{"id":23380,"date":"2025-12-08T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/?post_type=events&#038;p=23380"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:40:56","slug":"plac-legislative-interns-visit-eu-delegation-office","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/events\/plac-legislative-interns-visit-eu-delegation-office\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAC Legislative Interns Visit EU Delegation Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 8 December 2025, participants of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) Legislative Internship Programme (LIP) paid a courtesy visit to the Abuja office of the <strong>European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS<\/strong>. The Legislative Internship Programme is funded by the European Union and implemented by <strong>Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" data-id=\"23390\" src=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145943-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145943-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145943-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145943-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145943-1536x710.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145757-2048x946.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145757-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_145757-100x46.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The interns were received by <strong>Gautier Mignot<\/strong>, Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, alongside <strong>Laolu Olawumi<\/strong>, Programme Manager of the EU-Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) Programme, and members of the EU communications team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" data-id=\"23391\" 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src=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-2048x946.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141201-100x46.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" data-id=\"23385\" src=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208-100x46.jpg 100w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_141208.jpg 1558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, the interns had the opportunity to learn more about the European Union\u2019s support for democratic governance, legislative strengthening, civic participation, and inclusive development in Nigeria. The engagement also provided a platform for discussions on leadership, public service, and the role of young people in promoting democratic values and good governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" data-id=\"23381\" src=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-2048x946.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_135236-100x46.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit formed part of the internship&#8217;s efforts to expose participants to key institutions and stakeholders supporting democratic governance in Nigeria, while deepening their understanding of development cooperation and public policy processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23383,"template":"","class_list":["post-23380","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20251208_140947.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/author\/olumide-adebayo\/","display_name":"PLAC"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 months ago","modified":"Updated 3 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 8, 2025","modified":"Updated on June 22, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 8, 2025 4:38 pm","modified":"Updated on June 22, 2026 4:40 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":[],"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/23380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/23380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23392,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/23380\/revisions\/23392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}