Young Environmental Envoy Program
As the first private-sector partner to UNEP
in the area of youth and the environment, Bayer organizes and promotes
a number of specific projects which aim to improve knowledge about
the environment among young people and support them in their environmental
commitment. Building on their many years of co-operation in the
Asia Pacific region, Bayer and UNEP decided in June 2004 to put
their partnership on a contractual basis and expand it globally.
Focal points of this cooperation are the regions Asia, Latin America,
Africa and Central and Eastern Europe.
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One
of the projects in partnership with UNEP is the Bayer Young Environmental
Envoy Programme (BYEEP), which was initiated in Thailand in 1995.
Over the years, it has expanded to various countries. We launched
the BYEEP in India in 2002.
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The programme seeks to educate youth on the global effort to save
and protect the environment, as we appreciate the fact that in order
to conserve our habitat, we need the cooperation and understanding
of young students.
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Two students
are selected each year to represent India at Bayer AG, Leverkusen
(Germany). The selection process entails writing an essay on projects
that the students have undertaken based on environment protection
and sustainable development. In Germany. they have the opportunity
to interact with other students from various countries across the
globe. The study tour is sponsored by Bayer, and the students can
experience first hand, how environmental protection is practiced by
the company, people and government in industrialized countries.
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