One year. One global community. 🌍
Over the past year, Generation Global has grown within the @iborganization family, connecting young people across the world through meaningful dialogue.
✨ 42,000+ students reached
✨ 2,300+ teachers registered
✨ 600+ video conferences
Together, we are building the skills that matter most today:
global communication, critical thinking, intercultural understanding and empathy.
As Chief Community Partnerships & Development Officer, Dr Nicole Bien, reflects on this journey, and Head of Generation Global, Eva Grajeda Chavez looks ahead, one thing is clear:
This is just the beginning.
#generationglobal #internationalbaccalaureate
1,100 applications. 103 countries. 324 young people selected.
We are so excited to announce the @iborganization 2026 Global Youth Action Fund cohort.
110 projects across 44 countries. 15 countries joining for the first time.
Every one of these projects was already happening before we got involved. These young people saw problems in their communities and started solving them. The grant just helps them go further.
In a time when it is easy to feel like nothing is changing, this cohort is proof that it is.
Quietly, locally, persistently.
@iborganization backs youth-led action with funding, workshops, and a global community. Up to $3,000 per project and a full year of support.
To every awardee: we see what you are building. And we’re lucky that we can be part of your journey. You give us hope. Keep going.

#GYAF2026 #GenerationGlobal #FestivalOfHope
Our Day 2 presenters at the IB Global Conference, Mumbai 2026 embodied our “Shared Learning, Shared Futures” conference theme. In an increasingly polarized world, the ability to exchange ideas across different perspectives is essential for creating a better, more peaceful world. Among many, our speakers help drive this vital work.
Swipe through to see quotes from Day 2 of #IBGC2026.
Today, we kicked off the IB Global Conference, Mumbai 2026 with an opening session full of inspiring voices, bold ideas, and a shared commitment to shaping the future of education. 🇮🇳
Swipe through to see quotes from our presenters and the ideas driving impact not only locally, but globally.
#IBGC2026
Showcase your Middle Years Programme (MYP) exhibitions with us! Use #MYP2026 to highlight your exhibitions for a chance to be featured on our website. We look forward to seeing your students’ creativity, dedication and hard work!
IB students, the IB Festival of Hope is coming to Beijing on 20 – 21 March 2026, and you’re invited!
Hosted by Keystone Academy, student leaders from Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an, Ningbo and beyond, will gather to explore big issues that shape our world, from climate and biodiversity to cultural, social equity, well-being, tech and literacy.
What you’ll get to do:
⚫️ Join hands-on activities that help you work better with others and think creatively
⚫️ Try out your ideas in role‑play and scenario challenges
⚫️ Hear inspiring stories from other students who are making a difference
⚫️ Meet and make friends with students from different schools and cultures
⚫️ Speak up and share your thoughts in meaningful conversations
You’ll leave with new skills, new friends and the confidence to lead change in your own community!
Register at the link in bio!
Meet the first @iborganization Youth Advisory Council.
Selected from over 1,400 applications, this group brings together youth voices connected to the experiences of more than 2 million IB students worldwide.
Each member comes with their own context, questions, and lived experience, contributing insight and perspective into how the IB continues to evolve.
You will also hear from Jennifer Bahrami and Tim Logan (Co-leads of IB Festival of Hope), who reflect on why creating spaces for youth participation and connection is essential to the IB and its wider youth initiatives.
This is not about speaking for everyone. It is about building pathways for insight, participation, and shared responsibility across the IB community.
Youth agency in action.
Comment "Youth" to learn more and stay up to date with all our youth initiatives!
Applications for the Global Youth Action Fund (GYAF) are open for one more week!
Open to students globally, ages 12 to 19, the GYAF aims to award grant funding to students who have a project or idea they believe will make an impact in their community.
Your project must support at least one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Selected students will receive up to USD 3,000 in grant funding (depending on project needs) to develop or transform their powerful ideas, as well as mentorship and networking opportunities with leading social entrepreneurs and fellow student awardees from around the world.
Learn more and submit your applications before 30 January at the link in bio!
We would like to celebrate the achievements of all 23,392 students worldwide who have reached the important milestone of receiving their Diploma Programme (DP) and Career-related Programme (CP) results from the November 2025 examination session.
“These IB graduates have shown remarkable resilience and dedication. As they prepare for higher education, careers, or service to their communities, they can be confident they possess the skills and global perspective that will allow them to thrive. We are immensely proud of their efforts and will no doubt take further pride in their future achievements, built on a foundation of compassion, creativity, and critical thinking.” - Olli-Pekka Heinonen, IB Director General
Three years. Ninety countries. Twelve thousand students.
Three years ago, the @iborganization asked the question “How do we turn challenges into action and inspire hope?”
As a response, we launched the IB Festival of Hope. Since then, over 12,000 young people across 90 countries have stepped up to lead, create, and act on what matters most to them.
From North Carolina to Jakarta, Lima to Bologna, the Festival of Hope has become a global movement powered by youth voice, courageous inquiry, and purposeful action.
This new video marks the three-year milestone of the Festival of Hope. It celebrates not just what has been achieved—but what is still to come.
Watch now and explore how students, educators, and communities are building a more hopeful future together.
#festivalofhope
At COP30, world leaders will decide our climate future.
But real change starts with dialogue — and it starts with you.
✨ Join COP30 Youth Dialogues (Nov 10–14) and bring your voice to the table.
👉 Final call — register through the link in bio.
#cop30 #climatevoices #globalcitizens
“When teachers become co-creators of learning rather than deliverers of curriculum, something powerful happens. Children don’t just absorb knowledge—they build it, they test it, and eventually, they own it. Pedagogy is not about method; it’s about movement. And that movement begins when we trust teachers and their students to shape learning together.” - Dr Modupe Olateju, Fellow of Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education
Day 2 of the IB Global Conference, The Hague 2025, is almost over! Thank you to Dr. Modupe Olateju for your thought-provoking keynote speech, and to everyone who joined us today as we discovered, connected, and drew inspiration from the fellowship of our global community of educators. #ibgc2025
