We empower current and future leaders

SI leadership programmes and scholarships aim to strengthen current and aspiring leaders. Each year, nearly a thousand changemakers and global leaders participate in programmes that contribute to a sustainable development in their home countries and regions.

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SI leadership programmes empower leaders from the public and private sector and the civil society in their work to promote sustainable development. Every year around 700 changemakers from countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia are selected to join our leadership programmes.

SI Scholarship for Global Professionals grants around 350 fully funded scholarships each year for master studies in Sweden with the aim to develop future global leaders that contribute to sustainable development in their home countries and regions.

Participants in our leadership- and scholarship programmes all get an access to unique networks for professional exchange with each other and with Sweden. Scholarship holders join the Network for Future Global Professionals, a platform to help them grow professionally while in Sweden.

Diplomaceremony 2016. Photo: Magnus Liam Karlsson
SI Scholarship for Global Professionals
SI Scholarship for Global Professionals is a fully funded international scholarship programme for master studies. Each year around 350 scholarships are granted with the aim to develop global leaders who can contribute to a sustainable development in their home countries and regions.
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SI Global Executive Programme
SI Global Executive Programme is a leadership programme for forward-thinking leaders committed to reshape the future of business and take on the sustainability challenge. The Programme is designed for senior business executives seeking to incorporate sustainability as the core of their business strategy.
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She Entrepreneurs
She Entrepreneurs is a leadership programme for highly motivated women entrepreneurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye who are building successful and sustainable businesses. The programme offers the participants knowledge, provides tangible tools, and an exchange of experiences that helps them develop as entrepreneurs and leaders, and to grow their businesses.
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SI Leader Lab
SI Leader Lab is a leadership programme for civil society leaders in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and Türkiye working for democracy, human rights or freedom of expression. The programme provides participants with innovative tools and a broad network that aims to strengthen their leadership and advocacy skills. 
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Impact Pioneers
Impact Pioneers is an 8-week leadership programme convening leaders across ecosystems for entrepreneurship and innovation, united by their work to nurture, grow and scale impact entrepreneurship. The programme offers participants a unique chance to exchange ideas, gain new perspectives, grow their skillset and expand their global network of peers. The programme consists of weekly online sessions and a one-week onsite summit in Stockholm dedicated to networking with each other and with representatives from across Sweden's ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation.
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