Skill Set - International Youth Leadership Conference

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The IYLC is aimed at university and college students, who seek to strengthen their leadership skills and gain meaningful international experience. The Conference welcomes individuals between 18 and 24, who demonstrate commitment to academic excellence, personal development and community involvement in a spirit of responsible and sustainable leadership.

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Nominations

We accept student nominations from university officials and faculty.

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Scholarships

In the coming months, Youth Leadership Europe will be awarding 30 scholarships to students who come from underprivileged communities around the world. We hope that these scholarships will enable students from Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the Carribean, Pacific and many other regions to attend the International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague.

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Skill Set

IYLC places a strong emphasis on advancing generic skills in 6 main categories:
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Personal Development
- Group Effectiveness
- Influencing
- Personal Qualities

The effects of the IYLC on the advancement of these skills is illustrated below. The charts are based on the findings of an anonymous self-assessment survey conducted amongst 18th IYLC participants in July 2009.

The IYLC works on three key levels:

1) Interpersonal Dynamics of the group developing a group identity, learning to work with a
diverse and international group of people.

2) Individual Development - challenging ideas, pervious conceptions, engaging with the realities of
others, developing skills of leadership, communication, expression of arguments, cultural intelligence.

3) Intellectual Development - a pre-requisite of being able to work in the simulations is being able
to hold an unwavering understanding of the workings and aims of these organisations. The simulation aims to add to that knowledge and test it in various situations whilst developing key transferable leadership skills.