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Youth Council

The SIA Youth Council is a global advisory body acting as a bridge between youth and SIA’s leadership. It provides strategic input and advice on key elements of SIA to ensure it continues to meet the needs of young social entrepreneurs worldwide.

Youth Council members bring forward insights and trends from their communities, represent the voice of youth, and inspire others to get involved. By working collaboratively, the Youth Council plays a crucial role in ensuring SIA’s program remains impactful, inclusive, and relevant in empowering the next generation of active citizens and social innovators.

How It Works

The Youth Council consists of 10 elected representatives from the SIA Alumni community who provide systematic advisory and consultation, offering feedback on key areas such as program design, network, and strategy. Council members bring forward insights and trends, and inspire alumni engagement.

Additionally, two elected representatives from the Youth Council advocate for youth interests on the SIA Steering Board, SIAs highest decision-making body. The SIA Youth Council meets at least twice a year and is facilitated by a SIA International team member.

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    Program

    The Youth Council offers feedback, consultation and perspective on the design and content of events, the SIA incubation, and communication of the program.

  • Network

    Council members share their perspective on and needs for alumni offerings, the integration of alumni into the SIA network and community.

  • Strategy

    Based on youth’s needs worldwide, the Youth Council advocates for their perspective and advises on the strategic development of SIA.

Learn more about the SIA Youth Council

  • Q&A Session – Youth Council and upcoming Elections

    The SIA Youth Council is designed to bring together SIA Alumni from across the globe to share their insights and advise SIA on key areas like program development, alumni engagement, […]

Timeline

  1. Self-nomination to become a candidate

    SIA Alumni can become candidates by submitting a short biography and video to the Youth Council coordinator.

  2. Voting of the Youth Council members

    All SIA Alumni can vote for their favourite candidate(s) via email during the official election period.

  3. Announcement of elected Youth Council

    The 10 elected members are publicly announced and displayed on the Youth Council website.

  4. Online on-boarding

    The elected Youth Council meets and votes upon two representatives for the SIA Steering Board.

  5. Meeting at the SIA Summit

    The Youth Council meets twice a year, the first get together of the newly elected Youth Council will be at the SIA Summit 2025.

How to become a Youth Council member

All about the election process, timeline and candidature.

Details

Are you interested in joining the Youth Council?

Get in touch with our Youth Council Coordinator to ask any questions you might have.

Email Lisa Schnägelberger for details