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OPENING OF APPLICATION : DHAKA HUB

Update 19/12/2022 : Applications are open!

We are very excited to announce that application to join the Dhaka Hub – Global Shapers Community of World Economic Forum will open on 19th December, 2023. The recruitment application will continue till January 15, 2023. If you have any query, please feel free to email at [email protected]gmail.com

WHAT IS GLOBAL SHAPERS COMMUNITY?

Global Shapers Community, a diverse network of young people driving dialogue, action and change. In 2011, Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum founded the Global Shapers Community to play an active role in shaping local, regional and global agendas. The Forum’s contribution to the Shapers organization includes significant financial and in-kind contributions for operational support.

This is a global network of inspiring and enthusiastic youths who addresses different local, regional, and global challenges through different hub activities. There are 443 hubs around 150 countries where more than 13,000 young individuals are connected through this platform. Every year, representatives from different hubs meet at Davos to discuss the future challenges and activities for the hubs. The primary focus of the hubs is to bring driven young individuals together and initiate different projects to address the needs of their community.

The Dhaka Hub has been playing a great role in connecting social impact leaders from different backgrounds on the same platform since it joined the Shapers Community in 2013. The hub is actively running different projects i.e. Treelionaire, Taalgoal, Green Walk. Dhaka Hub Shapers also contributed to the betterment of the situation during Covid-19 crisis by arranging awareness sessions, vegetable markets for disadvantaged communities etc. We have also arranged  Shape South Asia successfully in 2018 where shapers from different hubs joined to create greater connectivity and collaboration.

With more than 50% of the world’s population under the age of 27, the voice of youth is increasingly more relevant to the Forum’s commitment to improving the state of the world. According to Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab; “What we are doing here is not something which is new or innovative. What we are doing here is something compulsory.” This generation has inherited enormous global challenges, but has the ability to confront the status quo and offer youth-led solutions for change. 

WHO ARE THE GLOBAL SHAPERS?

Global Shapers are young, motivated individuals who are ready to use their skills and opportunities to make a difference in the communities and the wider world. Aged under 30, shapers, collectively work with ideas and solutions to address different challenges on local as well as global scale.

Shapers are the social impact leaders coming from a vast range of backgrounds, careers and interests. Our members include entrepreneurs, development practitioners, lawyers, academicians, tech- experts and many others.

One common characteristic of shapers is that we all are motivated to bring positive changes through our work and commit to the hub to contribute in different initiatives through taking an active role. While shapers are bringing different ideas to the platform, the hub tries to catalyze these solutions to the most pressing challenges through in person and virtual interactions. 

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?

Hubs around the world, encourage inclusion, collaboration and exploration of community solutions. Becoming a shaper enables individuals to connect with other passionate youths who are actively contributing in driving challenges. This is a scope to meet the like minded people, share experience and receive guidance. Here, everyone works with harmony which grows out of networking and becomes a place of real friendship !

As Shapers, we have the exceptional opportunity to launch and participate in projects with the support from the community and WEF. Please find impacts created by different hubs around the world in this link

The hub encourages shapers through cross mentoring and experience sharing sessions. These sessions also invite different inspiring personals from different sectors to share their journey and challenges to motivate the young shapers. Moreover, membership of the hub provides access to engage with the broader World Economic Forum community, including the opportunity to apply and attend the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos and other major events.

Eligibility / Dhaka Hub 2022-23

We are welcoming applications from individuals who consider themselves a change maker and have the motivation to contribute in creating a better community around us. Two basic eligibility requirements are – Must be aged between 18 to 27 years at the time of nomination ( sorry, this is inflexible). You must live or work in Dhaka or have sufficiently strong ties to Dhaka to be able to fully participate in the hub’s activities. Other than these, we assess the application on some simple criteria – 

1. Motivation: Shapers care about bringing positive changes in the communities and the world. Candidates motivated to make a difference and be a catalyst of the change will be valued. 
2. Leadership Potential: We encourage individuals who demonstrate leadership potentials in their respective fields. . 
3. Commitment: This is a voluntary platform where hub requires a minimum of 1-2 hours per week for hub activities, commitment to engage in local and regional events and active participation, leadership in hub projects. As active members are the driving force of the hub, please be mindful of your ability to commit and contribute to the hub.  
4. Achievement : We encourage candidates to apply who have established a track record of leadership/ recognition and demonstrated impactful action in their field.  

We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Also, previous applicants, who still fulfills the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment Process

The application requires you to answer  7 – 8 questions with 100- 150 words (specified in the question) on your experience, motivation to join Global Shapers, area of interest, leadership moment  etc. You can find the application form in this link .  Please do not submit the application through the official Global Shapers website, we have our own application process.

Once applications close, all hub members will be involved with shortlisting candidates through a transparent process for the interview day. On interview day, as a hub, we decide who will be invited to join the Hub.

Timeline:

Application Opens: December 19, 2022
Application Closes: January 15, 2023
Interview Round Closes: January 30, 2023 (Tentative)

* Date & Time can be changed at Dhaka Hub’s discretion

SO APPLY NOW AND HELP US TO MAKE DHAKA A BETTER PLACE!