The young people are working as teams in their own countries and also in partnership with teams in the other countries:  this allows them to understand  the democratic processes of their own country and compare it with those of  other European countries



It became clear during the first exchange that young people do not feel implicated in local government: they do not feel that they have a voice and they often do not understand how local government works.

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Issues on which they would like to be heard are: unemployment (a recurrent theme in the workshops), anti-social behaviour, anti-youth behaviour, social media and young people, drugs and gangs,

Using radio techniques was an important part of the workshops.  Participants used interviews in various different ways:

- To present each other
- To interview each other and elicit opinions
- To interview local councilors
- To interview people in the street
- For role-playing games for example one of the leaders pretended to be the French President who the participants had to interview.