Participants at the first EU Youth Gathering, held at UCL
Participants at the first EU Youth Gathering, held at UCL UCL European Institute and the Delegation of the European Union to the UK this week brought together more than 120 students to discuss the primary challenges facing today's young people and share perspectives on EU-UK relations. The inaugural EUDEL Youth Gathering also marked the launch of a network of EU Affairs Societies across UK Universities, coordinated by UCL's European and International Social and Political Studies student society (UCL EISPS). A range of exceptional UCL young leaders took part in the event, including Blanche Girard and Ioana Turcan, respective President and Chair of UCL EISPS society, Manaal Tariq, International Students' Officer at UCL Students' Union, and Freya Proudman, UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies PhD candidate and former EU Youth Ambassador. UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence joined EU Ambassador Pedro Serrano to welcome participants to the event, underlining the importance of youth dialogue across sectors and across borders, and emphasising UCL's longstanding connections to Europe. The Youth Gathering aimed to facilitate meaningful policy dialogue with young people from across the UK, with participants from diverse backgrounds representing a range of sectors and organisations. In his opening remarks, Pedro Serrano said: "The EU is engaging with young people to find innovative answers to global challenges. Never before has youth been so well informed and interconnected.
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