Why young leaders?
Our One Young World youth leadership strategy is built on the belief that young people are the generation most invested in our shared future, and they understand their communities’ needs better than anyone else. With unparalleled access to technology and fresh perspectives on entrenched problems, they are uniquely positioned to deliver youth-led social impact on a global scale.
Why global reach matters
The challenges we face, from the climate crisis to inequality and injustice, don’t respect borders. That’s why we focus on empowering young leaders from every corner of the world, ensuring that local wisdom shapes global action through our interconnected network of changemakers.
The result
A generation equipped, connected, and empowered to turn their vision for a better world into reality, and to make measurable, lasting contributions to solving the world’s most urgent challenges.
One Young World identifies and connects young leaders from every country through our Partner organisations and scholarship programmes. Learn more about our scholarships.
These young leaders join our Community as Ambassadors. One Young World contributes to their development by:
Inspiring them to increase their social impact. This includes:
- Interactions with world leaders and experts. An example of these are the mentor sessions at the Summit.
- Exposure to new information and perspectives that give them new ideas. This includes our plenary challenges.
- Examples set by peers to normalise the impact being driven by young leaders, and make it seem more achievable.
Building their skills and capacity. This includes:
- Funding mechanisms and external opportunities like the Lead2030 programme.
- Events, programmes, and workshops that develop their skills. See our Action Accelerator programme.
- A network of peers and like-minded leaders who support them and their work. We organise Community events throughout the year, visit our events and opportunities page.
Elevating their profiles locally and globally. This includes:
- Platforms to speak about their ideas and initiatives, which alows them to promote their work. We routinely send Ambassadors to external events.
- Features on our channels, and our Partners', amplifying their message and increase their reach.
Applying this theory, we help create a generation of young leaders with integrity, who have the ability and resources to drive positive change.