What We Do
IB’s Generation Global expands opportunities worldwide to elevate youth voice, connect and strengthen communities, and invest in the capabilities and pathways for meaningful action toward a better world.
IB’s Generation Global youth initiatives are made for young people everywhere. You can meet others from different countries, learn new skills, talk about things that matter to you, and take action to make change happen in your local or global community. You can start wherever you are.
Generation Global brings together various youth opportunities such as Dialogue Exchange, Festival of Hope, Global Youth Action Fund and a Community Hub. These initiatives provides different pathways for young people to connect, build capabilities, contribute their perspectives, and take meaningful action.
A world of opportunities for young people
There is no single Generation Global journey.
A young person might begin by meeting peers from another country. They might bring people together around an issue in their community, develop an idea for change, apply for funding, contribute their perspective to the IB, or find support from others navigating similar experiences.
Across the portfolio, Generation Global opens access, creates pathways and brings communities together so young people have more ways to shape their own path.
Connect across differences.
Dialogue Exchange connects young people aged 13–17 with peers across countries, cultures and backgrounds. Through interactive learning, moderated dialogue and facilitated video conferences on the Ultimate Dialogue Adventure platform, they build communication, listening and critical-thinking skills while exploring global topics and different perspectives. Educators can access resources and online professional development through the Teacher Portal.
Turn hope into something you do.
Festival of Hope creates space for young people to explore the questions and challenges that matter most to them, alongside their peers, educators and communities.
Festivals can take many forms, from conversations and workshops to creative activities, exhibitions, challenges and community projects. Young people help shape what happens, whose voices are heard and what action follows.
Schools, organisations, and communities anywhere in the world can create their own Festival of Hope.
The Festival model explicitly centres youth participation and can range from a small local gathering to collaborations involving more than 100 schools.
Take a project in your community further.
The Global Youth Action Fund supports young people aged 12 to 19 who are developing projects that respond to needs in their communities and contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Awardees receive a grant and practical help while they run the project.
Stay connected. Shape what comes next.
Generation Global also creates opportunities for young people to contribute their perspectives, learn from one another and support others.
The Youth Advisory Council brings together IB students and recent alumni representing all IB programs (PYP, MYP, CP, and DP) around the world to contribute to the development of IB programmes, connect youth perspectives with wider education partners and inform conversations about the future of education.
Through our partnership with IBlieve, IB students can also access a global student-led community, free IB resources, mentoring, tutoring and events designed by recent graduates and current students who understand the IB experience first-hand.
IBlieve remains a youth-led and owned organisation that partners closely with the IB.