Meet young  

change -makers 
of the Arab region 
 INNOVATE HARNESS

to find new solutions to youth capacities as active

achieve the 2030 Agenda partners in the SDGs
and the 2018-2021 UNDP implementation by
Strategic Plan.   strengthening their skills in
leadership, social innovation,
and frontier technologies.

CONNECT INVOLVE

youth across the region, a wide range of partners and

link them to youth-serving
organizations and provide a
regional platform for
experience- and
knowledge- sharing.
stakeholders to facilitate
collaboration in achieving the
SDGs.

EMPOWER

youth-
serving organizations to
better support youth to
fulfill their potential.

SUSTAINABLE
The Youth Leadership Programme DEVELOPMENT

1
(YLP) was launched by UNDP in GOALS
2015 to bring together a
community of young social
innovators across the Arab region,

2
to lead change for the Sustainable
Development Goals. GENDER
EQUALITY

"Arab states can achieve a huge developmental

leap and ensure durable stability if they put the
Our

3
empowerment of their youth at the top of their
urgent priorities and harness their energy to
Pillars
advance development processes." SOCIAL
Arab Human Development Report, 2016 INNOVATION
 YLP proved itself to be the
National perfect platform to help me
We work with youth in develop my ideas. With YLP, I
their communities through
UNDP Country offices.
gained unique new insights,
learning everything from
project design to
sustainability.
Regional
Moneera Yassien, Sudan
We provide platforms for policy
YLP1 Participant, Change-maker Mentor
dialogue and exchange.

Global
We introduce youth
and their solutions to
the international
stage.
 Better Leaders for
Better Communities

#YLP1 I am honored to be a YLP alumna.  It was my first

step towards pursuing goals in my life that  I knew
2015
 
could make the world more sustainable today and
for the generations that will follow us.
Heba Katoon, Egypt

Gathering

40 young leaders
from 18 countries

 My network has grown immensely, and my

Innovation for
the SDGs
#YLP2 
prototype was rebuilt into a more sustainable 2016
idea. YLP has been extremely fulfilling.
Salma Belhassine, Tunisia

 Reaching 500
 
young people from 
14 countries 

Social Cohesion
AREAS OF FOCUS

Economic
Empowerment

Gender Equality

Good Governance
 Accelerating Innovative Solutions
for Sustainable Development
#YLP3 YLP provides youth with advanced methods that can
2017 transform their ideas into projects, making them capable of
implementing them on a scientific basis and achieve
positive sustainable change.
Sarah Al-Majeedi, Yemen

Reaching 2000
young people  from 
13 countries 

Design Thinking

AREAS OF FOCUS 
Hackathons

SDG Camps

This workshop is a great opportunity to meet other

organizations from our country which work with similar
objectives. It’s a chance to coordinate our efforts to maximize impact.  
Hussein Shoman, Nabd Organization, Lebanon
#YLP4
Innovating for 2018
Sustainable Impact
Reaching

5000
young people through
 youth-serving
50 organizations

In YLP4 reach and impact expand

by partnering with national
organizations that work for
youth empowerment, as they
help individual youth making
contributions to their
communities’ development.
Amplifying
Positive 
IMPACT!
YLP partners globally to
offer complementary support in the
form of knowledge, mentorship and
networks to strengthen young change-
makers’ skills to amplify their positive
impact.

YLP Youth
Declaration
At the end of each edition, youth produce
a "YLP Declaration," an actual reflection of
their vision, principles and commitments
to fellow youth, communities,
governments and international bodies."
Beginning in 2017, YLP facilitated an
exchange between YLP participants and
Hult International Business School
students as part of a course titled
“Business and Social Innovation.”
Selected YLP projects are paired with Hult
students to creatively address some of
the world’s greatest societal challenges. 

Click here for information on our partnership

Top change-makers are selected

each year to take part in
the ECOSOC Youth Forum and to
share their projects and their vision
for how young people can help
achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals.

Click here for more on our youth leaders

Click here for our innovation tool

 CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE
YOUNG INNOVATORS FROM ACROSS THE REGION PUT THEIR
CREATIVITY TO THE SERVICE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES

GOING PLACES
In Lebanon, some people spend 40 percent of
their salaries commuting to work. Malak has
developed “Khedni M3ak!” (“Take me with
you!”), a carpooling project that aims to solve
transportation problems, including traffic jams
and pollution. Besides providing a cleaner and
safer means of transportation, the app also
promotes small businesses along the route.

THINK MOBILE, ACT LOCAL

Through the RASSD Initiative for Palestinian
Citizenship, Ahmad aims to address the lack
of communication between citizens and local
authorities in Palestine. Rassd has a
committee to interact with citizens and serve
as mediator, encouraging people to take part
in the decision-making process. A website and
mobile application is designed to equip
citizens with information on municipalities’
plans and recommendations.

"Changing the world begins with a small

group of thoughtful and committed people,
ready to foster awareness raising and
advocate for their rights."

OH YES, 'SHE CAN'

Moneera's ‘SHE CAN’ project aims to empower
immigrant widows by providing them with viable
income. The initiative targets widows who had
been economically dependent on their spouses.
Often they were married young and had little or no
education. SHE CAN offers the means for widows
to start small businesses by providing skills
training in a trade. The project also equips
immigrant women with business management
skills, holds health and legal education workshops,
and provides micro-credit loans and grants.
Click here for more on our Champions of Change
 The Way Forward
2019-2021

VISION
Build a more sustainable and
inclusive future for the
Arab region.

1500 KNOWLEDGE
Institutionalize the YLP
approach and develop an
online Learning Facility.

PLATFORMS
Establish youth-led hubs
across the region. 

SCALING
Support the scaling up of youth
development solutions.

NETWORK
Consolidate and expand the
network of youth-serving
organizations .

MEASURMENT
Pioneer development of an
impact assessment tool to
measure YLP's reach to 100,000
youth. 
 Thanks to our partners

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