Youth Leadership Academy 2025

The Youth Leadership Academy is a 10-day training program for Red Cross and Red Crescent (RC/RC) youth volunteers from across the world.

The purpose of Youth Leadership Academy is to support youth volunteers in the RC/RC movement and build strong young leaders within the RC/RC movement who can stand out as role models and agents of change, build strong volunteer communities as well as initiate and lead youth activities in their national societies and local communities. 

Young leaders in the RC/RC movement represent both the present and the future leadership in today’s world marked by crises, uncertainty, and an increase in humanitarian challenges. This calls for young leaders that are self-aware and have the courage and ability to speak up and engage as well as lead other youth. At the Youth Leadership Academy 2025, we want to focus on building the skills of young volunteers and leaders in the RC/RC movement, so they are better equipped to be innovative leaders that have tools to mobilize their community and develop youth-led activities as well as tools to create safe spaces for and with their fellow youth. 

The participants at Leadership Academy will explore several topics including:

• Youth Leadership: Leadership practices and values as well as volunteer motivation.
• Mobilization of youth for active citizenship: Training in and testing of innovative DRCY methods to motivate youth to take initiative and participate in their local societies as active citizens.
• Peer-to-peer conflict management

The training varies between formal sessions and non-formal training methods that combine innovative group work and draws upon participants’ experiences and existing projects.

Where?

The Academy will in 2025 take place in the countryside of Denmark in a beautiful area surrounded by nature. The weekend of the program will be in Copenhagen where the participants will get an opportunity to experience the city and meet young volunteers from Danish Red Cross youth. 

When?

The Youth Leadership Academy is organized once a year in Denmark. In 2025 the academy runs from the 26th May – 4th June 2025.

Who?

Youth Leadership Academy targets young volunteers at the age of 18- 30 years from the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement who are committed to being role models and take leadership in their National Societies.

Want to know more?

For questions or further information please contact the Youth Leadership Academy coordinator Julie on drcy-yla@urk.dk.