Co-creating Communication with the EU: From Local Voices to Global Messages

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Your local perspective is valuable at the global level. This workshop helps you connect your community’s stories with EU priorities, co-create communications that resonate across borders, and position yourself as a bridge between local realities and international opportunities. Learn how to make your message travel—without losing what makes it real 🤝✨.

What you will learn 📚
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Identify alignment between local initiatives and EU policy priorities 🧭
• Co-design communication strategies with EU stakeholders and partners 🤝📣
• Translate local experiences into globally relevant messages 🌐📝

Meet the expert: Thandie Ramme 🌟

Thandie is an Associate in the Alumni Engagement team at the African Leaders’ Academy (ALA). She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester, majoring in International Relations with a minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies.

Before joining ALA, Thandie gained experience through internships at the European Union in Belgium and the House of Commons in the UK, and later worked full-time at Paychex in Rochester, New York. Born in Molepolole, Botswana, she brings both global exposure and local grounding to her work. Outside of ALA, she enjoys reading, photography, and traveling 📚📷✈️.

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📝 Register here

This workshop is part of the EU Youth Alumni capacity-building training series (January–April 2026)—a structured learning journey bringing together alumni of EU-funded youth programmes across developing countries. Through expert-led, interactive online sessions, the series strengthens practical skills and cross-border connections, helping alumni stay engaged beyond individual projects and grow their impact as active citizens and community leaders 🤝✨. The modules are designed using non-formal education methods and support alumni to develop competences they can apply immediately in their local work 📚🎯. Find out more about the capacity-building training-series here.

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