program provides training and consultancy in the fields of project planning and management for young people who have developed project ideas, as well as funding for projects. During the implementation of the projects, reviews are done, suggestions are developed for improvement through regular visits by experts and promotional activities are organized.

What kind of projects does "Life Plus" support?
The “Life Plus” Youth Program provides support for innovative, creative and sustainable environmental projects which focus on at least one of the two areas: water resources and forests.

Water resources: projects generating solutions concerning the sustainable management and effective use of water resources and wetlands.

Forests: projects generating solutions concerning the protection of forests and the sustainable use of forest resources

How does one apply to the "life Plus" Youth Program?
In the first phase, an application is presented which contains the fundamental elements of the project. The aim here is to explain the project idea in a succinct way. Preliminary applications are made online, from the website www.hayataarti.org. Detailed information on the preliminary application process can be accessed via www.hayataarti.org.

What happens after the preliminary application?
Following the assessment of preliminary application forms by the Technical Assessment Committee on the basis of criteria specified in the Specifications, two people from each team whose ideas were considered successful are invited to the "Life Plus" Meeting. Teams that participate in the "Life Plus" Meeting obtain the right to submit a principal application. Principal application forms, prepared in line with the explanations provided, are presented for assessment to "Life Plus." Projects determined by the Selection Committee are announced on the website www.hayataarti.org. Following discussions held with project teams on financial and administrative matters, contracts are signed with the organization that owns the project and the projects are implemented in line with the contract. Suggestions for projects are developed via monitoring and assessment activities held throughout the projects. During the project and after it is completed, project teams present "Life Plus" with two reports, one an interim report and the other the main report.

For all questions regarding applications: info@hayataarti.org