Atlantic Council announces new European Leadership Accelerator program 

WASHINGTON, DC, – DECEMBER 6, 2024 – Atlantic Council Millennium Leadership Program is launching a new initiative to equip Europe’s emerging leaders with the skills, knowledge and networks needed to address the critical challenges associated with the digital and green transition. Launching in the spring of 2025, the European Leadership Accelerator (ELA) builds on the Millennium Leadership Program’s core leadership development program and mission to bring together global leaders around critical issues.

“This program comes at a crucial time for Europe as it faces transformative challenges in technology and environmental policy,” said Jonah Fisher, senior director of the Millennium Leadership Program. “The European Leadership Accelerator will empower the next generation of leaders not only to tackle these challenges, but to shape solutions that promote resilience, innovation and equity across the continent.”

This five-month program will involve participants in intensive virtual learning and a three-day gathering in London. Twenty-five exceptional professionals driving change at the intersection of the digital and green transitions will be selected to explore the evolution of Europe’s technological and environmental landscape. Participants will improve their leadership skills and professional growth through diagnostics, professional training, strategic networking and peer-to-peer learning. The convention will explore the rapid development of Europe’s digital and green transitions, with informative workshops, expert panels and site visits.

Applications will be open from 5 December 2024 to 5 January 2025. Ideal candidates are politically engaged, impact-focused professionals from the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom aged 25-40 working in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors . For more information, visit the European Leadership Accelerator website. The European Leadership Accelerator (ELA) is an initiative of the Atlantic Council, made possible thanks to the support of Apple.

For further information, please contact the Millennium Leadership Program at millennium@atlanticcouncil.org.