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About Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center
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About Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC)<\/strong> empowers young people with leadership, professional, and entrepreneurial skills to create impact across public, private, and civil sectors. Grounded in empathy, tolerance, and inclusiveness, BYLC brings together diverse youth to practice leadership and contribute to a more just, inclusive, and prosperous society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Story<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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BYLC\u2019s journey started in January 2008 when Ejaj Ahmad, then a graduate student at Harvard conceived of a leadership program that would unite youth from diverse backgrounds, equip them with leadership skills, and engage them in active citizenship. Ejaj and Shammi Quddus, then an undergraduate student at MIT developed a proposal for a month-long leadership program, Building Bridges through Leadership Training (BBLT), and won the Kathryn Davis Projects for Peace Prize in March 2008. This supported them to run a pilot BBLT program with 30 high school and college students from English medium, Bangla medium, and Madrassa backgrounds in Chittagong, Bangladesh.<\/div>
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Following the tremendous success of the pilot, BYLC formed its Governing Board in October 2008. In early 2009, it was registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms in Bangladesh as a non-partisan social venture committed to promoting justice, prosperity, and inclusiveness in society by training the next generation of leaders. Subsequently, BYLC has developed relationships with many leading national and international organizations and expanded its programs to thousands of students from all corners of Bangladesh. Within a span of seventeen years, BYLC has transformed from a living room project to one of the most trusted, respected, and sought after youth leadership platforms in Bangladesh.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our Vision, Mission, & Goal<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our Vision<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Create a prosperous, just, inclusive society and a sustainable world driven by courageous, compassionate, and competent leaders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Mission<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Enable youth to have high impact in public, private, and civil sectors and demonstrate proactive actions for positive socio-economic and environmental change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Goal<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00a0<\/b>Equip young people to lead social transformation for positive changes in society, contribute to national prosperity through employment opportunities, job creation, and caring for the environment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Practice Adaptive Leadership<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Stay diagnostic in the middle of action, take ownership, run experiments to innovate, and be committed to both action and reflection.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Integrity<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Be honest and transparent in all our dealings with students, colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Excellence In Everything We Do<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Produce the highest quality of work through initiative, punctuality, attention to detail, positive energy, and professionalism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Be open and tolerant to differing viewpoints, embrace diversity, and communicate with everyone with equal respect, regardless of their position in the organization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Continuous\nDevelopment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Be committed to learning and helping others learn. Contribute to personal development by receiving feedback and contribute to the development of others by giving constructive feedback.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Empathy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Be understanding and non-judgmental in our dealings with students, colleagues, partners, and stakeholders. Listen with curiosity. First seek to understand, then to be understood.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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17 Years of Growth and Transformation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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