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World Youth Forum 2024
Four days in Brussels where ninety-five young leaders from seventy countries stepped inside the institutions that shape the world and left ready to shape it themselves.
- VENUE
Hilton Brussels City, Belgium
- DATES
November 14-17, 2024
- DELEGATES
95 International Delegates
- VENUE
Hilton Brussels City, Belgium
- DATES
November 14-17, 2024
- DELEGATES
95 International Delegates
Event Overview
A Brussels forum built to turn ambition into action.
Aligned with the United Nations Youth2030 Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals, the World Youth Forum 2024 was designed as a platform to equip emerging leaders with the diplomatic skills, global networks, and policy literacy needed to drive change in their own communities.
Held from November 14-17 in Brussels, WYF 2024 convened 95 delegates from over 70 countries for four days of policy dialogue, institutional study visits, skill-building workshops, and cultural exchange, turning individual ambition into collective global action.
Day-by-Day Report
Inside the four days of World Youth Forum 2024.
Each program day moved delegates from arrival and orientation into institutional learning, policy practice, cultural exchange, and graduation.
- November 14, 2024
Arrival, Registration & Welcome Ceremony
Delegates arrived to collect official merchandise and credentials before breaking into networking icebreakers that introduced the cultures and causes in the room. The evening opened formally with a keynote from the CDA Secretariat framing the Forum’s mission, followed by a welcome dinner.
- Delegate registration, credential collection, and official forum kit distribution.
- Opening networking sessions designed to connect participants across regions.
- Welcome ceremony and dinner introducing the forum theme and objectives.
- November 15, 2024
Study Visits to the European Parliament & NATO HQ
A day of direct institutional access balanced legislative learning with collective security, giving delegates a practical view of how international cooperation works inside Brussels.
- Morning briefing at the European Parliament on the EU legislative process, including a live committee observation.
- Afternoon visit to NATO Headquarters with discussion on modern diplomacy and shared defence.
- Guided walk through Brussels' European Quarter connecting the institutions to the city around them.
- November 16, 2024
Panels, Workshops & Youth Statements
The Forum’s centerpiece opened with a high-level panel across four themes, followed by hands-on masterclasses and Youth Delegate Statements where participants took the floor to share their own journeys.
- Panel themes: Good Governance, Climate Diplomacy, AI & Innovation, and Youth in Peacebuilding.
- Policy masterclass simulating real-world drafting, negotiation, and advocacy in working groups.
- Impact Grant Competition with delegate-led pitches judged by a practitioner panel.
- November 17, 2024
Cultural Night & Graduation Ceremony
The winning Impact Grant project received its $1,000 seed award. The Forum closed with cultural performances celebrating the diversity of the room, certificate distribution, and a final group photograph capturing a community that arrived as strangers and left as a network.
- $1,000 Impact Seed Grant awarded to a delegate-led community climate resilience project.
- Cultural night performances celebrating the delegation's regional diversity.
- Certificate distribution, closing remarks, and the official group photograph.
Impact & Achievements
What World Youth Forum 2024 achieved.
The forum combined access, policy learning, peer exchange, and project development into a measurable international youth leadership experience.
Delegate Testimonials
From the delegates who lived it.
Short reflections from participants on access, networks, and practical policy learning.
Alexandre Wassel
CFP Candidate | Financial Planning & Wealth Management Student | FPA President
Elionay De Souza
Political Science & International Relations Student | Programs Director | Young Leader
Léanne Ricard
Solutions Architect @ Botpress
Silvia Zanetti
Health Coordinator at Special Olympics Germany | Global Health, Msc.
Edmund Nwoke
Medical Doctor MDCN | GMC | Public Speaker |
Maksym Loharzhevskyi
Vice President of European Youth Parliament Ukraine
Video Highlights
Moments from Brussels.
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