Calling all young leaders: this is your chance to shape the future of human development
See the impact of the first global development innovation challenge organized by youth, for youth
Organized by our global team at South-North Scholars and supported by United Nations colleagues, we invited our fellow young leaders worldwide to form multicultural teams that provided UN experts with innovative youth perspectives.
Our teams engaged with public and private sector expertsfrom institutions like the UN, World Bank, Oxford University, Duke University, and McKinsey & Co. to develop data-driven proposals identifying humanity’s top priority challenge and innovative solutions.
Over 3,000 young people in 128 countries participated as proposal authors or by voting for the global top teams. These teams presented their vision directly to leading experts at the United Nations during our November 2023 youth-led innovation symposium — and saw global youth insights inform the flagship UNDP Human Development Reports.
South-North Scholars and our collaborators at the UN and beyond are exploring how to reimagine future editions of Solving for Humanity as an enduring channel for youth to offer strategic inputs at the highest levels of the global agenda. Stay in touch for updates.
A multicultural community representing 120+ countries
Experts from the UN and top NGOs and companies
Solving for Humanity empowers young leaders to be thought partners to the United Nations in defining what humanity’s priorities should be.
