Hajar Yagkoubi
NPO Radio 1 Presenter and Next Generation Speaker
Hajar is a Next Generation keynote speaker, youth participation consultant and former UN Youth Representative for the Netherlands. During her two-year mandate, Hajar gathered input from young people on the Sustainable Development Goals, Human Rights, Security, and the Climate Crisis. She brought this input to the UN via speeches she gave there. For instance together with the King during the High-Level Week of the 75th General Assembly of the UN, at the Peacebuilding Committee as the first Youth Delegate ever and at places like the General Assembly, High Level Political Forum, Climate Action Summit. Currently, Hajar is working in her own right on improving youth participation through public speaking and through consultations with governments, organisations, and companies. Themes such as youth participation, sustainability and human rights are always at the forefront.