CEPS & Heinrich Böll Stiftung Climate Leadership Programme 2027 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: November 10, 2026

Applications are open for the CEPS & Heinrich Böll Stiftung Climate Leadership Programme 2027. The Climate Leadership Programme is a joint initiative of CEPS and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung designed to help younger people who find themselves already lively in local weather coverage, advocacy or entrepreneurship in their very own contexts.

From December 2026 to February 2027, contributors will take part in on-line masterclasses and expertise coaching protecting EU local weather governance, diplomacy, coverage writing and communication. Attendance throughout this part is necessary, and solely contributors who full it can proceed to the Brussels programme.

From 28 February to six March 2027, contributors will spend per week in Brussels, gaining first-hand perception into the EU coverage panorama and taking part in CEPS Ideas Lab, which brings collectively policymakers, researchers, enterprise leaders and civil society to debate the foremost challenges and alternatives going through Europe. Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung can even organise a complementary facet programme in Brussels, with additional particulars shared with chosen contributors.

Costs

• Travel, visa and lodging prices for the Brussels week might be coated by the programme.

Eligibility

• They are in search of eight younger local weather leaders who:
  • are aged 20–30;
  • have a robust curiosity in local weather motion and are already engaged in local weather coverage, advocacy or entrepreneurship in their very own context;
  • carry a selected initiative, comparable to a coverage proposal, an advocacy marketing campaign or a enterprise;
  • have an excellent command of English and may take part in on-line periods and actions in Brussels;
  • can be found to attend the web programme from December 2026 to February 2027 and the Brussels programme from 28 February to six March 2027.
• Applications are open to candidates worldwide.
• They notably welcome candidates from the next nations:
  • Albania, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, nations in Central America, Chile, China, Colombia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Palestine, Peru, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda and Ukraine.
• The programme goals to carry collectively a gender-balanced cohort with various backgrounds and lived experiences.

Application

Applicants should submit:

• A CV
• A reference letter
• A accomplished written application questionnaire

Complete the application questionnaire here and ship your CV and reference letter (in English) to [email protected] by 10 November 2026, 23:59 CET, with “Climate Leadership Programme – [Full Name]” within the topic line. Only full functions might be thought-about.

Successful candidates might be notified by the tip of November 2026.

For extra data, go to CEPS & Heinrich Böll Stiftung Climate Leadership Programme.