COP28 Lobby Days

The first episode of our third season focuses on our Youth Ambassadors' lobby days in Brussels with Adenike. Let's discover what they discussed with Member of the EU Parliament.

Ending extreme poverty and tackling gender inequality go hand in hand. Join Youth Ambassador Sofia Marroquin as she dives into this policy nexus and recounts her experience as a young advocate during this year's European Week of Action for Girls.

Climate change is not poverty neutral. Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Jessica Antonisse, presents ONE's new climate campaign. She speaks to the importance of meeting and raising climate finance targets, why adaptation is key, what the EU can do, and what our hopes are for COP27. 

The converging crises of conflict, climate change, growing hunger and Covid have cooked up a perfect storm of global instability. In response, ONE youth activists launched the #GenerAction campaign across European cities to call on world leaders, in the lead up to the G7, to act decisively, with ambition. Tune in and meet our German activist who was on the ground during the Summit, as she discusses ONE's main policy asks and shares insights into our campaigning activities.

Launched in 2002, the Global Fund was created to tackle the greatest pandemics of its time: Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV/AIDS. Over the past 20 years, it has helped save 44 million lives across 155 countries. But for the first time, progress towards eradicating all three diseases has stalled, suffering major setbacks due to Covid-19. This autumn, the US will be hosting the seventh replenishment of the Global Fund. To remind decision-makers of the importance to fully invest, ONE activists in Brussels and the UK paid a visit to their respective parliamentarians and we have exclusive interviews!

As we did during our first season of Campaigning with EUphoria, this season I will bring you closer to the campaigns we are driving at the heart of the European institutions and beyond. During this exciting journey, I’ll be joined by ONE’s global activists from across Europe, interviewing them as they spend their summer energising and mobilising public awareness to put equity and sustainable growth at the forefront of the partnership between Europe and Africa.

For the second episode of #Campaigning with EUphoria Canelle will discuss the MFF, an acronym standing for “Multiannual Financial Framework”, which is the name of the EU’s long-term budget, only negotiated every seven years. The current MFF runs from 2014 to 2020. After more than two years of discussions, European leaders reached a deal on the next MFF, which will cover the period from 2021 to 2027 and will include a recovery package to tackle the socio economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to turn a small shot into a big opportunity: Campaigning for Gavi the Vaccine Alliance  In March 2020, ONE launched the Gavi Campaign, asking the European Union to pledge 300 million euros to Gavi. Thanks to ONE's youth ambassadors relentlessly campaigning Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission pledged on June 4th during Gavi’s third donor pledging conference. The summit gathered almost 8 billion euros to support health systems and immunise 300 million more children in the world’s poorest countries against diseases like measles, polio, and diphtheria by the end of 2025.

Campaigning with EUphoria: Voices of ONE’s Youth Activists in Brussels Campaigning with EUphoria: Voices of ONE’s Youth Activists in Brussels is a podcast made by volunteers from the ONE Campaign in Brussels to talk about their activism and the campaigns and action they carry out to end extreme poverty. In 2020, the Belgium ONE Activist Programme is bringing together 58 new youth ambassadors of 17 different nationalities. As youth Ambassadors, we are the key in drawing the public's attention to fight against extreme poverty and taking that fight to policymakers whose decision can make a difference.  Follow us in Twitter: @ONEinEU ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a  life of dignity and opportunity. We believe the fight against poverty isn’t about charity, but about justice and equality.