Fellows are supported in their personal and professional growth, gain international perspectives and innovative approaches to apply to their work, and share their insights and experiences while raising their international profile.
The Fellowship expands participants’ self-confidence and courage to dream, and aim, big by opening up access to role models and global networks of leaders, across age groups, geographies, and divides.
Salzburg Global highlights and makes visible Fellows’ ideas and voices through partnerships, materials, and products, including being featured on our communications channels such as via articles, newsletters, and social media.
The Public Policy New Voices Europe Fellowship is multifaceted and dynamic, with regular activities taking place online, alongside an annual in-person meeting in Salzburg, Austria. Each year, the Public Policy New Voices Europe Fellowship focuses on a specific challenge that is affecting the fields of policy and politics in Europe. For 2025, the Public Policy Challenge topic is Rebuilding Trust and Cohesion in European Democracy.
The Fellowship program for Cohort 4 will take place between March 2025 and December 2025. The planned program for Cohort 4 is below.
March 2025: On-Boarding Workshops (Two sessions, Online)
Two online sessions of 90 minutes will focus on co-designing the goals of the program and building connections amongst cohort Fellows.
18:00 to 19:30 CET, March 11th, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, March 12th, 2025
April to December 2025: Network Meetings (Seven sessions, Online)
Knowledge development sessions will include presentations from a diverse set of thought leaders and the resulting discussion with Fellows will focus on the critical importance of diverse views and experiences in public policy. Capacity development and skills-building sessions will support Fellows by reflecting on their personal and professional leadership goals.
18:00 to 19:30 CET, April 1st, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, May 6th, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, June 3rd, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, July 1st, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, September 2nd, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, October 7th, 2025
18:00 to 19:30 CET, December 2nd, 2025 (off boarding, post session meeting)
The topics and focus areas of these meetings will be co-created with Fellows to ensure maximum alignment with their interests.
Please note that participation in at least five of the online meetings is mandatory to secure participation in the in-person program. We strongly recommend participating in all online meetings to be fully immersed and engaged in the cohort’s activities.
Rolling 2024: Mentoring Pairings (Online)
Following a mentoring-needs analysis, Fellows will be matched with experienced professionals from within the broader PPNVE and Salzburg Global networks. The Mentoring relationship lasts for around 9 months from the point at which the Fellow and Mentor are matched.
Professional Experience Opportunities (Rolling)
To support Fellows with sharing their ideas and building their public profile, a number of professional experience opportunities are available each year. These may include internships or shadowing opportunities with partners, companies, and institutions working in the fields of politics and/or public policy. It could take the form of field trips or educational tours to locations of relevance to European public policy, such as visits to a variety of offices and organizations in Brussels, Belgium. Fellows also have the opportunity to present their ideas to a global audience of policymakers and expand their networks through participation in conferences such as the Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin, and the Diversify Nordics Summit in Oslo.
Peer Mentoring and Support Network (Virtual, On-Going)
The Public Policy New Voices programs maintain an active network of more than 90 Fellows from across Europe. Network members connect with one another through regional gatherings, can participate in virtual peer mentoring sessions with their cohort, and in transatlantic peer mentoring with the PPNV USA program.
In addition, members of Public Policy New Voices Europe become lifetime members of the Salzburg Global Fellowship network, which in 77 years numbers more than 40,000 Fellows from over 170 countries.
Public Policy Challenge Program (Four days, in-person, Salzburg)
12 to 16 October, 2025
Each year, the Public Policy New Voices Europe Fellowship focuses on a challenge that is affecting Europe. For 2025, the Public Policy Challenge topic is ‘Rebuilding Trust and Cohesion in European Democracy’ and will focus on empowering and nurturing diverse leaders who will champion inclusive governance, foster equity, and uphold and fortify the essence of democracy in public policy.
Fellows will apply their learnings from the virtual network meetings to brainstorm and identify potential solutions to the Public Policy Challenge, and create policy recommendations.
The Fellowship will begin in March 2025 with two online on-boarding workshops of two hours each.
The virtual meetings will require a time commitment of 90 minutes every six weeks between April and December 2025, taking place in the evenings on the first Tuesday of every month (subject to adjustments).
Fellows will be matched with a mentor from within the PPNVE and Salzburg Global Fellowship networks, and should plan to virtually meet with their mentor for approximately one hour each, at least four times over the course of their 9-month mentoring relationship.
We recommend that Fellows plan to spend at least two hours per month on self-led activities related to their participation in the network, these include: pre-readings or other tasks in preparation for the virtual meetings, reflection time and journaling, writing or blogging, engaging with peers, participating in conferences, events, workshops or networks.
For the in-person session, participants should plan to participate in a four-day long program (October 12th to 16th, 2025), plus travel time to Salzburg in Austria. Salzburg Global can provide an official letter to the Fellow outlining this time commitment for their university or employer. Please note that virtual participation in the in-person program is not possible.
Members of Public Policy New Voices Europe become lifetime members of the Salzburg Global Fellowship, which in 77 years numbers more than 40,000 Fellows from over 170 countries.
Salzburg Global creates opportunities for members of Public Policy New Voices Europe to participate in other areas of our programming and to build cross-sectoral connections with thought leaders from other program areas.
There may also be opportunities for members of the Fellowship to co-create contributions to international workshops and conferences with our partners; to raise awareness of their work through speaking, writing articles, and producing/curating social media content for Salzburg Global; and to gain professional experience and paid employment by working with us as contractors.
Thanks to the generous support of our partners, there is no cost to apply to or participate in the Public Policy New Voices Europe Fellowship. All costs associated with travel to the in-person sessions and conferences of the Fellowship, including room and board, will be covered by us.
We regret that we are unable to consider applicants from outside of the countries listed in the application information.