Salzburg Global Public Policy New Voices Europe (PPNVE) Program – Cohort 5 – YOA

Deadline: January 23, 2026

Applications are open for the Salzburg Global Public Policy New Voices Europe (PPNVE) Program – Cohort 5. Through a mixture of digital periods, mentoring, and in-particular person engagement, the Public Policy New Voices Europe Fellowship presents a structured yr of studying, reflection, and collaboration to strengthen management capability and broaden the presence of various voices in public coverage.

This program goals to:  

• Catalyze Transformative Leadership: Equip rising and mid-profession leaders with the information, abilities, and strategic networks wanted to navigate advanced coverage, expertise, and governance challenges throughout Europe.  
• Advance Responsible Technology and Governance: Explore and develop ahead-wanting coverage options that promote moral, equitable, and sustainable use of expertise, strengthen digital governance, and improve societal resilience.  
• Build a Regional Network for Impact: Foster a vibrant, cross-sectoral neighborhood of leaders dedicated to collaboration, information sharing, and scaling options that handle the area’s most urgent technological and societal challenges.  

Main Topics

• Data Governance: As information underpins Europe’s economies, public establishments, and digital providers, questions of sovereignty, privateness, and cross-border information flows have grow to be central to the area’s competitiveness and democratic resilience. Europe’s regulatory panorama — from GDPR to the Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, and EU AI Act — units a excessive bar for safeguarding residents’ rights, but additionally creates complexity for governments and trade navigating implementation. This theme explores how policymakers can strengthen public belief by way of coherent and future-proof information governance, moral and accountable AI use, and better transparency, whereas addressing the challenges of regulatory fragmentation throughout member states, interoperability throughout the Single Market, and alignment with world requirements that help accountable innovation and digital commerce. 
• Digital Infrastructure: Digital public infrastructure underpins equitable entry to important providers – from digital identification techniques and public well being platforms to connectivity in rural and underserved areas. Yet uneven funding, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and differing nationwide priorities complicate the event of techniques throughout Europe. How can governments guarantee these infrastructures are safe, resilient, and inclusive?
• Technological Innovation: Europe’s innovation panorama is formed by a wealthy ecosystem spanning authorities, analysis establishments, civil society, and trade. However, regulatory complexity, uneven entry to funding, and expertise shortages can restrict the power to scale transformative concepts. This theme investigates how coverage can strengthen Europe’s innovation capability by supporting dynamic ecosystems, selling mission-pushed analysis and growth, and inspiring cross-border collaboration. Participants will discover how public-personal partnerships, pan-European analysis networks, and rising applied sciences can drive societal progress, improve competitiveness, and guarantee Europe stays on the forefront of accountable, values-primarily based innovation.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Public Policy New Voices Europe, candidates should:  

• For the period of the Fellowship, be dwelling, finding out, or working in certainly one of these European nations: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Ukraine. 
• Be a pupil, graduate, or early profession skilled all for or working inside public coverage, public service and coverage growth in Europe. 
• Be obsessed with utilizing public coverage to construct inclusive and democratic societies that worth variety, fairness, and participation for all residents. 
• Demonstrate openness, curiosity, and a dedication to studying from various views. 
• Be comfy speaking in English, the working language of Salzburg Global.

Application

Deadline for purposes is 5pm CET January twenty third, 2026.

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For extra info, go to Salzburg Global Public Policy New Voices Europe.