Applications are open for United Nations ITU Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme(Fully-funded and open to all)
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 world wide who suggest inventive, far-reaching, modern, and possible community-driven tasks geared toward making a extra inclusive and empowered digital future.
ITU in partnership with Huawei, is offering steerage, coaching, and monetary assist to 30 younger fellows per 12 months to allow them to virtually implement digital growth tasks of their various communities the world over. Through this programme, younger leaders have the distinctive alternative to make new digital growth concepts a actuality, or to broaden the influence of their current tasks!
Applications are open for the 2nd Cohort of GCYLP fellows!
Please full this application form by the deadline of 23:59 CET on Monday 31 March 2025. If you have got any questions on the application and choice course of and please check the Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]. For any additional enquires, electronic mail GCYLP@itu.int
Who ought to apply?
- Are you a teen aged 18-28?
- Are you curious about making actual influence in your communities by main your personal digital growth mission?
- Are you at present enrolled or not too long ago graduated from a tertiary schooling establishment from a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) or a demonstrably STEM-related tutorial programme?
- Are you in a position to talk in English, the primary language of the programme? This language requirement is to be sure that all fellows can profit from the deliberate choices of trainings, networking, and occasions.
What will you get?
- Virtual mentorship and management coaching classes from ITU and Huawei.
- Participation in an in-person international Development Week in Geneva Switzerland in July 2025.
- Up to $10,000 USD grant to implement a digital growth mission of your selection. All 30 chosen fellows will obtain an preliminary $5000 USD grant in the direction of the implementation of a digital growth mission of their selection. The most impactful tasks on the finish of the 12 months will obtain an additional $5000 USD grant to scale up.
The first cohort of GCYLP fellows have been chosen by a world jury from a pool of 5,249 candidates from over 200 nations worldwide. Through their modern tasks, these younger changemakers from 28 nations throughout all ITU areas are leveraging digital options in the direction of an inclusive, extra affluent digital future for all.
Meet the First Cohort of the Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) Fellows.
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Applications are open for United Nations ITU Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme(Fully-funded and open to all)
