Melton Foundation, Melton Stiftung

Through our fellowship and collaborative programs we promote and enable global citizenship as a way for individuals and organizations to work together across boundaries of place and identity to solve challenges in an interconnected world. We make global citizenship accessible at the grassroots by offering fellowships to young change agents in order to develop their capacity as effective and ethical leaders, equipped to act locally, with a global context in mind. Our programs harness unique pedagogies ranging from experiential learning, intercultural collaboration, inclusive leadership, and systems thinking, to train and hone the skills of emerging social impact leaders. Our Global Citizenship Development Framework, developed in correlation to the Inner Development Goals, serves as our guiding foundation. The framework is based on core pillars: Understanding of Self, Making sense of the World, Collaborating across Boundaries, and Enabling and Driving Change. Together, these four interconnected pillars guide how we nurture the skills, values, and capacities needed for individuals to grow into the leaders of tomorrow. With Global Citizenship as our guiding principle, our programs and activities are also closely correlated to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and focus on grassroots action and intercultural collaboration to tackle problems of the modern world.