The World Jewish Congress is currently accepting nominations for the second annual Ralph Goldman Award, which offers unique leadership training experience to two promising young communal leaders by enabling them to participate in the German Marshall Fund’s ‘Transatlantic Inclusion Leadership Network’ (TILN).
Leadership development is a flagship endeavor of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), which is dedicated to promoting better understanding and increasing cooperation between the United States and Europe on transatlantic and global issues. Following discussions with the GMF, we are seizing the opportunity to work together in order to advance leadership opportunities for rising young Jewish leaders in the transatlantic sphere. Both the WJC and GMF believe that leadership training is one of the keys to ensuring young Jewish leaders are equipped with the tools that they need to successfully address issues of concern to many Jewish communities throughout Europe.
The TILN workshop is part of the German Marshall Fund’s ‘Brussels Forum’ which takes place each year and which brings together the top European policy makers. Recipients of the Ralph Goldman Award will attend the TILN beginning on March 15. On the evening of March 17, the TILN will join up with the Young Professionals Summit at Brussels Forum, continuing through the weekend with departures on Sunday afternoon, March 20.
Please let us know of any suitable candidates from your community to participate in this program by sending their CV, a letter of motivation from them, and a letter of recommendation from the community president or senior professional officer to cweiss@wjcmail.org. The deadline for submissions is 30 January 2015.
TILN candidates must meet the following criteria:
- 30-years-old or under (in exceptional cases candidate up to 35 will be considered).
- English proficiency, as all communication is conducted in English.
- Elected, or aspiring elected official, or civil society diversity advocate and leader.
- Ready to advance to the next level in their work as leaders; proven leadership capacity.
- A profound sense of integrity, and commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion.
- A desire to effect real and lasting change in their sphere of influence, and to apply their new knowledge and networks upon return.
- An interest in transatlantic and global learning and engagement.
- Available to travel to Brussels for the designated week: 17-22 March 2015
A detailed report on last year's TILN can be viewed here.
Two rising young Jewish leaders will be selected to participate in TILN each year, through 2017, according to a mutually agreed selection process.
We encourage you to nominate candidates and are sure that this will be a unique and rewarding experience for the two successful participants.
