The innovative and acclaimed Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI)™ is a strategic policy leadership programme focused on strengthening your political and policy understanding and influence. It is framed by nursing opportunities in a global movement committed to sustainable development and explores key themes that underpin the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. GNLI 2023 focuses on the United Nations’ SDGs, health disparities and gender equity, universal health care, and the WHO Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery, 2021-2025 (GSDNM). The GNLI 2023 programme also features opportunities for collaborations with WHO Regional Offices.
GNLI alumni have:
GNLI scholars who complete the programme use these skills in many important activities to improve health outcomes. These include leading and contributing to major policies affecting health, including national action plans for nursing and midwifery; reforming nursing education and regulation; leading clinical developments; conducting research to inform and evaluate policy; and ensuring nursing voices are heard alongside other stakeholders. They have also been in the forefront of the Nursing Now campaign, globally and in their countries.
Leading nurses and midwives who work in:
Seize this opportunity to join fellow nursing leaders and influence global and local health policy!
After completing the Global Nursing Leadership Institute™ (GNLI) alumni continue to engage in networking as a professional support to advance their own careers and the nursing profession.
Nurses from around the world will be selected as GNLI 2023 scholars through a competitive process.
Senior nurses from around the world are gathering in Geneva for the second module of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI), a leadership programme which has been running since 2009.
19 October 2023
Thirty senior nurses from 21 countries graduated from ICN’s flagship Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI™) in a ceremony hosted by ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano.
23 June 2023
This is the final call to senior nurses who are considering joining this year’s cohort to make their applications in good time to meet the deadline.
14 February 2023
Senior nurse leaders addressed a range of key global health issues, including UHC 2030, nurse shortages and patient safety as part of their discussions on ICN’s Global Nursing Leadership Institute programme.
23 January 2023