Shawgi Omer Nawai is the managing director of PLACE Network, a Paris-based start-up which unlocks the talent of newcomers in Europe and matches them with economic actors in entrepreneurship, employment, public leadership, and higher education. He works on changing the negative narrative about migrants in Europe by empowering newly arrived migrants to consolidate their place and integrate into their new host societies. Shawgi is a youth advocate and social activist with extensive experience in the non-profit sector, with a particular focus on social justice and community development and also the co-founder of Emerging Leaders. In parallel, he is a doctoral candidate at Ecole des Ponts Business School, in Paris, where he works on TechDemocracy and Belonging in the workplace. He is a core team member of the Global Citizenship Education Youth Network, co-chairperson of the youth advocates of the "Education Above All" Foundation, and part of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network, and the Global Diplomacy Lab.