
Dalia Alić
Student. Represented Croatia at the 2021 Summer School in LisbonIn a world full of new challenges, the potential of future female leaders to contribute to the digital age and transcend inequalities is finally being recognised, empowered and celebrated. The Summer School for Female Leadership in the Digital Age is a life-changing programme designed to provide tools, knowledge, and empowerment to those who seek to create positive changes in the world. With learning sessions, panels, workshops, networking sessions, and the whole ambience organised with the highest level of professionalism, it was a joy to exchange opinions and thoughts on sustainable and ethical solutions for the future. European Leadership Academy's Scholarship in Lisbon brought us outstanding experts, experience like no other, lifelong friendships, and memories we will cherish forever. Hence, as one of 27 selected young female leaders across the European Union, I had a chance to connect with incredible mindsets, build everlasting multicultural friendships and understand how much I still have to learn and can learn from others. Moreover, each and every one of the participants has shown specific talents with diverse backgrounds and unique leadership styles while contributing to mutually empowering and impactful solutions. Lastly, as a selected 'Leader of the Future' awardee, I stood in front of the hall full of experts and young female talents united in the mission to bring diversity and inclusion to the digital age when I realised that this is just the start of something much greater - leaving no one behind while we rise together for a more equal world. And I can't wait to see how this beautiful story develops.