Young African
Landscape Leadership Program
With a median age of just 19.7 years, Africa’s diverse population is by far the youngest of any other continent in the world. These unique demographics offer a significant advantage in the drive to revive ecosystems and safeguard livelihoods. Africa’s youth have immense potential to forge a new development model and vision for the continent as they are already champions for landscape action and community-based solutions.
The GLF, in partnership with the Youth in Landscapes Initiative, is launching the first ever Young African Landscape Leadership, an eight-month annual program filled with networking meetings, regional dialogues, workshops and much more.
The deadline to apply has passed the program is now in session
To meet the GLF Youth Africa Project team shaping the program.
The Program
Meetings, dialogues and workshop
Participants will also:
Volunteer
Meetings, dialogues and workshop
Participants will also:
Volunteer
Meetings, dialogues and workshop
Calendar
Meetings, dialogues and workshop
The Young African Landscape Leadership Program is designed to connect promising young innovators, practitioners, scientists and activists from across Africa. It will support capacity development, spark conversations for action and integrate young African leaders into GLF events throughout the year.
The program will include youth-led regional dialogues, networking meetings, a monthly email with regional job opportunities, participation in the GLF Africa 2022 digital conference, a Landscape Leadership Workshop, and many other opportunities.
Calendar
14:00
Our journey is finally beginning! During this first meeting, you’ll have the chance to learn more about the program, give suggestions on topics, and get to know each other through facilitated networking activities. We’ll also provide a short introduction to the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), Youth in Landscapes (YIL), and our main partners.
During May’s meeting, we created a space for selected participants to share more about their work. This was combined with a networking meeting.
In October, we will have our first regional dialogue, a two-hour session to discuss important topics for regional youth ahead of the UN COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November.
The Landscape Leadership Workshop will provide students and young professionals with the tools to build activities and projects that can bring transformative change towards sustainability across landscapes in Africa.
As the year closes, we will meet one last time in December to wrap up the program and share ideas and suggestions for next year.
Meetings, dialogues and workshop
The Young African Landscape Leadership Program is designed to connect promising young innovators, practitioners, scientists and activists from across Africa. It will support capacity development, spark conversations for action and integrate young African leaders into GLF events throughout the year.
The program will include youth-led regional dialogues, networking meetings, a monthly email with regional job opportunities, participation in the GLF Africa 2022 digital conference, a Landscape Leadership Workshop, and many other opportunities.
Calendar
14:00
Our journey is finally beginning! During this first meeting, you’ll have the chance to learn more about the program, give suggestions on topics, and get to know each other through facilitated networking activities. We’ll also provide a short introduction to the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), Youth in Landscapes (YIL), and our main partners.
During May’s meeting, we will create a space for selected participants to share more about their work. This will be combined with a networking meeting.
In October, we will have our first regional dialogue, a two-hour session to discuss important topics for regional youth ahead of the UN COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November.
The Landscape Leadership Workshop will provide students and young professionals with the tools to build activities and projects that can bring transformative change towards sustainability across landscapes in Africa.
As the year closes, we will meet one last time in December to wrap up the program and share ideas and suggestions for next year.
Meetings, dialogues and workshop
The Young African Landscape Leadership Program is designed to connect promising young innovators, practitioners, scientists and activists from across Africa. It will support capacity development, spark conversations for action and integrate young African leaders into GLF events throughout the year.
The program will include youth-led regional dialogues, networking meetings, a monthly email with regional job opportunities, participation in the GLF Africa 2022 digital conference, a Landscape Leadership Workshop, and many other opportunities.
Calendar
14:00
Our journey is finally beginning! During this first meeting, you’ll have the chance to learn more about the program, give suggestions on topics, and get to know each other through facilitated networking activities. We’ll also provide a short introduction to the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), Youth in Landscapes (YIL), and our main partners.
During May’s meeting, we will create a space for selected participants to share more about their work. This will be combined with a networking meeting.
In October, we will have our first regional dialogue, a two-hour session to discuss important topics for regional youth ahead of the UN COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November.
The Landscape Leadership Workshop will provide students and young professionals with the tools to build activities and projects that can bring transformative change towards sustainability across landscapes in Africa.
As the year closes, we will meet one last time in December to wrap up the program and share ideas and suggestions for next year.
Participants will also:
- Receive regular emails with regional job vacancies.
- Receive regular updates and reminders about Africa-based GLF activities (e.g. interviews with experts, Landscape News articles, Landscape TV episodes).
- Receive a free voucher to the Landscape Leadership massive open online course upon submission of a short report on the activities by 16 October. More details will be shared during the first meeting.
Volunteer
We’re looking for volunteers for the GLF Africa digital conference in September.
Learn more about the event and submit your application here. Make sure to select GLF Africa in the options!