United Nations Young Leaders for the SDGs 2025-2027 – YOA

Deadline: April 18, 2025

Applications are open for the United Nations Young Leaders for the SDGs 2025-2027. The Young Leaders for the SDGs initiative recognises distinctive younger people who find themselves main efforts to assist the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Every two years, 17 younger leaders are chosen to work with the United Nations and its companions to speed up SDG implementation and interact different younger individuals on this essential work.

From meals to vogue to finance, the Young Leaders for the SDGs come from many alternative backgrounds, signify each area in the world and assist younger individuals worldwide in assist of the Goals. As a neighborhood, they work to assist efforts to interact younger individuals in the realization of the SDGs each by way of strategic alternatives with the UN and thru their present initiatives, platforms and networks. Over their two-12 months time period, they:

• Champion the SDGs by way of excessive-profile advocacy, storytelling and strategic collaborations in methods most accessible and relatable to younger individuals throughout totally different contexts;
• Engage in world conversations, together with at UN and worldwide occasions, to amplify youth views on sustainable growth;
• Inspire and mobilize their communities, utilizing revolutionary approaches to drive motion towards the Goals;
• Collaborate with the UN and its companions, contributing to key initiatives and world moments associated to youth and the SDGs;
• Uphold UN values, demonstrating integrity, management and accountability in all their engagements.

Benefits

• Global platform to amplify your work
• Access to UN system and companions
• Capacity-building alternatives
• Join a neighborhood of changemakers
• Travel alternatives for key occasions

Eligibility

• Applicants must be 15-35 years previous at the time of application.
• Working-level proficiency in English.

They actively search functions from younger individuals of all backgrounds, significantly younger ladies and ladies, youth with disabilities, indigenous youth, LGBTIQ+ youth, refugees and migrants, and rural youth, amongst others.

Application

Complete the application form by Friday, 18 April at 11:59 PM EST.

For extra data, go to UN Young Leaders for the SDGs.