Empowering future
ocean leaders

OCEAN LEADERS FELLOWSHIP

2025 - Present

Challenge

The ocean is our lifeline. And the next generation of ocean leaders is inheriting the responsibility to protect it. Yet systemic barriers—such as limited opportunities and exclusion from critical decision-making spaces—often prevent young leaders from contributing their expertise and advancing their careers.

Action

The Ocean Leaders Fellowship which we support gives 40 selected Fellows the opportunity to develop critical skills as leaders in the ocean sector. The program curriculum includes skill development workshops, expert mentorship, collaboration opportunities with peers, and attendance at the 2025 Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit and UN Ocean Conference. This Fellowship goes beyond amplifying youth voices. It prepares Fellows to lead with confidence and the tools necessary to champion meaningful, lasting change.

Impact

fellows empowered and supported every year

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world ocean events attended

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continents represented

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Partner

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Sustainable Ocean Alliance

Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) is an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to activating young people, developing and implementing innovative solutions, and mobilising a global movement of ocean allies to restore the health of the ocean. Founded in 2014, SOA has developed the world’s largest network of 7000+ young ocean leaders, ecopreneurs, and advocates across 186 countries, all committed to solving the greatest threats facing our ocean. To date, SOA has accelerated 480+ ocean-based solutions, including 64 for-profit startups and 419 community-led nonprofit projects in 64 countries.

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