Its main target is young people, in line with the credo of its Chair, who is convinced that forging the environmental awareness of tomorrow's generations is one of the most powerful levers for sustainable development.

The Foundation began running programs aimed at the very young quite early-on, drawing on the tools of the Foundation for Environmental Education and the resources of the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports.

Today, it runs six Education for Sustainable Development programs aimed at young people of all ages. These include the "Eco-Schools" program, which is designed by the Foundation for Environmental Education and deployed in Morocco by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports.

The program now includes over 4,000 schools and has reached over two million pre-school and primary school children since 2006.

“Young Reporters for the Environment” (YRE) is the second program designed by the Foundation for Environmental Education and was introduced in Morocco in 2002. Over 34,000 high school, college and university students have taken part in the competition. Young reporters conduct their own journalistic investigations, analyzing environmental problems and subsequently offering recommendations.

There is also the “Global Schools”, a Sustainable Development Solutions Network program that helps education systems around the world incorporate UN Sustainable Development Goals into school curricula. It aims to equip every primary and secondary school student with the knowledge, values and skills needed to build a sustainable world. Morocco is the pilot country for this program.

The fourth program is the “African Green Universities and Youth Education Network” (AGUYEN), which is run by the Foundation jointly with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). It brings together institutions of higher education incorporating the environment into their education, training, and campus operations.

AGUYEN also educates students on Sustainable Development.

Some 22 universities in eight African countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Comoros, Kenya, Uganda) are part of this program run by the Foundation in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Program.

Add to this, the African Youth Climate Hub (AYCH), an initiative that was launched in New York by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa to mark the Climate Action Summit of September 21, 2019. Supporters include the Official Children and Youth Constituency (YOUNGO) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the OCP Group (Office Chérifien des Phosphates) and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University of Benguerir. It is a youth network, environmental start-up incubator, forum, knowledge center, observatory and dashboard for climate action.

The last program is the “digital inclusion”, which was set up during the COVID-19 lockdown period to enable student access to distance education. It has been renewed every year since. Schoolchildren in remote schools of rural Morocco receive tablets with educational resources developed by the Foundation and its partners.