Call for applications are invited by Young Leaders Visitors Program. This program invites young leaders from Sweden and the MENA region (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank-Gaza and Yemen) who are dynamically involved in bringing about social change in their respective contexts.
The Swedish Institute Young Leaders Visitors Program (YLVP) is an intercultural leadership program which aims to lay a foundation for dialogue, mutual understanding and knowledge sharing among young leaders from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden.
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 which promote dialogue, knowledge sharing and openness.
The first phase of the program will take place in Sweden during three weeks in September, followed by a second module in the MENA region in December. Young (20-35 years old), dynamic and open-minded leaders from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank-Gaza, Yemen and Sweden working actively for democracy and human rights: project managers, youth leaders, youth politicians, government civil servants, lawyers, journalists/bloggers, activists and cultural workers. The program will be held in English, proficient command of both written and spoken English is therefore a requirement.
Deadline for application: April 13, 2012.
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