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This 5-day program takes the young people of Asia on a journey to learn how they could confront and resolve issues, and take a step forward indefining a future that is promising and thriving not just for themselves, but for their country and Asia too. Using leadership frameworks taught at Harvard University, participants will operate and mobilize group dynamics in an environment where the pace ofpolitical change is accelerating rapidly, exercise effective and impartial leadership. 

The Youth Leadership Summit 2016 will bring together 500 university students and young professionals, competitively selected from Bangladesh and around the world, and 50 distinguished national and international speakers for three days of exploration, leadership training, and networking. The Summit will feature a mix of plenaries and concurrent panels on issues ranging from identities and values to education, entrepreneurship, and social innovation. Previous Summit speakers have included Harvard and MIT faculty as well as globally renowned leaders from public, private, and civil sectors.

Under the umbrella of the DREAMS Initiative of the US Government’s PEPFAR support in Kenya, ASPIRES is organizing short-term technical assistance for experts in the delivery of training and follow-on support in two areas: financial capabilities and entrepreneurship. The Training of Trainers for each topic will be delivered to 10 local implementing partners who are serving the DREAMS target population of adolescent girls and young women ages 10-24 who are HIV-vulnerable in Nairobi and Kisumu (Western) province.

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With three of the most pristine large rivers and some of the most extensive intact forest in the Mekong region, Myanmar is Asia’s last frontier for conservation. Its natural environments remain mostly unspoiled. They support some of the region’s poorest people, and possibly the last population of wildlife elephants in Southeast Asia. WWF’s Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) is offering the best and brightest future conservation leaders the opportunity to pursue graduate-level study anywhere in the world with the goal of advancing conservation in Myanmar. EFN supports up to two years of study for a maximum of USD 30,000 per year.