“Children and young people engaged in influencing work need to be taken more seriously by those having the power to create change, particularly at regional and global levels”

Francois-Xavier Souchet

Technical Advisor (Influencing)

I work as a Technical Advisor at Terre des Hommes Netherlands. My area of focus is advocacy/influencing work. I am supporting Terre des Hommes Netherlands colleagues and partners to improve their capacities in relation to advocacy and to strategise their influencing work. I also support Terre des Hommes Netherlands’ engagement with children and young people in influencing work, towards making their engagement as meaningful, impactful and rewarding as possible. I am based in Bangkok, Thailand. I have over 25 years of experience working with child rights organisations and I hold a Master of Advanced Studies in Children’ s Rights from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.