G7 & G20 Youth Summits
Elevating youth voices to inform G7 and G20 leaders’ policy decisions.
The Y7 / Y20 is a leadership summit that convenes young professionals from G7 / G20 countries to develop policy solutions to current global challenges. Since 2018, we have selected, trained, and supported the USA delegation to the Y7 and Y20 summits. In 2020, we hosted the Y7 2020.
2024 Delegations:
The Y7 and Y20 youth summits are engaging, week-long events that bring together rising leaders from G7 and G20 countries respectively to develop policy solutions and debate various global challenges. Note, that the USA Y7 and Y20 delegation does not represent the U.S. federal government in any capacity.
The Youth Delegates develop policy statements (communiqués) representing young voices addressed to the G7 and G20 leadership. Globally is the organizing body for the American delegation in the Y7 and Y20 Summits. Watch the two videos below for a reflection from the Head Delegation of the Y7 2022 and the overview of the Y7 / Y20 process.
Click this link or the button above to see the previous delegations and communiqués of past years’ summits.
Application details for future summits will be at this site: Y7 Application | Y20 Application. Generally, applications open up in January each year. Eligiblity for delegates are: US citizens, aged 22-30, and have deep expertise in one of the track themes
“The most beneficial part of the Y7 Summit was that I was able to witness conversations between Y7 delegates and notable leaders around the world.”
— Yuto Kida, Tokyo