2026 Obama Foundation Leaders Europe Program

Leaders Europe is a six-month, virtual leadership development program that seeks to inspire, empower, and connect emerging leaders to advance inclusive and lasting change in their communities, throughout Europe, and across the world.

• Table of Content
• About Obama Foundation
• Obama Foundation Training
• Aim and Benefits of Obama Foundation Training
• Requirements for Obama Foundation Training Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Obama Foundation Training
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Obama Foundation Training

Aim and Benefits of Obama Foundation Training

• Weekly leadership skill-building workshops
  • Tailored workshops support Leaders in identifying and activating personal values, engaging across difference, harnessing inclusive forms of power, and building skills for pragmatic, adaptive leadership over the long haul.
• Timely conversations
  • Once a month, Leaders engage in conversation around some of the most challenging issues confronting Europe with the community leaders at the forefront of them.
• Monthly Community Groups
  • The program includes opportunities for Leaders to meet virtually in small groups and for one-on-one conversations to build deep, lasting relationships that will carry them through their leadership journey.
• Individualized Leadership Coaching
  • Each Leader is paired with a coach to help them gain self-awareness, clarify goals, brainstorm ideas, achieve their development objectives, and unlock their potential.

Requirements for Obama Foundation Training Qualification

You must meet one of the following criteria:

• Citizen of an eligible country or territory OR 
• Permanent resident of an eligible country or territory OR 
• A refugee or asylum seeker in an eligible European nation or territory OR
• Have lived in an eligible country or territory for at least the last 5 years, regardless of citizenship or permanent residence status
• You are professionally proficient in English and you will be between 24 and 45 years of age on September 1, 2026.
• You will refrain from participating in an electoral campaign as a candidate for political office from the time you are accepted into the program through May 1, 2027.
• You can demonstrate at least 3 years of relevant experience in your issue area. 
• The Obama Foundation is based in the United States. To participate in the program, you must be under no legal or regulatory restrictions that would limit your participation in virtual Foundation programming or travel to the U.S. for in-person programming (if any).

Interview date, Process and Venue for Obama Foundation Training

• Selection decisions are currently scheduled to be sent out in June 2026.

Check also:
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit Obama Foundation webpage.