Surabaya City Government Holds Youth Leadership Training, Provides Public Speaking and Podcasting Skills
The Surabaya
City Government continues to demonstrate its commitment to forming a young
generation who are ready to become future leaders. Through the Department of
Culture, Youth, Sports and Tourism (Disbudporapar), the City Government held a
Leadership Training for Youth at the Wiyung Campus, Wijaya Putra University
(UWP) Surabaya on May 22-23, 2025.
A total of 50
youths from various regions in Surabaya participated in the intensive training
for two days. This event was opened by the Head of the Youth Division of
Disbudporapar, Erringgo Perkasa, who was present with the Head of Youth
Section, Achmad, and representatives of UWP, Dr. Suwarno Abadi, SH., M.Si, as
the Head of the Master of Law Study Program.
"We want to
form leadership character in young people in Surabaya. At a minimum, they can
lead themselves before leading others," said Erringgo Perkasa in his
speech. Not only focusing on leadership, this training also presents public
speaking and podcast making sessions, which aim to foster self-confidence and
courage to appear in public.
In this
training, two expert speakers were presented. Dr. Zuni Eka Tiyas Rifayanti,
M.Pd, Lecturer at STKIP BIM Surabaya, presented material on the concept of
leadership for the millennial generation and Gen Z. While Arif Ardliyanto,
S.Sos.I., M.I.Kom, Editor-in-Chief of iNewsSurabaya.id, provided public
speaking training and direct practice in making podcasts.
"The
children are very enthusiastic. They are eager to learn and show a strong
desire to develop," said Dr. Zuni, who is familiarly called Zetri. She
also hopes that this kind of training can be held routinely.
Meanwhile, Dr.
Suwarno Abadi welcomed this activity positively. He opened up opportunities for
further collaboration with the Surabaya City Government to hold similar
training at three UWP campuses, namely in Benowo, Wiyung, and Prigen.
"We are
ready to support positive activities for young people. Hopefully, training like
this can continue at UWP campuses," he said
Through this
training, the Surabaya City Government hopes to be able to produce young
leaders who are visionary, communicative, and adaptive to developments,
especially in the digital era that demands creativity and courage to appear in
public spaces.
