Take part in the European Development Days

Последна актуализация сряда, 08/06/2022

Register and follow the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels and online on 21 - 22 June 2022.

In light of the 2022 European Year of Youth, the EDD Young Leaders programme will ensure that EU policies take youth into account by involving them in policy-making discussions. 11 young leaders of the Young Leaders programme will participate in the European Development Days (EDD) and influence decision-making by sharing their views and experiences with Heads of State or government, human rights activists, business and industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, representatives from non-governmental organisations and academics during the forum's high-level panels.

This year’s EDD on the overall theme of 'Global Gateway: building sustainable partnerships for a connected world' will host 90+ sessions, 90+ projects and numerous special events.Each EDD Young Leader is an expert of one of the 11 EDD topics that explore the five Global Gateway themes: 

• digital
• climate and energy
• transport
• health 
• education and research

Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, said: “On this European Year of Youth, I look forward to meet the Young Leaders who will join us for the 2022 European Development Days. Every year, this programme ensure a meaningful participation of youth in high-level debate shaping our policies. This year, the Young Leaders will contribute to further enriching the roll-out of our Global Gateway strategy, the EU’s green, smart and inclusive positive offer to partner countries for sustainable investment. We need the young people to help us shape our global efforts for stronger partnerships:    they are the world’s change makers.”  

Interested?

When: 21 and 22 June 2022

Where: Brussels (Belgium) and online

For the full programme and to register, visit the website.

Background

Since 2015, the Young Leaders Programme has been aiming to ensure that young people have their say on the issues spotlighted each year. The 11 exceptional young  people selected among 231 candidates from all over the world, aged between 21 and 26, have been selected because of their skills and expertise, as well as their commitment to positive social change. They come from: Bhutan, Benin, France, Brazil, Switzerland, Nigeria and Chile.). They will come to Brussels for a 10-day tailored programme, which will culminate in taking part in the high-level sessions at the event as speaker.