A real starting point.
An application. A project. A question. A skill. A decision. Something that matters enough to work on.
BECOMING / An international youth network
COME
UNFINISHED.
Bring what you are trying to become, build or begin. Find people who help it move. Help someone else move too.
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WHAT HAPPENS HERE
Something unfinished enters.
Something real moves.
BECOMING turns self-discovery into direction, potential into capability and early ideas into meaningful action—with other people in the room.
A working environment.
People, practice, feedback, opportunities and the expectation that the work becomes more real.
Value that travels.
A stronger draft, a tested idea, a public act, a new capability—and something useful given back to another person.
THREE WAYS IN
One network.
Different doors.
Start with focused work, a shared cause or the wider network. Each path leads to people, practice and contribution.
01
Programs
Focused experiences that move one real application, skill, voice or project forward.
See current programs
02
Labs
Long-term communities working across borders on climate, health, knowledge, civic life, innovation and the future of learning and work.
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03
Network
An ongoing exchange of unfinished work, useful knowledge, honest feedback and meaningful connections.
Enter the networkCURRENT PROGRAMS
Begin with
real work.
Programs are time-bound. Every one begins with something real and ends with visible movement.
Applications opening shortly
THRIVE ABROAD
Bring the scholarship, fellowship or conference application you have not finished.
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Coming next · December 2026
OWN THE STAGE
Turn something worth saying into a public act.
Explore the programBECOMING LABS
Shared causes.
Work that continues.
Labs bring members together around challenges that outlast a single workshop or cohort.
01 / ClimateIn development
CLIMATE FUTURES LAB
Read changing climate and energy futures. Develop relevant capabilities. Build locally grounded responses.
02 / InnovationIn design
INNOVATION LAB
Frame useful questions, test assumptions and turn early ideas into working prototypes.
03 / Science + TechnologySeeking founding contributors
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LAB
Connect research, technical practice and emerging tools to real needs—and make knowledge travel.
04 / HealthPlanned
HEALTH FUTURES LAB
Explore healthier futures, unequal access and the capabilities communities need to respond.
05 / Civic FuturesPlanned
CIVIC FUTURES LAB
Practise participation, public imagination and democratic action beyond the language of leadership.
06 / Learning + LivelihoodsExploratory field
LEARNING & WORK FUTURES LAB
Rethink the path from learning to capability, dignified work and a life young people can shape.
Programs create focused beginnings. Labs keep a shared field of work alive.
Explore all LabsTHE FOUNDING NETWORK
LOCAL ROOTS.
GLOBAL REACH.
Founding representatives are already carrying BECOMING in 7 countries—connecting young people, mentors, knowledge and opportunity across borders.
Meet the network
WHY IT BEGAN
A place for people still becoming.
BECOMING was founded by Mamadou Doucouré after years of meeting serious young people with ideas and a desire to contribute—but without the environment needed to move.
Meet the founder and the idea