It is not only seasoned global development professionals that are being tasked with shouting about #globaldev issues from the rooftops in this crucial year for development cooperation.
Indeed, the European Commission and members of the European Parliament are counting on young people to help spread the word too. In several European countries, young activists are set to take developments issues to the streets and along the corridors of power.
“We need your engagement and enthusiasm to reach out to the people, and not just those in the development bubble,” European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica told a group of 40 youth ambassadors at the launch of a campaign organized by ONE in Brussels last week.
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Diederik Kramers@DiederikKramers
Diederik Kramers is a freelance correspondent in Brussels covering EU and NATO affairs. A former spokesperson and communications officer for UNICEF and UNHCR, he previously worked as foreign desk and Eastern Europe editor for the Dutch press agency ANP and as editor-in-chief of the Dutch quarterly Ukraine Magazine.
