The Global Cultural Leadership Programme is designed for young cultural managers and practitioners seeking to improve their leadership skills and gain access to a growing global network of like-minded professionals. This year, the programme will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from October 27 to November 2, 2018.

In this program, participants will be exposed to a broad framework of important methodology and content, utilizing reflection, network-building, and collaborative learning to help young managers gain new insights and approaches. Students will be given access to new tools, applied learning modules, and materials for practice-based learning.

This five-day training program consists of reflections, exchanges, and hands-on workshops, as well as lectures from experts and peers. Participants will exchange important cultural dialogue with local peers in Amsterdam and also engage in a site visit to the European Capital of Culture Leeuwarden 2018, located in the province of Friesland.

Forty participants will be accepted, with successful applicants hailing from different fields of cultural practice within their respective home nations. In particular, cultural managers who are residents of Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the United States, or one of the twenty-eight European Union member states will be given preference. Ten European Union participants in total will be selected, with three participants from each of the aforementioned countries also selected.

Candidates should also have relevant working experience amounting to at least three to five years, as well as some previous experience in international networking. They should be employed in a field that allows them to act as receptors and distributors of new leadership knowledge and hold a leading management position in their organization. All accepted candidates will also work for a cultural civil society organization, institution, enterprise, or other similar cultural organization.

Applicants should be between twenty-five and thirty-nine years of age and have a good working knowledge of the English language. All travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the program. To apply for Global Cultural Leadership Programme 2018, interested candidates should fill out an online application form and submit all supporting materials, including a CV and expression of interest. Candidates should also upload a description of an ongoing or prospective cultural project. Applications should be submitted by June 14, 2018.

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The United Nations recently developed a program designed to recruit talented, exceptional young professional for work with the United Nations Secretariat. The Young Professionals Programme (YPP) aims to increase participation of countries that are underrepresented in the United Nations. Applications are open to students from the following countries: Afghanistan, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Mozambique, Nauru, Norway, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam (though this list does change annually). Applicants must take the YPP examination, which is held once a year.

Successful applicants will hold a first-level university degree that is relevant to the desired subject area in the application. They must also be fluent or native speakers of English or French and be under 32 years of age. To apply, interested students should review the job opening for their desired subject area and confirm that they are eligible to apply. Applications can be completed through Inspira. If more than forty candidates apply from the same country, other qualifying information (such as work experience and knowledge of UN languages) may be used.
If your application is successful, you will be sent an invitation to take the examination, which consists of a general paper, specialized paper, multiple choice items, constructed response items, and an oral examination. Successful candidates will be notified in July and will remain on the roster of candidates for two years. If they are selected from the roster, they will be offered a two-year term contract with the Secretariat.

The applicants will be expected to take either of the following exams:

1. Political, Peace, Humanitarian and Human Rights
2. Information Management, Public Information and Multimedia Production (INFONET)
3. Administration, Evaluation, Finance, Human Resources, Investigation, Procurement (MAGNET)

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