News - Meaningful Youth Participation

1. Spread the word: Recruiting new members Youth Advisory Committee (YAC)

   To give young people a voice in its policy processes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in collaboration with the National ...

   News item | 14-03-2023 | 08:33

2. Intergenerational Dialogues in South Sudan: bringing generations together to build a peaceful nation

   On  November 2^nd, 2022, The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in South Sudan, in partnership with Youth and Society- Africa ...

   News item | 28-11-2022 | 09:26

3. Jurriaan Middelhoff: ‘Young people think in opportunities, not problems’

   From Malaysia to Panama, to the Balkans: over the last 12 years Jurriaan Middelhoff has worked all over the world for the ...

   News item | 21-11-2022 | 09:20

4. Watch the highlights of the plenary session ‘Promoting Youth Employment: Upskilling Future Generations’

   Investing in youth employment and youth leadership are at the core of the Youth at Heart strategy by the Dutch ministry of ...

   News item | 03-10-2022 | 17:32

5. The real work takes place outside of the UN building’

   ‘During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was one thing that all young people agreed upon: the quality of our education is ...

   News item | 27-09-2022 | 17:16

6. Young people from around the world advising on Dutch development policy

   Better education, access to digital media and more opportunities for young entrepreneurs. Just some of the messages the members ...

   News item | 27-06-2022 | 11:04

7. Youth Ambassador Laura Bas shares her experience at the UN Commission on Population and Development

   Last week, Laura Bas, Youth Ambassador Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Bodily Autonomy and Gender Equality, wrote and ...

   News item | 03-05-2022 | 13:29

8. Dialogue sessions with youth in the run-up to the EU-AU Summit

   In the run-up to the Summit, the Ambassador-at-Large for Youth, Education and Work, Tijmen Rooseboom, participated in dialogue ...

   News item | 15-02-2022 | 13:37

9. Beyond photo ops – advancing youth participation in government

   Kevin Eustatia-Palm (20) is one of nine members of the Youth Advisory Committee. As a child growing up in Curaçao he was often ...

   News item | 20-01-2022 | 14:45

10. Ambassador Rooseboom at the ‘RewirED’ education summit

    Ambassador-at-Large for Youth, Education and Work, Tijmen Rooseboom travelled to Dubai to represent the Netherlands. Read how he ...

    News item | 23-12-2021 | 14:36