Peacebuilding Design Challenge Showcase 2026

We’ve challenged young people aged 10-21 across Australia to participate in the Peacebuilding National Youth Design Challenge.

This challenge is an opportunity to use creativity, innovation, and empathy to design solutions for a more peaceful world.

Their task was to explore the barriers that prevent peace and connection in your school, community, or the digital spaces you use and design a solution that helps create a more supportive, respectful, and inclusive environment for young people.

We will hear from our Challenge finalists who will pitch their ideas, and will be joined by our Judges who will share their feedback.

We encourage all of our Finalists to come along and invite their friends, parents, family members and teachers!

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Event Details:

🗓 Wednesday 18th November, 2026

⏰ 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne Time)

⏰ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM AEST (Brisbane Time)

📍This is a virtual event. Zoom links will be sent to all registered attendees

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Event Agenda:

- Welcome and Introductions 

- Showcase of ideas from Finalists and Announce Winners

- Judges Q&A

- Wrap Up and End of Event 

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Young Change Agents is a national not-for-profit social enterprise that helps youth see problems as opportunities through social entrepreneurship. Our programs have been used by over 1600 schools since 2016 and impacted over 160,000 students from aged 10-21. We are on a mission to make entrepreneurial education accessible to all young people and aim to make it 10x faster for educators to embed EE into schools through our co-designed programs, resources, technology tools, professional development and consulting services.

About Young Change Agents Youth Design Challenges
Australia is home to hundreds of cultures, languages, and stories. From remote communities to fast-growing regional centres and bustling cities, young people across the country are navigating a world shaped by diversity, digital change, and the need for empathy and understanding.

Every day, young Australians experience the impact of conflict, whether it’s misunderstandings between cultural groups, bullying at school, misinformation online, or the tensions created by history that hasn’t been fully told. At the same time, they are powerful agents of peace: creative thinkers, bridge-builders, storytellers, upstanders, and innovators.

Learn more about the challenge here: https://youngchangeagents.com/challenges/peacebuilding/

For more information reach out to hello@youngchangeagents.com