The G7 Youth Summit
From June 9th to 14th, delegates from the G7 countries, the European Union, and the African Union will gather in Paris for a week of negotiations. Their goal is to prepare a call to action with recommendations to the G7 Heads of State and Government.The 2019 Y7 will focus on inequalities. Our goal is to make concrete propositions to tackle inequalities of all kinds: new form of inequalities stemming from climate change consequences or mitigation/adaptation policies or from technological disruptions as well as long-lasting gender imbalances or wealth and income discrepancies.The Y7 Co-chairs
Thomas FRIANG
Co-chair
Inequalities & Climate Change
Thomas is the Founder and President of the Open Diplomacy Institute. He has an extensive knowledge of the G20 and G7 processes since he crafted and chaired the first Y20/Y8 summits in Paris 2011, represented France to the Y20 in Sydney 2014, recruited and trained all French Delegates to Y20 and Y7 summits since their creation.
Anne-Laure JUIF
Co-chair
Inequalities & Tech Disruptions
Anne-Laure cover the last NATO Summit of Barack Obama as a Reporter of the Open Diplomacy Institute in 2016. Since then, she is the Deputy Director of the Reporter Program of the Institute and joined the Y7 as a Co-chair.
Meriyem KOKAINA
Co-chair
Inequalities & Gender
Meriyem was the Deputy Director of the Africa Program of the Open Diplomacy Institute prior to joining the Y7 team as a Co-chair. She currently is a Research Fellow for the Institute focused on African development.
Hamza MAATA
Co-chair
Inequalities & Growth
Hamza was the Economic Program Director of the Open Diplomacy Institute prior to becoming its CEO. Therefore, he managed the recruitment and training of Y20 and Y7 delegates prior to joining the Y7 team as a Co-chair. He is a Research Fellow on fiscal and tax policies at the Institute.
The Y7 Secretariat-General
Pierre-Jean CUSSET
Y7 Secretary-general
Clément DUGRAVOT
Y7 Deputy Secretary-general
Charleyne TERRY
Head of Y7 Operations
Théo MARET
Head of Y7 Communications
Samuel TAMBA
Head of Y7 Fundraising
Charlotte PASINA
Head of Y7 Finance
Camille GRENIER
Head of Y7 Outreach
Gloria FATAKI
Deputy Head of Y7 Outreach
Lisy PITER
Head of Y7 Delegation Success
The 2019 Y7 Host
Institut Open Diplomacy
Our Institutional Partner
Our Knowledge Partners
Our Supporting Partners
The Y7 International Network
The Y7 is based on a network of NGOs grounded in all G7 Nations to root it into domestic political processes.
Canada
United States of America
Japan
Italy
United-Kingdom
Germany
European Union
