Young Policy Leaders

Through a combination of training, research, tailored mentorship, peer learning, and writing, participants strengthen their ability to identify policy problems, conduct rigorous research, develop evidence-based recommendations, and communicate their ideas effectively.

YPL aims to contribute to a new generation of North African policy leaders who can bring youth perspectives, local knowledge, and evidence-based solutions into public policy conversations.

Throughout the program, fellows develop their own policy research around an issue they care about, culminating in a Policy Briefing Paper presenting their analysis and recommendations.

Where most youth capacity-building programs stop at skills and knowledge, YPL goes further — equipping young people to translate ideas into concrete action and real-world impact. In turn, the success of young leaders becomes an invitation: the proof to other young people that meaningful civic and policy engagement is achievable.

Explore the YPL Cohorts

Emerging Researchers, Local Challenges, Policy Solutions

The Young Policy Leaders program has brought together emerging researchers, practitioners, civil society actors, and young professionals addressing public policy challenges in their respective countries.

Libya Cohort · 2021

Nine Fellows, Nine Policy Perspectives

The 2021 Young Policy Leaders cohort in Libya brought together nine young professionals, researchers, and civil society actors working across a diverse range of fields.

Over the course of the program, fellows explored policy challenges connected to health, migration, education, social cohesion, economic development, agriculture, cultural heritage, environmental education, security, and governance.

Tunisia Cohort · 2025

Young Researchers, Local Challenges, Policy Solutions

The 2025 Young Policy Leaders cohort in Tunisia brought together young researchers, practitioners, activists, and emerging policy professionals working on some of the country's most pressing social, economic, environmental, educational, health, and governance challenges.

From labour rights and mental health to water governance, civic education, environmental education, cultural industries, school violence, social protection, and youth health — the cohort reflects the diversity of challenges facing Tunisia while placing youth expertise, local knowledge, and solution-oriented thinking at the heart of policy conversations.