Global Events
Where Global Citizenship Thrives!
At the Melton Foundation, our events unite the global community with local impact leaders to bring Global Citizenship practices to life. Through workshops, gatherings, and collaborations, we foster innovative ideas and meaningful actions to drive worldwide change.
Global Citizenship in Action
At the Melton Foundation, we believe in the power of collaboration to bring Global Citizenship to life. By joining forces with our global community and connecting with local impact leaders, we foster collective action toward a more just and inclusive world. Throughout the year, we host a diverse range of engagements in multiple formats, including panels, dialogues, and interactive sessions, designed for varied audiences across our network.
In addition to our cross-hub and international gatherings, we curate hub-specific events tailored to the unique contexts of each of our six Global Citizenship hubs. Our events are thoughtfully designed to enable meaningful participation through in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats, ensuring accessibility, connection, and impact across borders.
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Global Events
Learning Through Action: Global Solvers Co-Lab 2025
From July 6–12, 2025, the Global Solvers Co-Lab convened 20 changemakers from 15+ countries in Gotha, Germany. Through immersive learning, storytelling, systems clinics, and grassroots visits, participants translated systems leadership from theory into lived, collaborative practice grounded in real-world complexity.
Cybersecurity Is Global Security: Shared Responsibility
This panel explored cybersecurity as a shared global responsibility. Experts examined digital trust, identity management, AI-driven threats, and cyber hygiene, highlighting how protecting digital systems safeguards human rights, public trust, and resilient communities in an increasingly connected world across borders and sectors.
Global Citizenship Convention: Skills for a Changing World
Held in Jena, Germany from August 3- 10, 2025, the Global Citizenship Convention 2025 explored key skills for navigating today’s complex world. Through dialogue and practice, participants examined decolonial DEI, financial resilience, and intercultural competence as foundations of active Global Citizenship.
Melton Meet-Up Café: Awakening Minds at the India GCC 2024
The first-ever Melton Meet-Up Café Live Session at the India Global Citizenship Convention 2024 showcased the power of open dialogue, empathy, and shared understanding. In an intimate setting, Melton Fellows from around the world engaged in meaningful conversations on humanity’s most pressing issues.
Global Solvers Co-Lab 2024: Sparking Innovation and Collaboration in Accra, Ghana
This year’s Global Solvers Co-Lab in Accra, Ghana, was a vibrant journey of collaboration, impact, and innovation. Over five days in July, young leaders from our Global Solvers Accelerator gathered to exchange ideas and explore sustainable development solutions.
Unveiling the Stars: Celebrating the Facilitators Behind the Global Solvers Co-Lab 2023
Right in the heart of Gotha and Jena, Germany, something amazing happened this July 2023 – the Global Solvers Co-Lab. It was all about people coming together to make a difference. Let us introduce you to some of the incredible folks who made it happen: “We believe in the magic of collaboration!”
Podcasts: Bringing Storytelling for Change to life
Our podcasts revolve around hot topics and intercultural dialogues that encourage listeners to reflect and take positive action! Listen to our stream today and browse through our episodes!
Global Citizenship Hub Events
Melton Foundation Africa Impact Evening: Accra
Held in Accra, the Africa Impact Evening convened board members, partners, and fellows to strengthen collaboration across Ghana. The gathering connected global leadership with local action, highlighting partnerships, and shared commitments shaping Africa’s social impact ecosystem.
Collective Leadership Learning in Recoleta, Chile
In Recoleta, Chile, the Melton Foundation facilitated a leadership workshop for public school students during the Latin American Dialogues. The session strengthened democratic leadership, collaboration, and civic participation through reflective, peer-based learning grounded in local educational realities.
Skillathon 2025: Innovation at the Bengaluru Skill Summit
At the Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025, Skillathon engaged college students in hands-on problem-solving around India’s skilling challenges. Through design thinking and mentorship, young innovators developed inclusive, scalable solutions connecting education, employability, and global citizenship.
Building Leaders for a Sustainable World: Inside the Future Makers Lab
During Global Goals Week 2025, Melton Stiftung Germany hosted the Future Makers Lab in Erfurt, where young changemakers engaged in structured debates on SDGs, honing critical thinking, public speaking, and practical leadership to drive sustainable change.
Project Management Training for Female Entrepreneurs in Wa, Ghana
From November 11-15, 2024, Melton Foundation Africa held the “Project Management for Female Entrepreneurs” event in Wa, Ghana, empowering 20 local women with essential project management skills.
Celebrating the Launch of Melton Foundation India at India GCC 2024
The India GCC 2024 marked an important milestone with the official launch of Melton Foundation India, celebrating a new chapter in the foundation’s mission to promote global citizenship and inspire collaborative, impactful action.
Insights from the High-Level Regional Meeting on Violence Prevention in Education
On November 7-8, 2024, Bogotá hosted the First Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children, focusing on violence in education across Latin America and the Caribbean. Lars Dietzel represented the Melton Foundation.
Global Citizenship Convention
Our annual Global Citizenship Convention provides tools and resources to promote global citizenship as a way to work together to solve today’s challenges around the world.
Each year, we convene Melton Fellows, Global Citizenship advocates, partners and collaborators to explore, exchange, and collaborate on pressing global issues.
Global Solvers Co-Lab
The Global Solvers Co-Lab is the space where sectors, cultures, identities, and know-how converge into something “greater than the sum of its parts”. Focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and leveraging the power of global citizenship, the Co-Lab convenes emerging SDG advocates to learn, share, and catalyze tangible solutions for sustained impact together.
Each year, we convene Melton Fellows, Global Citizenship advocates, partners and collaborators to explore, exchange, and collaborate on pressing global issues.
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