Youth United Alliance
Connect.Learn.Build.
Connecting young people across borders to learn, collaborate, and create.
- 50
- Young people
- 18+
- Countries
- 4
- Weeks
- 1
- Global community
About YUNA
A global community for young people
YUNA (Youth United Alliance) is an international youth initiative created to connect young people from different countries through education, international collaboration, knowledge exchange, and collective action.
YUNA creates a space where young people can meet peers from different cultures, develop leadership skills, exchange ideas, gain international experience, and build connections for future collaboration.
50 young people.
18+ countries.
One international community.
Mission
Why YUNA exists
YUNA aims to create an international environment where young people can connect, learn from one another, exchange perspectives, and turn ideas into meaningful action.
Global Collaboration
Connecting perspectives and creating opportunities for international cooperation.
Leadership
Encouraging responsibility, initiative, confidence, and active participation.
Growth
Learning through experience, interaction, and practice.
Action
Turning ideas into practical initiatives and meaningful action.
Community
Building a long-term international community of young people.
The YUNA Method
Connect→Learn→Build
Connect
Build international connections and meet young people from around the world.
Learn
Learn through educational sessions, expert talks, discussions, and experience sharing.
Build
Turn knowledge and international connections into ideas, initiatives, and further action.
Flagship Program
YUNA Global Youth Program 2026
Four weeks. 18+ countries. One global community.
The YUNA Global Youth Program 2026 was a four-week international online program conducted in English. The program brought together 50 young people from 18+ countries. Participants connected with young people from around the world, joined educational sessions, met guest speakers, exchanged ideas, collaborated in an international environment, and developed their own ideas.
Program Experience
A four-week experience, step by step
Educational Sessions
Interactive learning sessions and thematic discussions.
Guest Speakers
Sessions with invited speakers and experienced professionals.
International Networking
Opportunities to connect and communicate with participants from different countries.
Team Collaboration
Collaborative activities and idea exchange in an international environment.
Final Presentations
A final opportunity for participants to present their ideas and outcomes.
Global Community
Young people, connected across borders
International connection is at the heart of YUNA.
The 2026 Global Youth Program brought together young people from 18 countries, creating opportunities for participants to communicate and collaborate across borders.
YUNA aims to create an environment where cultural, geographical, and personal differences become opportunities for mutual learning and collaboration.
- Ethiopia
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Uzbekistan
- Pakistan
- Belarus
- Ukraine
- South Africa
- Lebanon
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- Spain
- Tunisia
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
Meet the Founder
Bektur Shatmanov
Founder, Youth United Alliance
Bektur Shatmanov is a young leader, volunteer, and youth initiative organizer from Kyrgyzstan.
He founded YUNA to create an international space where young people can connect, learn from one another, exchange perspectives, and develop ideas together.
Certificates
Recognition that can be verified
Participants who successfully complete the program receive an official YUNA certificate.
YUNA uses a digital certificate verification system that allows certificates to be authenticated through a unique Certificate ID.
YUNA-26-M9Q2R
YUNA/SPK/26-XQ7M42
The next connection could start here.
YUNA is building a growing international community of young people who believe that ideas become stronger when perspectives come together.
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