Young advocates from Tanzania, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, Zimbabwe and other countries made very erudite presentations on issues and perspectives of local communities (e.g. education, health, sexual and reproductive rights and gender-based violence, including sex education, political participation and economic empowerment of girls and young women) directly to Member State representatives, the European Commission and the European External Action Service.  All this also in relation to the newly adopted first Youth Action Plan in EU External Action.

Young advocates called on the EU to broaden its support for civil society and the rights and empowerment of girls, both at the political level and in translating commitments into concrete action, including monitoring their implementation.

The Czech Republic consistently addresses the rights and empowerment of girls and women in its development cooperation and humanitarian aid, and the Youth Action Plan in EU External Action is among belongs to the programme of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.