Young Leaders Visitors Program –
Connecting leaders for positive change
The Young Leaders Visitors Program (YLVP) is an intercultural leadership program that aims to lay a foundation for dialogue, mutual understanding and knowledge sharing among young leaders from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden.
The YLVP is designed to provide the participants with new skills, networks and innovative tools to strengthen their work to drive social change in their respective contexts. The program combines intercultural leadership training with theory and practice in the fields of transparency, democracy and human rights. Cutting-edge social media solutions are used throughout the program, as tools for learning and for building networks that promote dialogue, knowledge sharing and openness.
The participants are visionaries who are in a position to make a difference and committed to positive change. They are young (20-32 years), open-minded leaders in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank-Gaza, Yemen and Sweden who are actively working for democracy and human rights within the spheres of society, culture, politics and media: project managers, youth leaders, government civil servants, youth politicians, lawyers, journalists/bloggers, activists and cultural workers.
During and after the program the participants will be part of an active network that will boost creativity and support their personal and professional development, while also laying the platform for a more connected future. Since the launch of the YLVP in 2008, the program alumni network has grown to comprise more than 140 young leaders. YLVP alumni stay connected and continue to inspire and support each other’s work to promote democracy and human rights.
Interested in joining YLVP? For more information about the program: click here. For information about the application procedure: click here.
This is a presentation of the program focusing on how cutting-edge social media can revolutionize public opinion and how the exchange of ideas and knowledge leads to positive change.