GOAL’s NextGen Youth Programme 2025 for young people worldwide (€400 stipend)

Application Deadline: April 1st, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 GOAL’s NextGen Youth Programme. GOAL’s NextGen Youth Programme brings together young people from all over the world to better understand global justice issues and deepen their understanding of Global Citizenship.

This programme will guide young, motivated changemakers to learn about the growing crises facing our world with a focus on climate and health systems. Participants will then work together to imagine solutions for the future by creating awareness-raising materials that will feed into GOAL’s public engagement activities.

Sessions

The 2025 Programme will consist of 10 sessions that take place online, with 2 sessions in-person for Irish based participants.

Programme Dates:  

• Sat May 24 Irish based participants in-person 11-4pm.
• Tue May 27 International participants online 3-5pm
• Thu June 5 All participants online 3-5pm
• Thu June 12 All participants online 3-5pm
• Saturday 20/21 Irish based participants in person retreat. Time and location TBC.
• Thu June 26 All participants online 3-5pm
• Thu July 3 All participants online 3-5pm
• Thu July 10 All participants online 3-5pm
• Thu July 17 All participants online 3-5pm

In order to ensure participation of this global cohort, sessions will take place on Thursdays at 3pm Irish Time (8am Honduras, 2pm Sierra Leone, 4pm Zimbabwe, 5pm Ethiopia & Uganda).

Requirements

To be considered, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Current resident of Ireland, Ethiopia, Honduras, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Syria, Turkey, Uganda, or Zimbabwe.
• Comfortably fluent in English.
• Between 18 and 25 years old.
• Available for 10 seminars between May and July. Sessions will fall on Thursdays and Saturdays (see timeline for actual dates).
• Be open and willing to engage in teamwork in between seminars.
• Demonstrate basic/emerging understanding of local and global issues.
• Show clear initiative and desire to be a part of positive change (this could be demonstrated through volunteering, participation in local events, workshop facilitation, tutoring, creative extra-curricular activities, etc.).
• Interest in participating in artistic methods of learning (this could be demonstrated through a passion for drama, art, creative writing, journalism, music or any other artistic discipline).
• Reliable access to a “device” and internet is desired but not essential. If you do not have access to a device, please let us know in your application, and we will endeavour to support your participation.

Stipends

• In order to support participation, stipends will be available for all successful participants. Stipends are intended to cover costs of internet and data as well as any travel costs incurred during the programme.
• Stipends of €400 for the duration of the programme are available for all successful participants.

How to Apply

Email nextgenyouth@goal.ie with the subject line ‘Country, Full Name,’  by April 1st. Applications who do not follow this format will not be accepted.

1. In your email let us know if you have access to a phone or laptop
2. Attach your CV (keep it simple! An outline of your educational background, voluntary and/or professional work is enough) and a 1-page cover letter to address the following points:
   1. Tell us about yourself! Why are you applying for this programme, and why do you think you are a good fit?
   2. What skills do you bring to this programme, and what would you like to gain from it?

OR 

Record a short video (1-2 minutes) detailing your educational background, voluntary and/or professional work and addressing,

1. Why are you applying for this programme, and why do you think you are a good fit?
2. What skills do you bring to this programme, and what would you like to gain from it?

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the GOAL’s NextGen Youth Programme