Welcome to the International Youth Leadership Network – an online forum for young leaders, universities and businesses to Discover, Participate, Question, Engage, Empower, Contribute and Benefit.
International Youth Leadership Network (IYLN) is a world-wide initiative, designed to connect young leaders to existing leadership opportunities and resources. The IYLN brings together young people interested in unique capacity building programs that strenghten their leadership potential, as well as professionals interested in mentoring these future world leaders.
IYLN brings you the following features, which we hope will help you re-discover leadership and take advantage of vast leadership opportunities and resources, available to you online and in real life.
Upcoming Events:
The 26th International Youth Leadership Conference
Join students from around the world for the experience of a lifetime!
November 30th to December 5th, 2013
4th International Youth Leadership Conference
Join students from around the world for the leadership experience of a lifetime!
1st International Youth Leadership Conference
Join students from around the world for the leadership experience of a lifetime!
Alumni In Action
Meet alumni of the IYLC
Selene Biffi
Selene Biffi 4th IYLC alumnus Italy The IYLC has been my first international conference ever. In 2004 I founded Youth Action for Change, a global, youth-led organisation harnessing the power of ICTs to empower young people worldwide to become active changemakers in their own communities. YAC has been the first organisation of its kind, and because of its groundbreaking programs empowering
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Lamya Marafi
Lamya Marafi Egypt Country Contact, Project Initiator, Alumni of 22nd IYLC-Prague, Facilitator at 23rd IYLC-Prague Brief Description "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller. I am simply dedicated in serving humanity in promoting youth leadership, volunteer engagement, cultural awareness, and writing. I am constantly looking for a new challenge anywhere a
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Naeem Formuli
Naeem Formuli (Afghanistan) Naeem Formuli was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He participated in the IYLC in winter2005 and worked as a facilitator in the summer IYLC 2005. Naeem is a student of Law and International Relations at the Coventry University in the UK. He is currently studying his final year as an exchange student at the University of Hague in the Netherlands. This summer Naeem worked as
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Patricia Stallings
Patricia Stallings Patricia participated in the IYLC in the winter of 2006 under the sponsorship of Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, USA. Her experience in Prague was her first trip outside of the US! She graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 2006 with BS (Honors) in Policy & Management, Environmental Policy as an additional major, Engineering Studies minor and Pre-law concentration. S
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Natalie Muller
Natalie Muller (Australia) In my 3rd year of a BA in Communications and in International studies at the University of Technology, Sydney Spending time with people from different sides of the world with different experiences and views I think is the most important thing anyone can do to learn, broaden their minds and change futures. My experience at the youth leadership conference in Cape Town wa
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Laila Irany Pohan
Laila Irany Pohan Indonesia Country Contact, Alumni of 23rd IYLC-Prague Brief Description Young and full of optimistic. Have a good sense of humor and easy going. I loved getting involved in many youth organisation. And have a big passion in leadership, prosperity to the world, and chemistry. :D University Bandung Institute of Technology Personal Website lailairany.blogspot.com Twit
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Andreas Underland Mjelva
Andreas Underland Mjelva Norway Advisor, Alumni of 17th, Facilitator of 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th IYLCs Brief Description Born in 1985, educated in IR and promotes intercultural communication. University University of Edinburgh, University in Oslo Views on Leadership Leaders need to be able to listen to people - and have self-doubt - then one will be able to make more wel
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Kristina Razahova & Ahmed Hojayev
Kristina Razahova & Ahmed Hojayev 14th IYLC alumni Turkmenistan I would like to share with you some of my impressions that were gained as a result of my participation in International Youth Leadership Conference this summer. First of all this event made me travel all the way from Central Asia to the wonderful place, heart of Europe-Prague. It is really hard to think of any better places whe
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Cristina Bautista Gregorio
Cristina Bautista Gregorio 6th IYLC alumnus Philippines I finished college wanting to pursue a career in international relations and diplomacy. I shortly found myself taking a course on Czech language and economics under Charles University then I came across IYLC, applied and got accepted. The five days of the 6th IYLC in 2004 was another turning point for me. IYLC brought together student
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Adil Bouzaffour
Adil Bouzaffour (Morocco) Born in Morocco, Adil holds an MBA in Organizational Leadership Management from Johnson and Wales University (US), a Projects Management certification from Bryant University (US), and a Bachelor's of Science in Software Engineering from Al Akhawayn University (Morocco). He is currently a business consultant at Metlife Insurance, and enjoys working for an interna
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Help lay the Groundwork for new Projects! Become a Project Initiator
Help to get the IYLC to your university, country or region. Work to build up contacts with potential university partners, potential funders and encourage alumni from the region to assist. The Project Initiator is a volunteer position designed to build momentum for a new IYLC. Once there is enough momentum to establish a conference this position will evolve into a paid position of Project Manager and eventually, once dates are decided and we start to receive applications, to the position of Conference Director. CCI and the IYLN are looking to initiate projects, such as an IYLC African series, IYLC South as well as South East Asia, IYLC Latin America, and IYLC Pacific Rim. We also look to expand focus on regional topics as well as initiating new conferences based on topics such as climate change, and global finance/economy. We are also more than ready to explore new proposals from you!