WTO Young Trade Leaders Programme 2025 – YOA

Deadline: May 2, 2025

Applications are open for the WTO Young Trade Leaders Programme 2025. The Young Trade Leaders Programme goals to foster a greater understanding of the WTO’s work and worldwide commerce amongst younger individuals by making a community of “Young Trade Leaders” all over the world.

World Trade Organization (WTO) Young Trade Leaders are distinctive younger individuals who have a transparent understanding of how commerce might be of profit to individuals and planet. They deliver new views and concepts in regards to the function of commerce and the WTO whereas additionally having the OPPORTUNITY to be taught in regards to the group’s work and play a job in advancing its mission.

Benefits

Selected Young Trade Leaders could have the chance to:

• achieve a larger understanding of the workings of the WTO and worldwide commerce;
• publish articles, blogs, podcasts and social media content material on commerce-associated matters;
• attend an in-particular person one-day coaching programme on the WTO in Geneva;
• coordinate a session in the course of the WTO’s annual Public Forum;
• profit from present WTO coaching programmes;
• profit from WTO Secretariat recommendation and mentoring;
• obtain help when organizing WTO-related actions of their home nations.

Eligibility

Applicants have to be:

• Between the ages of 18 and 28 on the deadline for purposes, with a robust curiosity in worldwide commerce.
• A citizen of a WTO member.
• Neither at present affiliated with the WTO, nor have a relative who’s at present WTO-affiliated.
• Able to reveal degree of written and spoken English – information of a second WTO working language (French or Spanish) is an asset.
• Attuned to the necessity for diplomacy, present a willingness to respect numerous views, keen to foster understanding of commerce points and promote constructive dialogue.

Application

The deadline for purposes for the 2025 Programme is 2 May 2025 (23.59 CET). Selected leaders is not going to obtain remuneration, however they are going to be invited to journey to Geneva to take part within the 2025 WTO Public Forum in September.

Candidates ought to submit their application by filling out the net application form and importing the related documentation.

• CV: No greater than two pages.
• 2-minute video: In which the candidate briefly introduces themselves, expresses their curiosity within the programme, and explains the affect they hope to have as a Young Trade Leader.
• Written contribution: Maximum of 300 phrases, answering the query: “How can trade positively contribute to people and planet?”

For extra data, go to WTO Young Trade Leaders Programme.