The Young Leadership Programme 2025 brought together individuals from diverse backgrounds, united by a shared passion for forests.
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Young Leadership Programme
Our 5-day Young Leadership Programme brings together young professionals to interact with a network of peers and experts.Our Young Leadership Programme is aimed at young professionals working in the research and development, governance, administration or business side of the forest sector, or a related area. The 5-day programme offers a unique opportunity for young professionals with leadership potential to interact with a network of peers and experts and share practical experience through group exercises.
Young Leadership Programme 2026
Centred on futures thinking and innovation, YLP 2026 combines expert-led discussions with capacity-building activities to strengthen leadership.
24 August 2026 – 28 August 2026
- Co-created solutions
Meet the future leaders of forest innovation: YLP 2026 participants
Young professionals worldwide gather in Joensuu, Finland, to explore futures thinking, innovation and the forest bioeconomy.
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- Co-created solutions
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Early-career professionals from across Europe will gather in Joensuu, Finland, to explore innovation and futures thinking for forests.
- Co-created solutions
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19 October 2026, 13:30–16:00, GMT, UTC+0
- Co-created solutions
