Global LEAD (Leadership and Education Advancing Development) is a USAID-led collaborative initiative aiming to mobilize one million young leaders to guide their countries’ progress on the key challenges of our time, including democracy and human rights, climate action, global health, and violence prevention.
USAID, through Global LEAD, advances these issues by creating more opportunities for young people’s participation and leadership in their communities, and by supporting one million youth and emerging leaders through youth networks like YouthLead.
We want to see more integration of education, civic/political engagement, and leadership development approaches across all sectors of development programming, because young people are, can, and should be partners in development.
If you are interested in enhancing opportunities for young people to play a stronger role in community development and collective action, this Global LEAD Toolkit is a great resource for you.