Applications are now open for the 2025 intake of the Young Talent Development Program hosted by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO). This prestigious initiative, marking its second edition, offers a remarkable 24-month professional training opportunity at ICESCO’s Headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. Participants will work across the organization’s diverse sectors, departments, and specialized centers.
About the Program
The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) announces the start of application for the second edition of its Young Professionals Programme for 2025, which is an opportunity for young talents to spend 24 months of professional training at one of ICESCO’s Sectors, Departments or Specialized Centers, at the Organization’s Headquarters, in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
This Programme falls within ICESCO’s new vision and strategic orientations, which fosters young people’s visions, strengthen their capacities and develops their leadership and professional skills to build a responsible and professional generation and upgrade the fields of education, science and culture in the Islamic world.
The second edition of this outstanding program builds on the success of its first edition, which brought together 13 young men and women from 10 Member States of ICESCO, who were selected out of 1177 applicants, and concluded with hiring a number of them to work in the Organization’s sectors, departments and centers after demonstrating their proficiency throughout the Programme’s activities, which included practical and theoretical training and discovering the work environment in international organizations.
To join the second edition of ICESCO Young Professionals Programme, the candidate must:
• Be a citizen of one of ICESCO Member States;
• Have less than 35 years of age at the application start date;
• Hold at least a BA degree or its equivalent in education, science, culture or any other field relevant to the Organization’s areas of action;
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
•Hold citizenship from one of ICESCO’s 53 Member States: Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
