Our Global Talent Network
Young Global Pioneers have developed a Global Talent Network of 112 amazing members from 28 countries all around the world! The network has been established on the strong foundations of intercultural understanding, youth leadership and international collaboration. During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many of our YGP members continue to connect online, like this great group […]
Working Together & Personal Reflection
Almost halfway into the YGP Learning Journey, our participants have reflected on their learning so far!
The Danish Embassy & Foreign Policy
“Dialogue has the power to serve as a diplomatic tool that delivers us the information we need to create the change we want to see,” shared by Simone is a Learning Sentence from the days experiences. Today we visited the Danish Embassy in Dar es Salaam, where we learned about the work Denmark’s Foreign Ministry […]
2016 YGP Talent Network Kick-Started Last Month
For young talents with ambitions to change the world! YGP empower future leaders. Several thousand young people – from all over the world – applied this year resulting in an incredible mix of cultures, backgrounds and experiences in the 2016 YGP Talent Network, kick-started on a 3-week learning Journey in Tanzania last month! The Journey […]
Planning the Network
The second last day of the Journey was about planning the future of the network that has been kick-started on the three-week learning Journey in Tanzania with our amazing group of 20 talents from 11 different countries. A YGP talent network is a network for life. After the Journey the network will continue through online […]
Visiting COWI
While visiting COWI we learned about the Tanzanian business environment and what it is like to do business in Tanzania as an international company. We had some truly interesting presentations on oil and gas projects with a special focus on the Environmental Impact Assessments, culture as a factor in doing business, and COWI’s background. Moreover, […]
Dar es Salaam & Global Shapers
We had another great day, with eye-opening lectures on climate change and economics at Dar es Salaam university. In the evening we met three Global Shapers, from the World Economic Forum community, who make a huge impact through their work – Edutainment for children, fighting for women’s legal rights, and advocating youth and start-up business. […]
Danish Embassy in Dar es Salaam
On the bus we prepared for our visit to the Danish Embassy in Dar es Salaam by discussing the efficacy of Aid vs. Trade in developing countries. At the Embassy we had a truly inspiring presentation on the embassy’s different roles and activities in Tanzania, which include support of cooperation between the two countries and […]
SOS Children’s Village in Dar es Salaam
What a great experience to visit the childhood home of one of our young talented participants, Innocent, in the SOS Children’s Village in Dar es Salaam! Also, it was a true pleasure to meet his warmhearted mother, who was obviously very proud of him! Dar es Salaam will be the last destination of our learning […]
SOS Children’s Village in Zanzibar
An amazing stay, arranged by 10 young SOS volunteers, at the SOS Children’s village in Zanzibar has come to an end. We are so touched by all the great work that SOS Children’s village does and how well we have been taken care of while visiting. We had an wonderful last day, visiting mangroves and […]