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The JWF Global Youth Leadership Programme (GYLP)

GYLP is a dynamic leadership initiative emphasizing experiential and hands-on learning through intensive workshops, webinars, mentorship, and interactive discussions with global experts, professionals, and scholars. This blend of engaging discussions, networking opportunities, and mentorship aims to prepare youth for success in academic and professional pursuits,

fostering experiential learning and providing profound insights to address global challenges.

Participants will have the chance to connect with diplomats, experts, and youth leaders, enhancing their advocacy and collaborative skills. Through online interactive discussions, they will explore sustainable development goals and innovative solutions to contemporary social, economic, and environmental challenges.

Our program encourages participants to engage in global platforms and events, offering hands-on experiences for personal and professional growth in global studies and sustainable development goals. Emphasizing diversity, multiculturalism, and global citizenship, we believe in the potential of all participants to become great leaders, providing equal opportunities for them to fulfill their dreams.

Program Goals

  • Provide opportunities to meet experts, professionals and diplomats from the United Nations.
  • Foster experiential learning through youth-led projects.
  • Transfer knowledge and skills into practice through research and
  • fieldwork on social, economic, political, and environmental issues.
  • Contribute to the sustainable development goals.

Outcomes

  • Participants will learn from practical knowledge and experience.
  • Participants will gain access to a network of diplomats, professionals,
  • and experts.
  • Participants will actively participate in global events and take action.
  • Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the webinars.

Format

The program consists of 6 virtual sessions held monthly. Each session focuses on different contemporary topics in accordance with global events and priority working areas outlined by the United Nations and Global Organizations. Webinars, hosted by the JWF team, feature global experts, professionals, and scholars engaging in interactive dialogue with participants.

Meaningful participation and engagement are paramount, with sessions conducted online via Zoom. Participants are expected to actively join sessions, keeping their cameras open for successful interactions. Please note that completing 4 out of 6 sessions is mandatory to receive a Certificate of Recognition from the JWF Global Youth Leadership Programme.

Expectations

Participants are required to write one blog post (1000-1200 words) on a selected theme of GYLP 2026. These articles will be published on www.jwf.org/blog.

Throughout GYLP 2026, participants should attend two in-person events related to human rights or sustainable development within their local area.

  • Participants are expected to share their experiences and insights with the group through a brief 3-5 minute reflection.
  • If attending in-person events is inconvenient or not feasible, this requirement can be fulfilled through online events.

For the Working Group projects, participants are expected to explore a variety of human rights topics. The expected outcomes include:

  • Organizing in-person or online panels
  • Recording interviews
  • Creating infographics or social media campaigns
  • Presenting projects at the SDGs Roundtable Discussion as youth-led initiatives.

Program Highlights

Become Youth Representatives

  • UN Member States
  • UN Department of Global Communication (UN DGC)
  • UN Conference of Parties (COP)
  • World Economic Forum (WEF)
  • UN General Assembly (UNGA)
  • UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Program

  • Youth Leadership Training
  • Professional Growth
  • Global Citizenship & Engagement
  • Youth-led Projects
  • Become a Change-Maker
  • Fellowship, Internships, Volunteering
  • UN Careers Planning

Skills

  • Public Speaking
  • Event Organizing
  • Project Presenting
  • Research Study & Field Work
  • Publishing Reports, Newsletters

Global Platforms / Program / Dates

  • Please click on the months for program websites.
  • World Economic Forum – Davos (January)
  • World Interfaith Harmony Week (February)
  • Commission on the Status of Women (March)
  • NGO CSW69 Forum (March)
  • ECOSOC Youth Forum (April)
  • SDG Action Awards (March – May)
  • JWF Media and Journalism Webinars (May)
  • International Youth Conference (May & September)
  • Alliance of Civilizations – PLURAL + Youth Video Festival (June)
  • AFS Youth Assembly (August)
  • JWF Pioneers in SDGs Awards (September)
  • JWF`s Annual SDGs Conference in the Margins of the UNGA (September)
  • UN General Assembly (September)
  • COP – UNFCCC (December)
  • World Bank, IMF, EU, AU, ASEAN, G-20, BRICS, etc.