Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA)

Developing Youth as Future Leaders for Global Engagement in SDGs 10 - 28 August 2020 Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA) is one of the flagship and brand programmes of International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), which is located at the UN Campus in Turin, Italy. GYLA was created in 2016 in collaboration with the Chinese universities. Its mission is to inspire and empower youth as agents of change, future leaders and responsible entrepreneurs to build a better world. GYLA aims to create a unique platform where young people can have the opportunity to dialogue with and learn from successful global leaders; to develop a harmony cradle where young people can be nurtured to grow and develop into future leaders, especially, to unleash young people’s inner sources of new growth potential and achieve new levels of personal fulfillment and engage in the achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. GYLA is a perfect programme for ambitious young people who aspire to be successful international professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders in the future. The programme offers participants an exciting opportunity to explore the practical side of developing their successful career path by providing interdisciplinary studies such as responsible business management, leadership, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, social innovation, emotional intelligence, and multicultural management at workplace, whilst allowing participants to expand their knowledge they have learned in universities, and also to have the chance to research real life case studies and success stories. They will then be able to put all of their new skills and knowledge to good use in their future study and work. OBJECTIVES The GYLA aimed to inspire and empower young people to become a critical thinker, agent of change, an innovator and responsible entrepreneurs. Practically, by the end of the activity, participants were able to: 1) have a comprehensive understanding of the United Nations system, SDGs and its implication for youth entrepreneurs and leaders; 2) improve their professional competencies and emotional intelligence; 3) gain solid foundation in the principles of leadership and a unique opportunity for self-development; 4) manage to work and live in the multi-cultural environment in the future. CONTENT The e-learning course was structured in four modules: 1. UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNANCE • The UN value, missions, history, principles and initiatives • The UN technical programme s in the social, economic and environmental areas • The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN 2030 Youth Strategy • The UN human resources programmes: internship, volunteers and fellows initiatives • The ILO Agenda: the decent work, future of work and international labour standards 2. EXPLORING AND STUDYING THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT • Sustainability science and corporate social responsibility: concepts, definitions and principles • Green economy and green jobs initiatives: the experience of United Nations • Social innovation and social entrepreneurship • Systems thinking and systems innovation for sustainable development in the VUCA era 3. DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS WITH GLOBAL MINDSETS • Emotional Intelligence: why it is more important than IQ in your successful career? • EQ: what it is, and how to develop it: definitions and skills to improve your EQ • EQ and youth leadership: the qualities of a successful leader • Cross-cultural intelligence (CQ): quality of a successful global leader • CQ: working in the multicultural environment: challenges and opportunities • CQ: the concepts and models • CQ: multicultural management: communications and skills • CQ: developing your multicultural mind to unleash the hidden force for global leadership 4. EMPOWERING YOUTH AS GLOBAL LEADERS WITH ACTION COMPETENCE • International project management: leadership in the complex environment • Developing core competencies for a successful international professionals • Engaging in international young professionals programme s: internship, volunteers and fellows • Practical guides for tomorrow’s civil servants in international community • Developing professional presence for youth success • Global youth forum: dialogue and experience sharing with successful international leaders and GYLA alumni ACHIEVEMENT Participants completed 60 training hours online successfully.