ITU-Huawei Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) 2025 (Up to $10,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Applications are open for the ITU-Huawei Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) 2025. The Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) is an thrilling programme to have interaction, empower, and encourage younger digital leaders and changemakers. GCYLP is supporting younger visionaries from all over the world who suggest inventive, far-reaching, progressive, and possible neighborhood-pushed initiatives geared toward making a extra inclusive and empowered digital future.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with Huawei, is offering steering, coaching, and monetary assist to 30 younger fellows per 12 months to allow them to virtually implement digital improvement initiatives of their numerous communities the world over. Through this programme, younger leaders have the distinctive OPPORTUNITY to make new digital improvement concepts a actuality, or to increase the influence of their present initiatives!

Benefits

• Virtual mentorship and management coaching periods from ITU and Huawei.
• Participation in an in-particular person international Development Week in Geneva Switzerland in July 2025.
• Up to $10,000 USD grant to implement a digital improvement venture of your alternative. All 30 chosen fellows will obtain an preliminary $5,000 USD grant in the direction of the implementation of a digital improvement venture of their alternative. The most impactful initiatives on the finish of the 12 months will obtain an additional $5,000 USD grant to scale up.

Eligibility

• Are you a teenager aged 18-28?
• Are you curious about making actual influence in your communities by main your individual digital improvement venture?
• Are you presently enrolled or just lately graduated from a tertiary schooling establishment from a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) or a demonstrably STEM-associated educational programme?
• Are you ready to talk in English, the primary language of the programme? This language requirement is to be certain that all fellows can profit from the deliberate choices of trainings, networking, and occasions.

You are eligible to apply should you reply “yes” to the questions above.

Application

Complete this application form by the deadline of 23:59 CET on Monday 31 March 2025.

For extra info, go to ITU-Huawei GCYLP.