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Lead Fellow
Gender Equality
STEM Education
Transforming Education
Future Generations
Future Generations
Justice
Jobs
Climate
Children's Rights
The Next Generation India Fellows program is a partnership between the UN Foundation’s Our Future Agenda program and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
Launched in line with India’s G20 Presidency, the Fellowship puts young people at the forefront of shaping the country’s future and solving the world’s most pressing challenges, as they work closely with intergenerational changemakers globally to build consensus around a ‘future agenda’ for India.
Lead Fellow
Gender Equality
Innovation
New Technologies
Affordable & Clean Energy
Sustainable Cities
Art and Culture
Oceans
Future of the Workforce
Future of Food
Public Health
The Next Generation Fellows program was established by the United Nations Foundation to respond to the Secretary-General’s request for young people to shape the Our Common Agenda report.
Throughout 2021, the Next Generation Fellows spoke to over 600 young people worldwide. They refined our ideas through conversations with UN leaders, including the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, and the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Youth.As a result, several of the Fellows’ proposals made it into the Our Common Agenda report.
The Next Generation Fellows also launched a standalone report called Our Future Agenda, setting out an ambitious vision and plan for the world’s young people and future generations and acting as a manifesto for the continuing work of the Our Future Agenda program.Building on the legacy of the 2021 cohort, a new cohort is working to deliver the vision of Our Future Agenda.
Based on their designated thematic focus, Next Generation Fellows are positioned across the global system to help shape the policy agenda, inspire bold thinking, and drive solutions and innovation at scale.
FutureSpeak is an exciting project by UN Foundation Next Generation Fellows to create policy briefs on pressing global issues, focusing on the five principles for sustainable development (5Ps) – People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnerships.
By Kelechi Achinonu and Ronald Lenz