Apply to Join the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Youth Strategy Advisory Group

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is setting up a Youth Strategy Advisory Group which will provide an opportunity for youth involvement in shaping IOM’s new Youth Strategy. The Group will be composed of 10-15 diverse youth leaders and representatives of youth networks from across the world. It will be formed to support and co-shape the development process of the IOM Youth Strategy and will act as a guidance and sounding board to IOM in this regard.

Eligibility criteria:  
– be between the age of 18-35 at the end of the application period;
– have a track record of leadership in the areas of youth engagement and participation;
– demonstrate experience or high interest in migration issues including a good understanding of the Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration (GCM) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
– be available to commit at least 8 hours per month to the Group throughout the entire duration of the mandate (12 months);
– have a good command of English as the main language of the Group;
– have good analytical and writing skills to contribute to the drafting process of IOM Youth Strategy;
– have a good understanding of the IOM mandate, strategic vision, and programming priorities (desirable).

To ensure that the Group members can contribute not only from their personal experience but are representative voices that can speak on behalf of the wider youth community, candidates should demonstrate belonging to at least one of the below categories, providing adequate supporting documents:
1. Young representatives;
2. Young advocates, activists, journalists on migration;
3. Young researchers on migration.

The Group Members will serve a one-year mandate, until the end of the IOM Youth Strategy Development process. Members will fulfill their functions remotely and on a voluntary basis. The Group meetings will be tentatively held on the third Monday of each month from 1:00 to 3:00 PM CET (Geneva time).

For more information on the initiative, please see: https://bit.ly/AG-TOR 

You will need 20-30 min minutes to complete the form HERE.

The draft application form outlining the questions can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/questions-ENG

Please note that your application will be automatically rejected if your answers are found to be generated by artificial intelligence.

If you have any questions or issues with the form, please contact: iomyouth@iom.int

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