Apply IOC Young Leaders Programme 2025-2028 (Fully Funded)

Apply IOC Young Leaders Programme 2025-2028 | Are you a Young talents who are willing to make a difference and leverage the power of sport to address social challenges in their communities, If yes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Young Leaders Programme portal are now open open, Don’t miss this opportunity. Read through

Applications Deadline: October 21st, 2024

About IOC Young Leaders Programme

The IOC, with its commitment to promoting the values of Olympism and fostering the development of youth leadership, created this programme to encourage young leaders to use sport as a vehicle for addressing societal issues such as health, education, inclusion, and equality.

Since its inception, the programme has supported and nurtured numerous young leaders across the globe, providing them with the tools, resources, and networks necessary to implement impactful projects.

The process for selecting the IOC Young Leaders for 2025-2028 consists of two phases:

The 4-Week Learning Sprint
The IOC Young Leaders Programme.

After successfully completing the Learning Sprint, a candidate becomes eligible to apply for the IOC Young Leaders Programme.

The selected participants will be supported by the IOC and a network of mentors in the development of their grassroots projects.

This programme is for you if you want to:

Turn ideation and research into real action and development of solutions
Become a more effective and stronger leader in sport and social business (or a sport and social business entrepreneur)
Drive local transformative change in and through sport
Represent and embody the Olympic values in action
Commit to a four-year entrepreneurial journey
Be both a mentee and a mentor through a comprehensive mentorship programme
Collaborate with fellow young leaders, experts, researchers, sports leaders and social business entrepreneurs

The IOC Young Leaders Programme follows a comprehensive and structured approach to nurturing youth leadership. It spans over four years, during which selected participants receive mentorship, training, and funding to help them create and sustain their projects. Below is the benefit each IOC Young Leader receives:

Each of them will receive a total amount of CHF 10,000 seed-funding delivered over the four years, as well as access to monthly expert-led workshops, global gatherings, coaching, networking opportunities and dedicated support.
The selected participants will be supported by the IOC and a network of mentors in the development of their grassroots projects
Monthly expert-led workshops and guidance
Access to thought-leaders and inspirational figures
Exclusive invitation to attend the bi-annual IOC Youth Summit
Invitations to attend and speak at global gatherings
Networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities
Leadership coaching
A dedicated team on hand to provide support

Eligibility

Applicants must be between the age of 20 and 28 years old at the time of the application. Age limit principle: you turned or will turn 20 or 28 in 2024.
After successfully completing the Learning Sprint, a candidate becomes eligible to apply for the IOC Young Leaders Programme. Applications will be open from 18 November to 16 December 2024.
You will need to have successfully completed the 4-Week Learning Sprint (Certificate of Participation earned)
Through the application process, you will need to submit a plan for a programme / project / social business using sport as a tool for sustainable development, which you will work on if selected as an IOC Young Leader. The proposed plan will need to be based on an existing issue in your community through the lens of the UN SDGs, and strongly linked to sport-based solutions and the Olympic values.
The minimum required education level is high school diploma or equivalent.
You need to have at least one year of work experience (internships and part-time jobs count).