Pittsburgh Summit 2009

In just under two weeks time the G20 will reconvene in Pittsburgh, the meeting will give Leaders the opportunity to take check of the progress made and discuss further actions, to assure a sound recovery from the global economic and financial crisis.

Global Changemakers at the G20

Earlier in April during the London Summit, 21 of us Global Changemakers came together to work alongside these Leaders, ensuring that we as young people had a voice at the table. We met with leading economists, decision makers and World Leaders themselves such as; the Rt.Hon Gordon Brown PM, HE President Felipe Calderon, the Rt.Hon Alistair Darling MP and the Rt.Hon David Miliband MP.

We as Global Changemakers that attended the London Summit, put forward a communique which outlined three key areas, that we felt were urgent priorities in this current Globe. The Foreign Secretary accepted our communique and ensured that he would see that these issues were taken forward to the Summit, we were generally pleased by the outcome of the London Communique, although we did express some disappointment over certain issues that we felt could of been more prioritised.

Looking ahead to the Pittsburgh Summit, I really hope these Leaders standby their commitments to the Communique decided upon in London, it will be really interesting to hear whether any progress has actually been made and how they propose to continue to strengthen these aims.

Over the next few weeks a team of us will be posting various blogs in the lead up to the Pittsburgh Summit and of course sharing our views on the outcomes of the Summit…