Youth Impact Bootcamp LATAM is an online Spanish-language entrepreneurship programme implemented by the International Trade Centre with CAINCO, Caribbean Export, CACB, Tecnalia, and Tecnológico de Monterrey. It supports 60 active for-profit ventures with social or environmental impact across Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, and Mexico. The curriculum combines live masterclasses, self-paced courses, peer learning, networking, and practical exercises.
The 2026 Bootcamp Phase runs from 24 August to 16 December, followed by a January-to-April High Performance Phase for eight selected ventures. The 2026 call is closed, and no later cycle has been announced; the opportunity is tracked as irregularly recurring while the parent EU-LAC Social Accelerator project remains active through December 2028.
Benefits & funding
- A cohort of 60 ventures receives live masterclasses in business models, marketing, impact, ESG, legal readiness, artificial intelligence, standards, pitching, and no-code tools.
- Participants complete self-paced courses on investment readiness and social impact, join regional Impact Circles and one-to-one Coffee Roulettes, and enter an internal pitch competition.
- The top eight ventures advance to personalised coaching, international exposure, external pitch preparation, and presentations to European Union delegations, programme partners, and investors from January through April.
- The official materials publish no participation fee, stipend, cash award, or travel package; this record therefore classifies the non-cash support as Free.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be under 35 on the application deadline, making the maximum eligible age 34.
- The applicant must be a founder, co-founder, or leader of an active venture based in Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, or Mexico; nationality is not stated as a restriction.
- The venture must be for-profit, generate clear social or environmental impact, and be legally registered or in the process of registration.
- Applicants must be available for approximately two hours per week.
- No education, gender, or work-experience requirement is published.
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Residence required
Argentina · Colombia · El Salvador · Mexico
Age requirement
≤ 35 yrs
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Application process
- 1Review the eligibility conditions and register for Ye! Community as part of programme participation.
- 2Prepare a personal identity document, company registration certificate where applicable, core business information, impact and business-model details, and a pitch deck.
- 3Complete the Spanish application in one sitting; the official form estimates 20–30 minutes.
- 4Submit by the published deadline; the 2026 deadline was 26 July.
Program timeline
Applications announced.
Jun 30, 2026
Application deadline.
Jul 26, 2026
Programme kick-off and Bootcamp Phase start.
Aug 24, 2026
Bootcamp Phase ends after the internal pitch competition.
Dec 16, 2026
Eight selected ventures take part in the High Performance Phase.
January–April 2027
Next cycle
No reopening date has been announced.