Up to twenty selected young people from three countries will participate in a year- long programme with offline activities taking place in Tirana, Skopje and Belgrade. Throughout the year they will undergo series of offline and online training sessions with experienced mentors from Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia, spend up to one week in all three capitals - Tirana, Skopje and Belgrade - mastering their research skills, meeting decision makers and activists, wrapping up their policy papers while getting to know other fellows and their culture and tradition, and learn how to independently implement effective, data-driven advocacy initiatives on a national level. Selected participants will have a stipend that will cover travel, accommodation, allowances, and work on a policy paper. In addition, selected advocacy actions will be financially supported with mini grants. The working language of all activities will be English. More information about the RYLMP can be found here. The timeline of the entire project can be found here. 

WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A RYLMP FELLOW?

A Regional Youth Leadership Mobility Programme Fellow must commit to the following responsibilities:
  • Participate in all onsite events such as the kick off event, the study visits during the mobilities in all three countries and the final event.
  • Attend at least 80% of the online capacity building trainings.
  • Maintain communication on a regular basis with other fellows, their team mentor, and their local point of contact of the RYLMP Programme.
  • Write 1 policy paper in cooperation with other fellows from the region in one of the thematic areas of this open call.
  • Conceptualize, support and implement 1 local advocacy campaign on the topic of their paper in cooperation with other fellows of the programme and their mentor.

ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANTS

Eligible candidates fulfill the following criteria: Aged 21-30; Have Albanian/Macedonian/Serbian citizenship and are residents within the territory of the country of citizenship; Have a good command of the English language, both written and spoken; Are youth activists/young researchers/young professionals from the civil society sector, academia, the private sector, or freelance; University students pursuing a Master's or Ph.D., as well as recent graduates, are welcome to apply.

HOW TO APPLY?

Interested applicants can apply online via the application form. In order to apply, interested candidates should submit in the application form the following documents :
  1. CV
  2. A short statement of motivation
  3. Completed Policy paper & advocacy template related to the following thematic areas in their home countries. More about the thematic areas can be found here.

SELECTION PROCESS

The selection process will consist of two phases: the evaluation of written applications and interviews with chosen candidates. All written applications will be assessed by a panel of evaluators, which includes representatives from each partner organization and RYLMP Alumni from previous editions. Every applicant will receive updates regarding their application status; however, only those who successfully pass the written evaluation will be invited for an online interview. Following the completion of the interview process, applicants will receive confirmation of their application status via email in November 2025.

Important notes:

  • Only fully completed applications will be processed.
  • Applications fully generated by AI will be disqualified. Limited use of AI tools (e.g for grammar checking or formatting purposes) is permitted but all ideas, analysis advocacy strategies and the letter of motivation must be original work of the applicant. AI use of any sort must be clearly stated in the application.

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

Attend the online info session The RYLMP project partners will host an online info session on October 1st 2025 at 17:30. Register here to participate.

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Email us

Email us at rylmp.project@gmail.com More about the RYLMP can be found here.