The Young Masters Programme is a web-based, interactive distance-learning course divided into four parts.

Part 1 consists of eight weeks of studies with the overarching heading “Sustainability – Why?”. Part 2 deals with preventive environmental strategies and is called “Sustainability – How?”. It consists of ten modules. Each module is estimated to take two to five hours of studies.

Part 3, Project Work, is voluntary but necessary to participate in for the fulfillment of the Young Masters Programme. Here the participants develop a project that applies the learned concepts to real, local situations. The project period is about two months. Instructions and themes for the project work will be presented to the participants when they have passed Part 1.

All projects will be evaluated by a jury and may be eligible for participation in Part 4 – the Global Environmental Youth Convention (GEYC), which is held on a recurrent basis. The next Convention will be in 2009, in China. The GEYC is a great opportunity for the students and their teachers to get together and share their experiences and results of their projects and activities.