Future Leaders Connect Programme - 50 Participants

Future Leaders Connect Programme

Future Leaders Connect (the “Programme”) is where exceptional young people from around the world will join a long-term network of emerging policy leaders (“Participant(s)”). They will develop their policy making expertise, make valuable connections and gain the skills to have real impact. Together they will discuss major global policy issues in the Houses of Parliament, engage with inspiring leaders, visit some of the UK’s leading global institutions and collaborate to produce innovative policy recommendations. The skills, experience and connections they make through Future Leaders Connect will support them to seize their leadership potential. 

Participants will come to the UK for approximately ten days between 22 October and 1 November 2018, and will stay in Cambridge and London. Approximately 50 Participants will attend. Participating countries are: Canada, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, UK and USA.

The Programme is run by the British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN, United Kingdom.

Eligibility

The Programme is open to individuals of the participating countries who meet all the criteria listed below. The participating countries are;

Canada, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, UK and the USA.

To meet the Eligibility Criteria, listed below, Participants must; 

• Be aged between 18 and 35 years old on the 13 May 2018.
• Be able to speak English at IELTS level 6 or equivalent (Generally you have an effective command of the language despite some inaccuracies, inappropriate usage and misunderstandings. You can use and understand fairly complex language, particularly in familiar situations.)
• Hold a passport valid for at least 6 months from November 2018.
• Be based in one of the participating countries. In this case, being ‘based in’ means that you currently live in this country at the time of applying and you have a long term commitment to that country.  Your policy vision for change needs to match the country you are applying from. 
• Be available to travel to the UK for 11 days around the time of 22 October and 1 November 2018.
• Not be currently employed by the British Council, Gradcore or The Møller Institute or be an immediate family member of a British Council, Gradcore or The Møller Institute employee. (In this case immediate family member is defined as one's spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings and immediate in-laws (mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law). Adopted children and stepchildren also counted as immediate family members.

Entry to the Programme is free of charge. The British Council shall arrange and pay for the travel of Participants to the Programme in the UK. During the duration of the Programme Participants will be provided with free accommodation and food.

Application dates

Applications will be open on 22 February 2018. The closing date for applications will be 23:59pm UK time on 13 May 2018.

The British Council reserves the right to extend the closing date. Any entry received before the opening date or after the closing date will not be included in the selection process. The British Council accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any system, server, provider or otherwise that may result in any entry being lost, delayed or not properly registered.

Where possible shortlisted candidates will be notified by 30 June 2018. This notification will be made to the email address provided by the Participant when applying for the Programme in accordance with section 4 of this document.  In this notification, the British Council will inform each candidate about the outcome of their application the next steps of the selection process that they should follow.

For more information: https://www.britishcouncil.org/future-leaders-connect/apply/terms