Open Call for Leading Asia Scholarship 2023

Deadline: 30-Apr-23

Are you a young leader from Asia? Are you one of young leaders who are devising meaningful strategies to build a more sustainable region? If so, One Young World is looking to bring you to the next annual Summit in Manchester.

Leading Asia is an initiative designed to ensure that outstanding young people from Asia are represented at the One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast, UK.

Across the Asian continent, every state is confronted by a series of interdependent challenges. After years of prosperity and growth, the trade-war between China and USA may have transformative effects on the structure of the entire region. The 4IR is predicted to cause upheaval for industries that have sustained economies for decades. There has been a rapid rise of censorship across the South-East Asian region, increasingly in response to domestic instability. Improving the treatment of ethnic-minority groups remains an urgent priority. The region is chiefly responsible for extraordinary amounts of plastic pollution.

You could attend the One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast from 2 – 5 October via the flagship Scholarship.

If you are ultimately selected for a Scholarship and require a visa to enter the UK to attend the One Young World Summit 2023, you will be required to pay the visa fee yourself. The visa costs 100 GBP plus the applicable service charge of your local visa application centre. The costs of the visa and the applicable service charge as well as any further costs associated with the visa application (including travel to and from the visa application centre) fall on you as the participant.

What does Leading Asia Scholarship sponsorship pay for?

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast, UK.
• Hotel accommodation between 1 and 5 October 2023.
• Catering which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• The cost of travel to and from Belfast. Your flight to and from Belfast must depart from and return to one and the same international airport.

Eligibility Criteria

You are eligible for sponsorship if you:

• Are between the ages of 18 – 30.
• Have an evidenced commitment to delivering positive change.
• Demonstrate capacity for leadership.
• Are addressing key local and/or global issues in your work.
• Have a track record of generating impactful and innovative ideas.
• Are a national (passport holding citizen) of one of the countries listed below:
  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao, People’s Democratic Republic
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam

Selection Process

The strongest applicants will be shortlisted by mid-May 2023. You will be contacted individually by a member of the One Young World team if you have been shortlisted.

Please note:

• One Young World cannot guarantee any applicant that they will be shortlisted or that One Young World will secure sponsorship for any shortlisted applicant.
• Priority will be given to applicants from countries that have been less represented at previous One Young World Summits.
• Priority will also be given to first-time Summit attendees (not One Young World Ambassadors)
• Due to the overwhelming amount of applications One Young World receives, One Young World is unable to respond to individual emails enquiring about the outcome of the Leading Asia selection process.
• One Young World does not provide feedback as to why candidates are not selected.

For more information, visit One Young World.