Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) – First Cohort

Meet the 1st Cohort of Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) Fellows and learn about the digital development projects they are implementing in their diverse communities across the world.

Selected by a global jury from a pool of 5,249 applicants from over 200 countries worldwide, the first cohort of the Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) fellows are young changemakers from 28 countries across all ITU regions, willing to leverage innovative digital solutions towards an inclusive, more prosperous digital future for all. Over the next year, they will receive support and resources to implement digital development projects in their diverse communities across the world.

Altynay Maralbekkyzy

Kazakhstan
Project

Andriambolama nana Fanevasoa Larissa

Madagascar
Project

Diana Kuznetsova

Ukraine
Project

Emmanuel Mutabazi

Rwanda
Project

Estuarto Sebastián Valle Bances

Guatemala
Project

Eylen Jhuliana Mercado Ontiveros

Bolivia
Project

Farah Bazz

Lebanon
Project

Felix Samuel Rojas Casadiego

Colombia
Project

Geoffrey Nkandu

Zambia
Project

Ismail Khlif

Tunisia
Project

James Thomas Terhemba

Nigeria
Project

Mari Gevorgyan

Armenia
Project

Maya Fakhfakh

Tunisia
Project

Mohamed Zaky Salah Zaky Ghozl

Egypt
Project

Muhammad Zubair Madni

Pakistan
Project

Ni Putu Mas Swandewi

Indonesia
Project

Nuriddin Samatov

Uzbekistan
Project

Nusaiba Binte Mamun

Bangladesh
Project

Parviz Hamidov

Azerbaijan
Project

Pathana Hoymoune

Lao PDR
Project

Pork Viheng

Cambodia
Project

Rachida El Rhdioui

Morocco
Project

Rahaf Mohammad Yousif Abu Mayyaleh

Jordan
Project

Roman Tolstosheyev

Azerbaijan
Project

Rosario Huaranca

Bolivia
Project

Sarila Ngakhusi

Nepal
Project

Shergaun Roserie

Saint Lucia
Project

Tianhao Wu

China
Project

Valarie Neema Waswa

Kenya
Project

Yasmine Abdu

United Kingdom
Project

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GCYLP Fellows Projects Progress


GCYLP 2024 Fellows Development Week

From 10 to 14 June 2024, ITU and Huawei welcomed the GCYLP fellows to Switzerland for a transformative week of learning and development.

The week-long activities included leadership fireside chats with ITU and Huawei senior representatives, workshops on project management, innovation, and leadership, an intergenerational panel discussion, reflection and briefing sessions, guided tours of the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva, and of the Huawei-Sunrise Innovation Lab in Zurich, and more.

To see more photos of the fellows’ visit to Switzerland for the development week check out the Flickr album.

Applications for first cohort of GCYLP fellows were evaluated based on the established selection criteria. For any enquiries on the GCYLP, please email GCYLP@itu.int.

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The ITU Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme is a project of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector in partnership with Huawei