Tom Matthew
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https://tomamatthew3.wixsite.com/somethoughts 13-07-2018 08:34:08
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With Rishi Sunak confirming that the UK would rejoin #HorizonEurope, this is another welcome development! ๐ Thank you Marรญa Rodrรญguez Alcรกzar and the European Youth Forum Secretariat for advocating on British Youth Councilโs behalf to CULT Committee Press on the issue of rejoining #Erasmus+ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐บ #ForYouthRights
Wishing the best of luck to British Youth Councilโs very own Namir Chowdhury and William Awomoyi as they embark on a hectic week of diplomacy meeting Ministers and Youth Representatives from across the #Commonwealth ๐ UK Young Ambassadors is lucky to have them as our International Representatives! ๐๐ฃ๏ธ
If you have 3 minutes to spare this morning, why not read Ben Hortonโs and my latest piece โ๏ธ about the need for UK United Nations Youth Delegates? ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ณ #UNGA78 | British Youth Council | UK Young Ambassadors
This week I was delighted to attend and address the EU Delegation UK's #YouthGathering on EU-UK Youth Engagement. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ The verdict was clear: EU and UK youth are keen to deepen ties, beginning with the UK's rejoining of the #Erasmus+ scheme. ๐ค Now the work begins! ๐
๐ค How is the UK๐ฌ๐ง EU๐ช๐บ relationship affecting young people? ๐จ NEW: Cillian Lohan, Maurizio Cuttin ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ฆ, & Ismael Pรกez Civico set out the European Economic and Social Committee's upcoming plans on UK-EU youth engagement and mobility. Find out more โฌ๏ธ ukandeu.ac.uk/paving-the-wayโฆ
๐๐ชThanks UK in a Changing Europe for voicing European Economic and Social Committee proposal to explore the impact of the current UK-EU relationship on young people with an opinion on ๐ช๐บ๐ฌ๐ง youth engagement โฌ๏ธ europa.eu/!RQDb69 Article by Cillian Lohan Maurizio Cuttin ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ฆ & Ismael Pรกez Civico
Delighted to have co-written this UK in a Changing Europe piece with Cillian Lohan & Ismael Pรกez Civico on the future of EU-UK youth relations. ๐ช๐บ๐ค๐ฌ๐ง British Youth Council | European Youth Forum | European Economic and Social Committee
Great to be at My Life My Sayโs #NextGen23 conference in a room of inspiring people who want to make democracy work better for young people ๐ณ๏ธ
Great to visit EU Delegation UK last night to talk with Dame Angela Eagle DBE, Sir Oliver Heald and Baroness Deborah Bull from the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly about the effect leaving Erasmus + has had on UK youth orgs & young people & what we can do to fix the damage.
๐ฅ40 THOUSAND signatures later, the message is clear: young people want more than Turing; they want back in on Erasmus+! ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ British Youth Council is calling on the government to recognise the youth sector value that Erasmus+, unlike the student-centred Turing Scheme, brought. ๐
"I hope this report will act as a platform from which we can - together - build thriving, connected, collaborative youth sectors in the UK and EU." Delighted our European Economic and Social Committee report has received coverage in POLITICO, Financial Times, The Independent & @TheNewEuropean. politico.eu/article/brits-โฆ
"The UKโs exit from the Erasmus scheme has resulted in a devastating loss of exchange and educational opportunities for youth. Reintegrating the UK into the Erasmus programme is the way forward. Young people deserve it". Maurizio Cuttin ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ฆ independent.co.uk/news/uk/politiโฆ
