YGLP


YGLP is an international leadership program for university and high school students.
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It is founded and developed by Human Science Lab, London, with support from several foundations and transnational organisations. It uses outcomes from some of its core research on human cognition, leadership and critical thinking.
YGLP is run in five regional groupings – Asia, Americas, Europe, Africa and the Oceania. The assignment of countries or territories to YGLP regional groupings is done in accordance with United Nations geoscheme.

Scientific Framework

Various research programs on human cognition, leadership, critical thinking, physical spatiality and intelligence at Human Science Lab, London, provides the scientific framework for YGLP.
YGLP is based on the Four Step Leadership Theory formulated at Human Science Lab. According to the theory “the leadership achievement of an individual is proportional to the optimal use of four principal components that makes a leader – motivation, planning, energising and executing”. YGLP is designed to optimise this four key leadership component with each program module focusing on a single component.

YGLP Fellow Program

YGLP is executed through two fellow programs. The YGLP Senior fellow program is meant for university students in the age of 19 to 25 years and the Junior fellow program is for high school student in the age of 13 to 19 years. Eligible students for YGLP fellow program are selected through a leadership aptitude evaluation process.

Program Overview

The YGLP fellow program is made of four core modules and one non-core module involving various instructional and resource materials, leadership workshops and leadership conferences.

YGLP Asia

YGLP is run in 44 Asian countries and 2 Special Administrative Regions as YGLP Asia. This is the list of countries where YGLP Asia is administered.
is among 54 Asian cities selected to host YGLP Asia 2017-18
FlagNamePopulation
Area
Capital
Afghanistan30,419,928647,500Kabul
Bahrain1,248,348760Manama
Bangladesh150,039,000147,570Dhaka
Bhutan716,89638,394Thimphu
Brunei408,7865,765Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia14,952,665181,035Phnom Penh
China 1,343,239,9239,596,961Beijing
East Timor1,143,66714,874Dili
India1,210,193,4223,287,263New Delhi
Indonesia248,645,0081,904,569Jakarta
Iran78,868,7111,648,195Tehran
Iraq31,129,225438,317Baghdad
Israel8,502,90020,770Jerusalem
Japan127,368,088377,915Tokyo
Jordan6,508,88789,342Amman
Kazakhstan17,522,0102,724,900Astana
Kuwait2,646,31417,818Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan5,496,737199,951Bishkek
Laos6,586,266236,800Vientiane
Lebanon4,140,28910,400Beirut
Malaysia29,179,952329,847Kuala Lumpur
Maldives394,451298Malé
Mongolia3,179,9971,564,116Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar54,584,650676,578Naypyidaw
Nepal29,890,686147,181Kathmandu
North Korea24,589,122120,538Pyongyang
Oman3,090,150309,500Muscat
Pakistan190,291,129796,095Islamabad
Palestine45,50,3686,220Ramallah
Philippines100,981,437300,000Manila
Qatar1,951,59111,586Doha
Saudi Arabia26,534,5042,149,690Riyadh
Singapore5,535,000697Singapore
South Korea50,004,441100,210Seoul
Sri Lanka21,481,33465,610Colombo
Syria22,530,746185,180Damascus
Taiwan 23,261,74736,193Taipei
Tajikistan7,768,385143,100Dushanbe
Thailand67,091,089513,120Bangkok
Turkmenistan5,054,828488,100Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates5,314,31783,600Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan28,394,180447,400Tashkent
Vietnam91,519,289331,212Hanoi
Yemen24,771,809527,968Sana'a