#OYW2019 in London - A day of celebrations
On 24 April, One Young World officially announced that it will be coming ‘home’ next year to London for its 2019 Summit, the city where it all began back in 2009.
It's official: OYW will host 2019 Summit in London
The One Young World Summit will be coming ‘home’ next year to London, the city where it all began back in 2009.
This Tenth Anniversary Summit will be the largest ever staged, with 1,500 young leaders from every country in the world coming together in Westminster between October 22nd and 25th, 2019.
Welcoming the news today, the United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May spoke of the importance of the event in finding answers to the “pressing issues” currently facing the world.
3 OYW Ambassadors win election to lead the Commonwealth’s 1.2 billion young people
Congratulations to Tijani Christian of Jamaica, Elizabeth Kite of Tonga and Franz George of St Vincent & the Grenadines who will now serve in the Commonwealth Youth Council as Chairperson, Pacific Regional Representative and Caribbean and Americas Regional Representative respectively!
They have all faced life in the path of hurricanes and cyclones but three One Young World Ambassadors from island nations hope to be elected to represent a global community of 1.2 billion young people.
OYW Ambassadors invited to speak at Institute of Directors, London
The 115-year-old Institute of Directors (IoD) turned its focus to the future last month as it hosted a debate examining how young leaders will reshape the boardroom and the corporate world in the next decade.
The discussion, titled ‘The Next Generation of Business Leaders’, was hosted by One Young World co-founder Kate Robertson and comprised a key pillar of the IoD’s Open House three-day annual convention at its historic building on Pall Mall in central London.
Good Friday Agreement 20th anniversary: "We have a unique opportunity to build a home of hope"
Coming home
My family had only lived back in Northern Ireland for a year when the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Our parents told us we would be moving ‘home’ the night that President Bill Clinton came to Belfast in 1995 – we watched on TV from our home in Surrey, England as the President of the United States planted seeds of hope within the people of Belfast and Derry-Londonderry.
Today, the Good Friday Agreement turns 20: discover the Conference setting a new tone for peacebuilding
Two decades of peace in Northern Ireland are the result of a vast collaborative effort that stretches from the former American president Bill Clinton to the everyday peace builders who have been working on the ground for 20 years to bring communities closer together.
Join Board of Trustees: Bristol Volunteers for Development Abroad
Bristol Volunteers for Development Abroad (BVDA) is looking young leaders to join its Board of Trustees.
Please note this opportuntiy is now closed.
Reversing the narrative on being 'too young' to lead
Why is it that we see so much anger towards young people? So much criticism? Why is that, as soon as young people start acting, they are given every bird name you can find, and criticized for every move they make? Why is it that, at the same time, young people are criticized for « not being active enough » in every field?
Happy 80th Birthday Kofi Annan!
Mr Annan first attended One Young World Summit at the inaugural event in London in 2010 and has returned as a Counsellor in Pittsburgh (2012), Johannesburg (2013), Dublin (2014), Bangkok (2015), Ottawa (2016) and Bogotá (2017).