On 12 August 2021, UNREC participated in the online workshop entitled “Youth talks: building regional bridges for global biosecurity” which was organized jointly by the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) team with the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Health Security on the occasion of the International Youth Day. The workshop took place as a follow-up activity to the Biosecurity Diplomacy Workshop for Young Scientists from the Global South held in early 2021 under the European Union Council Decision 2019/97 in support of the BWC. Proceeded with a networking session, some 50 Youth for Biosecurity alumni and the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellows had a panel discussion with regional experts on biosecurity perspectives from the Global South, including a representative from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention – Africa CDC.