Apply for Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme 2024 (Fully funded)

ITU in partnership with Huawei, open application for Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme 2024. Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) is an exciting programme to engage, empower, and inspire young digital leaders and change makers. GCYLP aims to support young visionaries from around the world who propose creative, far-reaching, innovative, and feasible community-driven projects aimed at creating a more inclusive and empowered digital future. 

This programme provide guidance, training, and financial support to 30 young fellows per year to enable them to implement digital development projects in their diverse communities across the world.

Target Audience

• Young individual within the age 18-28
• Youth interested in making an impact in their communities by leading digital development project
• Individual currently enrolled or recently graduated from a tertiary education institution from a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) or a demonstrably STEM-related academic programme?
• Must be able to communicate in English

Benefits

• Virtual mentorship and leadership training sessions from ITU and Huawei.
• Participation in an in-person global training week (location TBC).
• Up to USD 10,000 grant to implement a digital development project of your choice. All 30 selected fellows will receive an initial USD 5000 grant towards the implementation of a digital development project of their choice. The most impactful projects at the end of the year will receive an extra USD 5000 grant to scale up.

Application deadline: Saturday 23 March, 2024.

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