Applications are now open for the 2025 ITU Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme. The Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) is an exciting programme to engage, empower, and inspire young digital leaders and changemakers. GCYLP is supporting 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.

ITU in partnership with Huawei, is providing guidance, training, and financial support to 30 young fellows per year to enable them to practically implement digital development projects in their diverse communities across the world. Through this programme, young leaders have the unique opportunity to make new digital development ideas a reality, or to expand the impact of their existing projects!

Requirements

• Are you a young person aged 18-28?
• Are you interested in making real impact in your communities by leading your own digital development project?
• Are you 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?
• Are you able to communicate in English, the main language of the programme? This language requirement is to ensure that all fellows can benefit from the planned offerings of trainings, networking, and events.

Benefits

• Virtual mentorship and leadership training sessions from ITU and Huawei.
• Participation in an in-person global Development Week in Geneva Switzerland in July 2025.
• Up to $10,000 USD grant to implement a digital development project of your choice. All 30 selected fellows will receive an initial $5000 USD 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 $5000 USD grant to scale up.

Selection Process

• Shortlisting: A first round of applications reading will be completed by ITU and Huawei staff. By May 2025, shortlisted candidates will then be sent an invitation to quickly [within a week] provide ID documentation, a video and 2 different references for the final round of selection.
• Final selection: the GCYLP Jury, will then hold a final selection meeting to choose the 30 fellows of the cohort. We aim to announce the fellows by June 2025.

Application Procedure

• Please complete this application form by the deadline of 23:59 CET on Monday 31 March 2025.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ITU Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme

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