Global Programmes

Young people in different regions have distinct needs and face unique challenges. That's why our global programmes are developed in close partnership with local organizations, communities, and young people, so that we can fully understand and address the needs and opportunities of each region.

Global programmes such as imaGen Ventures, the Global Volunteer Initiative, YOMA (Youth Agency Marketplace), or Passport to Earning, as well as Innovation Pilots such as the Global Youth Agripreneur Network and Be Green, are designed to be locally responsive and contextually relevant. 

By adopting a glocal approach, we can empower young people to make a real impact on the world around them, while also ensuring that our solutions deliver meaningful outcomes for the next generation. From developing their skills to connecting them to meaningful opportunities, networks and resources, these global programmes are focused on delivering tangible outcomes for the next generation.

It is this locally driven and globally supported approach that enables successful local programmes to also become global programmes – benefiting young people on an altogether different level.

The global programmes draw on our partners’ unique capabilities, assets and reach to help young people prepare to meet the demands of the future of work and life. Young people are at the center of partnerships, and they have been instrumental in co-designing our global programmes.

GenU’s Leaders Group, Board and Global Leadership Council support the scale-up of innovative programmes in countries. And they back the development of global and regional PPYP initiatives that can be contextualized and scaled across countries. In each case, the aim is to reach a target population of at least 50 per cent girls and young women.

While GenU has a national footprint in 54 countries, another 35 countries host programme activities as part of our global programmes.