SI Leadership Programmes

We’re looking for leaders with the ambition and potential to drive change for sustainable development. Are you one of them? If so, apply for a SI leadership programme – it will strengthen your leadership skills and build your international network.

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SI Alumni – continue to build your network and knowledge

Your journey with SI does not end when you receive your diploma from a leadership programme. You will continue to grow and gain unique opportunities to build your network and knowledge as a member of SI Alumni Network.

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‘The most important part of the programme was meeting other executives from around the world’

Working for an environmental services group operating on six continents, Rafael Augusto Tello Oliveira is always looking for new solutions to sustainability challenges. Through the SI Global Executive Programme, he…

Alumni, Democracy, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories

‘Being surrounded by like-minded individuals from diverse backgrounds was truly inspiring’

Viktoriia Didach is dedicated to strengthening civil society in Ukraine through her work at the Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR) Coalition. She recently participated in the Swedish Institute’s Leader Lab,…

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories, The 2030 Agenda

‘The SI Global Executive Programme helped me put in place a system to drive engagement’

Kelechi Olawoyin, Chief Sustainability Officer at Transport Services Limited, is leading her company’s sustainability transformation. Through the Swedish Institute’s Global Executive Programme, she learned the power of collaboration in driving…

Alumni, Democracy, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories, The 2030 Agenda

‘SI Leader Lab provided me with new collaboration opportunities and creative approaches’

Iryna Kozikava, Executive Director of PEN Belarus, works to foster Belarusian culture, defend freedom of expression, and protect the rights of cultural workers. Her participation in the Swedish Institute’s Leader…

Criteria

Impact Pioneers ’25: Enabling Climate Tech entrepreneurship

Connecting leaders enabling Climate Tech entrepreneurship

Available for 26 countries

Opens for applications in March

She Entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa.

Available for 8 countries

Closed

SI Global Executive Programme

Sustainable business

Available for 24 countries

Closed

SI Leader Lab – Connecting leaders in civil society

Available for 13 countries

Closed

Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) Western Balkans

Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP)

Available for 6 countries

Closed

Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) Baltic Sea Region and Eastern partnership countries

Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP)

Available for 11 countries

Closed

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‘The most important part of the programme was meeting other executives from around the world’

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‘The SI Global Executive Programme helped me put in place a system to drive engagement’

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Impact Pioneers ’25: Enabling Climate Tech entrepreneurship

She Entrepreneurs

SI Global Executive Programme

SI Leader Lab – Connecting leaders in civil society

Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) Western Balkans

Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) Baltic Sea Region and Eastern partnership countries