By way of recognizing youth as the key player in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and building on the success of the past cohorts of the Local Pathways Fellows, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth) is recruiting its 2023 cohort of the Local Pathways Fellows.
The Local Pathways Fellowship seeks to provide young leaders with a platform, a guiding framework for action, and connect them with leading development experts and practitioners:
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Guide and inform their work around their existing and future projects, and help them develop insights about local sustainable development challenges;
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Provide them with a framework for engagement with local stakeholders;
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Facilitate mutual learning and exchange of urban solutions;
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Support them in becoming local advocates that promote and advocate for dialogue and problem solving for sustainable development.
The Local Pathways Fellowship (LPF) program was launched by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth) with the mission to empower and equip young urban leaders from cities across the world with the knowledge, resources, and platform they need to advance progress on Sustainable Development Goal 11.
The LPF trains, supports, and connects young urban thought leaders, activists, and innovators that are transforming cities and urban areas.Candidates representing any city and country in the world are encouraged to apply, however, SDSN Youth will make efforts to ensure diversity of regional representation among the fellows.