ECOSOC Delegate: Amy Plant

Amy Plant will be attending ECOSOC with Global Voices in New York. She has a background in not-for-profit project management, having worked for eight years in Western Australia with FORM. FORM is a non-profit cultural organisation working with interdisciplinary creative teams to deliver creative arts projects. After finishing up at FORM, Amy moved to Mackay in North Queensland to study a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Business at Central Queensland University. 

Amy is interested in non-profit arts sector policy after the recent controversy with Creative Arts funding. She is particular interested in how policy guides the development of particular creative programs. 

As part of the Global Voices Research Fellowship Amy will evaluate strategies to preserve and showcase Indigenous intangible cultural heritage materials.

Central Queensland University is a valued partner of Global Voices and supports us in our mission to provide opportunities for young Australians to engage with global issues and policy making. 

Y20 Summit Delegate: Jerome De Vera

Jerome De Vera is a 19-year-old Electrical and Electronics Engineering student, studying at the University of South Australia. He is a Student Engagement Officer in a professional student society called Bright Futures Society UniSA and a Campus Coordinator at Young Engineers Australia SA division.

Jerome’s interest in policy started when he had the opportunity to participate in a program called Youth Parliament. The program allowed him to recreate the process of passing a Bill through parliament and debating with other students. From here his interests developed. 

His research topic is inspired by his interest in knowing about clean and renewable energy options and his passion for electrical engineering. With this combination, Jerome was inspired to learn more about how to help save the environment and at the same time help create jobs.

He is planning on focusing his research paper on the current challenges facing the energy sector and electricity services in Australia and other G20 nations. Jerome is looking forward to attending the Y20 Summit with Global Voices and meeting new people with different perspectives to the issues at hand.

If Jerome could meet one person, he would most like to meet the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos for his great love of the Filipino people, his amazing photographic memory and his effective governance in making the Philippines a leading nation in the Asia-Pacific during his term. 

University of South Australia is a valued partner of Global Voices and supports us in our mission to provide opportunities for young Australians to engage with global issues and policy making.