2022 Summer Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA)

30 May 2022

The 2022 Summer Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA) will be jointly held with UNIDO from July 18 to 29, 2022.

Students at all levels in Chulalongkorn University are welcome to participate!

Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA) is a youth-led platform, a flagship learning program for Empowering Youth as Future Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs and International Civil Servants for Engagement in Achievement of SDGs. GYLA provides young people with opportunities to learn and exchange knowledge and experiences with global leaders to unleash their potential to become systems thinkers, change-makers, social innovators and global leaders. More than 1,300 participants from 50+ universities across the world have attended GYLA. 50+ of them work in United Nations and hundreds of them study in top universities after graduation.

Through GYLA, participants will be able to explore critical discussions in key areas in alignment with the UN 2030 Agenda and the UNIDO Framework, and with worlds-leading experts sharing lights on: 

  • The Expertise and Knowledge of The UN System (the UN 2030 Agenda, UNIDO & ISID, etc.) 
  • The Frontiers of Knowledge (systems thinking, CSR, social innovation, digital transformation, gender equality, circular economy, industrial recovery, etc.) 
  • Global Mindsets of Future Leaders (EQ, CQ, multicultural leadership) 
  • Action Competence for Future Leaders & Entrepreneurs (Project management, 21st Century leadership, Start-up exercise, etc.) 

Certificate of Attendance for online participation will be officially issued. Students from less developed countries and areas are likely to have full scholarships.

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