Planned Social Media Priorities for Week of October 28 - November 1, 2013

Dear colleagues,

The date for EDD13 is rapidly approaching with just four weeks to go until the forum. Any social media promotion of the forum and your organisation’s participation in the various sessions is very welcome and we will do our best to like, RT, etc.

One of our upcoming major priorities is the promotion of the live web-streaming we will be offering to ensure that non-participants are able to follow the debates at the forum. We are currently developing banners for this purpose and will distribute them to you when they are ready. More detailed information on the live web-streaming to follow.  

Please find below the planned social media priorities for this week.

Monday, 28 October:

President of the European Commission to attend EDD13:

Today we will announce the participation of Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to EDD13. In what will be his seventh EDD appearance, he will take part in the opening session, 'A vision for the post-2015 agenda', along with a panel including President Issoufou of Niger, President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Prime Minister Neves of Cape Verde (#EDD13_P2015).

Tuesday, 29 October:

UNESCO Youth Forum/EDD13 youth sessions:

The 8^th UNESCO Youth Forum kicks off in Paris on Tuesday and will bring together young delegates from all over the world to exchange views and discuss common concerns. We will post about the forum and concurrently mention the EDD13 sessions on youth issues.

The sessions are: The power of young voices - An innovative approach to inclusive civic engagement, focusing on youth with disabilities; Young voices for inclusive governance - Implications for the post-2015 framework; and Productive work for youth - Enhancing employability and self-employment as a solution to the youth employment challenge.  

Wednesday, 30 October:

EU Commissioner Dacian Ciolos to attend EDD13/Food security and agriculture sessions:

Wednesday’s focus will be on the participation of Dacian Cioloş, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in this year’s EDD. The Commissioner will participate in the auditorium session organised by AFD, COLEACP, GIZ, SNV and UNIDO, Feed the Change. This will also be an opportunity to highlight the related EDD13 topics Land, livelihoods & sustainability (#EDD13_Env) and Food security, resilience & nutrition (#EDD13_Food).

Thursday, 31 October:

Video contest voting push:

The Young Voices Against Poverty video contest is nearing its end with the deadline for both submissions and votes this Friday. On the day before the deadline we will thus make our final push to get as many people to view and vote for the 50+ videos by 13-24-year-olds from Haiti to Germany.   

Friday, 1 November:

EU Climate Commissioner to attend EDD13/climate sessions:

EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, will be one of no less than 5 EU Commissioners at this year’s EDD13. She will participate in the auditorium session Poverty eradication & climate change: Friends or foes? along with representatives from the European Commission, The European Parliament, UN-Habitat and UNDP (#EDD13_Climate).

Thank you for all of your promotional efforts up until now and as always, please contact me with any questions, comments or suggestions you may have.

Best regards,

Elisabeth

Elisabeth d’Auchamp

Social Media Officer

European Development Days 2013

edauchamp@eudevdays.eu
+34 625 559 954