- UPCOMING EVENTS -
INFO SESSION for Virtual Fellowship program on community organising
📆 Thursday, February 5th 2026
🇪🇺 4 pm CET / 5 pm Eastern European
Presentation and Q&A for interested (or hesitating) applicants in the Virtual fellowship program “Building people power for social and environmental justice” (details of the program below). Event in Zoom, in English, and mandatory registration.
- NOTE TO GLC ALUMNI COMMUNITY -
Dear alumni,
While we are currently not in position to continue organising our professional exchange program with intercontinental trips like before, we are strongly determined to keep connecting justice fighters from both sides of the ocean and to keep building community organising capacities in Central and Eastern Europe. This is why we are launching a new Virtual Fellowship program and we count on you to communicate this opportunity to people in your organisations or networks, who would benefit from it. We keep the focus on our five countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia), so we can integrate the new fellows in our existing alumni networks and keep the movement growing.
Please forward this e-mail and spread the word! Thank you!
- VIRTUAL FELLOWHSIP PROGRAM 2026 -
Application deadline: February 20th 2026, 23:59 CET
The GLC Alumni Network is launching an international virtual fellowship program focused on active citizenship and building community power for social and environmental justice for 15 grassroots leaders from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. The program is focused on cross-continental learning, practice and reflection on community organizing between Central and Eastern Europe, and the US.
The fellowship is fully virtual and between March and July 2026 includes online training sessions, praxis groups and pairing with a US community organization and a mentor based on needs and interests, for an overall of 25 hours. It also gives you access to an alumni network of 450+ civil society professionals, activists and organizers from Central and Eastern Europe and the US.
Profile of fellows
Currently located or working in Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania or Slovakia
Fluent in English
Currently engaged in a civil society organization, informal group/collective or civic movement, progressive political party or movement
Reliable access to internet
Dedicated to social and environmental justice, including commitment to non-discrimination and equality
Passionate about citizen democracy and people’s power and interested in addressing unjust power structures through concrete grassroots actions
Particularly encouraged to apply:
Applicants belonging to and/or working with minority communities, including but not limited to ethnic and religious minorities, LGBTIQ+ people, migrants, people with disabilities, living in underserved and/or rural neighbourhoods, cities, areas
Members or leaders in trade unions, tenants associations, neighbourhood associations or other collectives defending rights.
Participation in the program is free!
If you want to
- Learn how to build real people power
- Turn your values into concrete action with expert support
- Join a powerful international community for long-term impact
then you should certainly come on board.
For any questions, please reach out to the program coordinator Vladislav Petkov at [email protected].
- MEME OF THE MONTH -
No more procrastinating, just sign up for that fellowship ;)
Operations in the US are currently handled by The World Affairs Council of Northwest Ohio, acting as a fiscal agent and grant manager.
