On World Cancer Day 2020, Youth Cancer Europe was invited by the European Commission to be part of a major event to launch Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.

Victor Gîrbu, a lawyer, young cancer survivor and ambassador for Youth Cancer Europe, was invited by the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides to be one of the main speakers at the event, which took place at the European Parliament's hemicycle in Brussels, Belgium. 26-year-old Gîrbu, a Romanian citizen and Bucharest resident who is originally from the Republic of Moldova, also had the chance to meet one-to-one with the Commissioner in the hours leading up to the event, in which the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen led the opening speech.