United Nations 63rd Graduate Study Programme 2025 – YOA

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Applications are open for the United Nations 63rd Graduate Study Programme 2025. The Graduate Study Programme (GSP) at UN Geneva is the longest-operating academic initiative of the United Nations, now in its 63rd 12 months. Over the previous 62 years, greater than 3,000 younger folks from 110 nations have efficiently accomplished the Programme. This intensive two-week summer time seminar offers an OPPORTUNITY for individuals to deepen their understanding of the United Nations and “International Geneva” via lectures, analysis, work in teams, visits to establishments, and networking.

About the 63rd Graduate Study Programme

The 63^rd Graduate Study Programme will likely be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 30 June to 11 July 2025 underneath the theme: “UN80: United for a Better Future” and can give attention to the implementation of the historic Pact for the Future within the 12 months when the United Nations turns 80. The Programme will include morning lectures given by representatives of the United Nations, different worldwide organizations, civil sector, and diplomats; workshops; visits to establishments; and work on group tasks within the afternoons. Students will likely be divided into a number of working teams which is able to analysis totally different features of the Pact for the Future and its annexes and discover the general method ahead at a time when the multilateral system is dealing with quite a few challenges. This analysis and drafting course of will likely be pupil-led, with restricted assist from facilitators. 

The Pact for the Future and its annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, have been adopted by consensus on the Summit of the Future in New York on 22 September 2024. The Pact for the Future is the end result of a years-lengthy course of to adapt worldwide cooperation to the realities of at this time and the challenges of tomorrow. Its goal is to make sure that worldwide establishments can ship within the face of a world that has modified dramatically since they have been created.  Adopted forward of the United Nations’ eightieth anniversary, the Pact is seen as a robust assertion of nations’ dedication to the UN and its Charter, the worldwide system and worldwide regulation. This is probably the most huge-ranging worldwide settlement in a few years, protecting each new areas and points on which settlement had not been doable in many years. The doc accommodates clear commitments and deliverables on sustainable improvement and financing, peace and safety, digital cooperation, youth and future generations and world governance. Each chapter and the annexes embody concrete actions associated to human rights and gender equality as cross-chopping points.

The Programme will likely be very intensive, with a median time dedication of eight to 10 hours per day over the course of ten days.

Costs

• While participation within the Programme is freed from cost, individuals will likely be anticipated to cowl their very own bills of visa, journey, board, and lodging in Geneva. The United Nations Office at Geneva is in no place to supply scholarships or prepare for sponsorships.

Eligibility

• Open to all presently enrolled graduate college students;
• Who are between 22 and 32 years of age;
• Are not employed full time and are fluent in each written and spoken English. Knowledge of French is a bonus.

Selection Criteria

In deciding on individuals, the Selection Committee will take into account:

• Academic {qualifications} of the candidates
• Extracurricular actions and achievements
• Relevant skilled expertise
• Languages spoken
• Applicants’ motivation, whereas making an attempt to make sure honest gender and regional steadiness.

Application

Applications will likely be accepted from Wednesday, 18 December 2024 till Friday, 28 February 2025 (12 midday Geneva time). Only full purposes submitted earlier than the deadline will likely be thought of. 

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For extra data, go to UN 63rd Graduate Study Programme.