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Applications are open to participate in the next generation of the EU Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships. The board will advise the European Commissioner and Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships on youth participation and empowerment in EU external action.
![Summit for Democracy: EU launches milestone programmes to empower youth as key actors of democracy](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-03/Summit%20for%20Democracy%2031%20Mar%2023.jpg?itok=PtAuAHdD)
At the Summit for Democracy, Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched two main components of the Women and Youth in Democracy Initiative (WYDE) and welcomed the Youth Participation Handbook produced by the Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort.
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On the final day of the UN Water Conference 2023, young leaders of the water sector from Europe, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions held a dialogue with policy-makers, highlighting the lessons learned from the Conference and the current and future role of youth leadership.
Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Dan Jørgensen, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, launched the Digital Democracy Initiative, an innovative platform that supports civil society to protect and promote democracy and human rights.
![Visit of William Ruto, President of Kenya, to the European Commission](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-060755/00-10.jpg?itok=MwOlytnK)
Today, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Kenyan President William Ruto, met in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the partnership between the EU and Kenya and opportunities to drive the green and digital transitions in Kenya under Global Gateway.
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Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), signed two agreements today for a total of €70.7 million.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met today in Rome with European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen.
![Kristalina Georgieva and Jutta Urpilainen at the 11th Africa Fiscal Forum](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-03/Kristalina-Georgieva-and-Jutta-Urpilainen-11-fiscal-forum.jpg?itok=qjjg6Lrt)
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Ms. Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, today issued the following statement on the occasion of the Eleventh African Fiscal Forum ‘Building a Resilient Africa’.
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Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton host today the EU – Latin America and the Caribbean high-level forum “Sharing pharmaceutical innovations” under the Global Gateway partnership between the two regions.
![Visit of Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to the European Commission](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-060624/00-04.jpg?itok=-5ha3xx8)
The European Union (EU) and UNICEF have launched today a new initiative to bring youth voices to the centre of the partnership between the EU and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC).