5th annual session of the Young Cultural Innovators Forum

salzburg Global Seminar is an independent non-profit organization that challenges current and future leaders to shape a better world. Participants in the YCI Forum will become members of the Salzburg Global Seminar Fellowship network, which since our inception in 1947, includes more than 36,000 participants from over 170 countries.

The Young Cultural Innovators (YCI) Forum is a ten-year initiative designed to

nurture the current generation of young cultural innovators through capacity

building, mentoring, and global networking. The network is multi-disciplinary

and encompasses creative disciplines ranging from the visual and performing arts,

literature, and cultural heritage, to foods, fashion, architecture, and design.

Young cultural innovators (YCIs) are highly motivated, creative catalysts with

high potential to produce positive community change, particularly in underserved

communities.

The YCI Forum aims to empower the creative sector as a catalyst of

economic, social and urban transformation around the globe by linking individuals

and communities connected to the program with one another through programs

in Salzburg, follow-up events, inter-hub exchanges, cross-border projects, and other activities.

The YCI Forum offers an opportunity for participants to be part of an intensive

program taking place at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, from October

16 to 21, 2018. Combining theory and practice, with keynote presentations focusing

on “big picture” issues facing the cultural sector and with skills-building sessions on

communicating value; principles of self-organization; cross-sectoral collaboration;

and leadership and values.

To qualify, all applicants must:

• Be 25–35 years of age.

• Be proficient in English the working language of the YCI Forum.

• Work in Nairobi, Kenya.

• Have at least 1–3 years of professional experience in the cultural sector, creative industries, and/or at an arts organization or institution.

• Want to become an active member of the Nairobi YCI Hub and global network, and be prepared to commit time, energy, and resources to sustaining these.

• Aim to create social change and strengthen the position of the arts and cultural institutions within your community.

• Demonstrate creativity in approach to work, openness to innovation and risk-taking, action-orientation, and entrepreneurial inclination.

• Have a cross-sectoral approach to work and demonstrate an interest in building cross-sectoral alliances/partnerships beyond the cultural sector.

• Exhibit passion, enthusiasm, and leadership potential.