In June the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, hosted its annual flagship conference, the London Conference. The London Conference, held at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, focused mainly on harbouring strategic cooperation and multilateralism within a current global context of competition and crisis. As members of the Common Futures Conversation programme, fellow UK Young

Last month, Maurizio Cuttin, the UK’s Young Ambassador to the European Youth Forum, and I attended the European Youth Forum’s Spring General Assembly in Brussels. Representing the British Youth Council internationally is always an amazing opportunity, but it is especially cool when a BYC candidate is standing in an election. And we had an awesome

On 16 May, myself and fellow UK Young Ambassador William Awomoyi co-chaired a special All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Youth Affairs session on international youth voice at Portcullis House. Joined by MPs, representatives from the YMCA, Chatham House, the rest of our fantastic UK Young Ambassador team (Elif, Cameron and Samaira) as well as over

2023 is an important year! It’s the Commonwealth Year of Youth. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022 (CHOGM), leaders declared that 2023 would be the Commonwealth Year of Youth – coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth Youth Programme. It’s no secret that, with a population of 1.5 billion people, young people

Between the 30th of November – the 2nd of December 2022 Osaro Otobo, the British Youth Council’s Deputy Chair, and I travelled to Berlin, Germany to attend a special youth conference titled “Democracy and human rights in times of crisis – the contribution of young people in Europe”. Jointly organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of

On the 23rd – 27th of November 2022 Zara Khan, the British Youth Council’s newly-elected Chair, and I travelled to Tirana, Albania to attend the European Youth Forum’s (YFJ) General Assembly. As an event that takes place once every two years, the General Assembly is truly an experience. Held in Tirana – the 2022 European

From the 3rd – 7th November 2022 I travelled to Prague, Czech Republic to attend our bi-annual BICC (Benelux-Islands Central Cooperation) meeting. As a collection of National Youth Councils stretching from Slovakia to Belgium, Ireland and the UK, BICC meetings are always a great opportunity to debate and discuss a range of policy positions in

As part of our UN Youth Delegate Campaign (UNYD), Maurizio Cuttin and I organised a roundtable with Chatham House (the Royal Institution of International Affairs) to shed more light on our flagship campaign and our experiences as elected youth representatives.  Chatham House provided a great platform to share our experiences as elected youth representatives and