Applications invited for Next World ORT’s Future Leaders Program. World ORT’s Future Leaders Program is an intensive nine-month leadership scheme for 16-18 year teenagers, designed to develop a new generation of Jewish community leaders across Europe, Turkey and the former Soviet Union.
The Second Survey of European Jewish Leaders and Opinion Formers published in April 2012 highlighted the importance for Jewish communities across Europe of developing young entrepreneurial leadership. Respondents gave the joint highest average ranking to young leadership in decision making bodies when asked to prioritize a list of communal priorities for the next 5-10 years,. The fourth highest average ranking was investing in leadership development. In addition, leaders identified creativity and entrepreneurship in the community as an issue in need of urgent attention. These findings underline the crucial requirement which the Future Leaders Program is meeting.
After meeting for an opening seminar in the UK where they analyze the infrastructure of the London Jewish community, participants complete a series of online seminars and assignments covering both the practical and theoretical aspects of what ‘Jewish community’ means. In addition, they are assigned a mentor from their local community who supports them in identifying and carrying out a local project suited to the community’s needs. Participants meet together with the previous year’s group for a summit in Strasbourg, and they round off the year with a summer school in Israel which focuses on leadership through Jewish history and social entrepreneurship in current Israeli society.
After a highly successful pilot in 2011, the second cycle of the Future Leaders Program is open for applications.
The applicant must be: Aged between 16 and 18 on 1st September 2012 Living in Europe or the former Soviet Union.
Deadline: 28th September, 2012
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