Applications Open for the 2026 Internet Society Youth Ambassador Program

If you need to make a significant influence, strengthen your abilities, and symbolize your group on a worldwide stage, this program is for you.

What Is the Youth Ambassador Program?

Each 12 months, the Internet Society selects 15 distinctive younger individuals (ages 18–30) from round the world to take part in a 12-month management and advocacy program.

Youth Ambassadors obtain superior coaching, international networking alternatives, and mentorship from high Internet governance specialists. They additionally attend a serious Internet occasion chosen particularly for their profile and pursuits.

This program empowers younger leaders to collaborate, innovate, and advocate for a greater digital future.

Do you need to:

✓ make a huge impact on Internet governance in your group?
✓ obtain coaching and join with a community of key influencers in the Internet governance sphere?
✓ attend a key Internet occasion?
✓ achieve entry to a platform the place you may increase your voice on Internet points that matter to you?
✓ affect insurance policies that defend the Internet?

Become an Internet Society Youth Ambassador!

Each 12 months, the Internet Society chooses fifteen younger, passionate individuals to take part in the Youth Ambassador Program, equipping the subsequent technology of Internet leaders to collaborate and innovate for a greater world.

Why Apply?

This program brings the alternative to:

• Join a community of educated Internet leaders who proceed to develop their abilities and competencies, actively assist Internet Society’s mission, and advocate for defending the Internet.

• Deepen your topic experience by way of particular Internet governance on-line coaching.

• Broaden your advocacy, communications, venture administration, and management abilities.

• Attend a major Internet occasion particularly chosen for you in accordance with your preferences, profile, and site.

• Engage and collaborate with key Internet stakeholders round the world.

• Be mentored by key Internet leaders and specialists.

• Develop the abilities and connections wanted to make extra of an influence in your area people (and past!).

• Benefit from sharing networks, studying from one another’s approaches, working collectively, and forging relationships that may considerably improve your influence as future Internet leaders in your group, nation, and area.

Am I Eligible?

Applications are actually open.

All candidates should:

• Be between the ages of 18–30 at the date of the submitted application

• Have a excessive stage of studying, talking, and writing abilities in English

• Be snug with public talking and speaking positions

• Have steady Internet entry throughout all phases of the program and the applicable tools

• Be capable of dedicate a minimal of 4 hours per week throughout the 12-month program

• Be obtainable for weekly conferences and webinars, often between 11:00 and 16:00 UTC

• Be capable of journey internationally and maintain a legitimate passport

• Not have been beforehand chosen as:

  • IGF Ambassador

  • IGF Youth Ambassador

  • Youth@IGF Fellow

  • Youth Ambassador

What’s the Selection Process?

There is an annual choice course of, with purposes for every consumption opening in the fall. The course of has two phases:

1. Online Application

A variety committee opinions all purposes with out figuring out demographic data. The committee—composed of Internet Society workers, alumni, and leaders from Chapters, Special Interest Groups, and Standing Groups—scores candidates on:

• Alignment with Internet Society’s mission and imaginative and prescient

• Demonstrated efforts in constructing, selling, and defending an open, globally linked, safe, and reliable Internet

2. Online Internet Governance Course

The highest-scoring candidates take a web based course on Internet governance. Participants are divided into three courses, every facilitated by a devoted tutor.

The 15 top-rated college students are chosen for the program.

The Program

As a Youth Ambassador, you might be outfitted with data and abilities to affect insurance policies that defend the Internet whereas innovating for a greater world.

You may also have the alternative to attend an occasion particularly chosen for you in accordance with your preferences, profile, and site.

Find out what you will learn.

Timeline

18 November 2025
Online application submissions open

2 December 2025
Application submissions shut

January 2026
Final choice and program kick-off