2023 Global Youth Leadership Summit

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The Global Youth Leadership Summit (GYLS) brings together young people with and without ID from all over the world in a single global youth leadership platform to develop the skills they need to become agents of change in their communities. The GYLS also provides young people the opportunity to learn from their global peers on how to empower the next generation of unified Youth Leaders. During the 2023 Youth Leadership Summit, over 100 youth with and without intellectual disabilities came together and created their Youth Declaration.

Read the declaration

ACTIVATING TOGETHER

The 2023 Global Youth Leadership Summit will take place in Berlin, Germany from 16 – 20 June. Over 100 young people representing over 45 Special Olympics Programs will spread inclusion by Activating Together and calling on policy makers to be proactive in breaking down barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion in their countries. This 5-day event will tap into the energy, power, and global diversity created from being at the World Games to drive global legacy in creating inclusive communities through the power of youth engagement.

Learn more about which Special Olympics Programs that will be represented at the 2023 Global Youth Leadership Summit in Berlin.