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YOUTH FOR PEACE: UNESCO INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: June 22, 2025, 23:59 CET (Paris time) 

LOCATION: France

The Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme is an initiative designed to equip emerging leaders with the skills, knowledge, and resources to champion intercultural dialogue as a strategy to address pressing global challenges. Through this programme, UNESCO is cultivating a new generation of champions for dialogue, cohesion, and peace, empowering them to lead transformative action at local, national, and global levels. 

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible, applicants must: 

Be between 25 and 45 years old as of 1 September 2025.

Have a proven record of leadership in their field.

Demonstrate a commitment to intercultural dialogue and social impact.

Have the potential to influence and create change within their communities.

Be available to participate in all components of the programme. 

Community-led projects must: 

Align with the theme: ‘Learning to Collaborate for a Shared Future: Using dialogue to foster social cohesion in a world on the move’.

Be able to be implemented within six months.

Be of local or national scope. 

BENEFIT:

Capacity-Building– Participants will engage in a structured capacity-building programme that includes: 

Online Training Workshops—An immersive programme featuring strategic sessions designed to equip participants with the skills, knowledge, and tools to embody intercultural leadership and implement concrete projects to champion intercultural solutions within their communities. 

Ongoing Learning and Exchange— A continuing platform of training and exchange will help to further reinforce the skills and knowledge needed by participating Young Leaders as they begin to put plans into action through the implementation of projects in their communities (see below section for more details). 

Peer-to-Peer Learning and Mentorship—Regular knowledge-sharing sessions and personalized coaching will be provided to help guide participating Young Leaders as they implement projects in their communities. 

Financial Grants for Community Projects: Following the initial online training workshops, participants will finalize and submit plans to implement a project within their community, leveraging the knowledge and skills gained to design actions around the theme of ‘Learning to Collaborate for a Shared Future: Using dialogue to foster social cohesion in a world on the move’. Upon approval, they will receive a grant of 10,000 USD to implement their project, accompanied by ongoing training, peer support, and mentorship.

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UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN POLICY INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline: midnight New York time on 20 June 2025.

LOCATION: USA

The United Nations African Policy Innovation Fellowship seeks to foster a generation of policymakers who are well-versed in policy analysis and implementation and deeply committed to advancing the values of inclusivity, transparency, and accountability. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants are expected to be current junior to mid-level civil servants in their home countries engaged in key ministries such as finance and planning, energy, agriculture, education, and homeland security. 

Applicants must have demonstrated work experience in research/analytical work in socio-economic and political development, trade and investment, natural resource management/law, regional integration, infrastructure development, including transportation, logistics, energy, governance, peace, and related areas in the context of Africa.

The fellowship programme is focused on policy research and analysis. Thus, applicants are expected to have strong analytical, research, data, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Applicants must have an advanced university degree (Master’s or doctorate, or their equivalents) linked to the area of specialization contained in their project proposals. A first-level university degree in combination with two years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.

The maximum age limit is 40 years at the time of application.

Applicants must submit a supervisor’s endorsement letter confirming support and releasing the fellow for the in-person phase (see the sample letter on this page).

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in either language is required for the fellowship, and working knowledge of the other is an advantage.

BENEFIT:

Subject to satisfactory completion of the initial phase of the Fellowship and the issuance of an appropriate visa by the host country, an in-person component at UN Headquarters in New York is foreseen.

During this phase, Fellows will be supported with a return air ticket, a monthly stipend, and medical cover, subject to UN regulations. 

Note that the stipend is intended to support fellows in covering the costs of lodging, board and other essentials and is not intended as a salary or honorarium, or to support fellows’ expenses in their home countries.

Payment of the final monthly stipend is subject to the submission of all required documents for this phase of the fellowship.

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