Leading The Middle East Scholarship 2024

One Young World is the global community for young leaders. It inspires young leaders to increase their social impact, builds their skills and capacity, and elevates their profiles both locally and globally.

The annual One Young World Summit convenes 2,000 young leaders, from 190+ countries to develop solutions to the world’s big challenges. They connect, share learnings, and are inspired by political, business and humanitarian leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Paul Polman and Mary Robinson.

One Young World strives to identify the most impactful young leaders from every country in the world. Scholarships provide the opportunity for exceptional young people to attend on the merit of their proven leadership and ability to create change in their home country. Leading The Middle East is an initiative designed to ensure that outstanding young people from The Middle East are represented at One Young World Summits.

What does the Leading The Middle East Scholarship pay for?

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2024 in Montréal, Canada.
• Hotel accommodation between 17 and 21 September 2024.
• Catering which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• The cost of travel to and from Montréal. Your flight to and from Montréal must depart from and return to one and the same international airport.
• Please note that if you are ultimately selected for a Scholarship and require a visa to enter Canada to attend the One Young World Summit 2024, you will be required to pay the visa fee yourself. The visa costs 165 Canadian Dollars plus the applicable service charge of your local visa application centre. The costs of the visa and the applicable service charge as well as any further costs associated with the visa application (including travel to and from the visa application centre) fall on you as the participant.

Eligible Countries

• Bahrain, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible for the Leading the Middle East Scholarship sponsorship if you:
  • Are between the ages of 18 – 30
  • Have an evidenced commitment to delivering positive change
  • Demonstrate capacity for leadership
  • Are addressing key local and/or global issues in your work
  • Have a track record of generating impactful and innovative ideas
  • Are a national (passport holding citizen) of one of the countries given
• Most delegates are between the age of 18 and 30. The One Young World team will consider applications from those who are older than 30, pending demonstration of appropriate personal impact, initiative, and willingness to engage. They are not able to accept applications from those who will be aged under 18 at the time of the Summit.

For more information, visit One Young World.