The project, called ”Hand in Hand against Mafia”, was organized by the anti-Mafia organization Libera Palermo, and gathered youths from 7 EU countries to discuss the issue of organized crime. The following article was written by 3 of the participants, who shared their experience in Palermo. EUROPEAN YOUTH CHALLENGING THE

PLACE tackles social exclusion through youth work, community development and social innovation tools based on non-formal education (urban gardening).

A few months ago, I was about to graduate from my Undergraduate course in Applied Interlinguistic Communication at the University of Trieste, in Italy: a couple more weeks, and my studies were going to be over, after three intense years.

Between 13th and 15th March 2015, project partners of the Gender equality through global capacity building project had the kick-off meeting in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

The programme Youth in Action offers young people the opportunity to participate in trainings, seminars and other educational activities in other EU countries.

The international training OTOK Daily is about the creative and innovative use of communication tools, with an emphasis on multimedia and the written word.

Voice of Youth addresses the topic of participation and trust towards political institutions with the purpose of promoting the participation of young people on both sides of the border.

EU SI TI tried to bring EU institutions closer to youths with workshops, a competition, round tables, conferences, a contest and radio programmes and encourage them to cooperate in processes of democratic decision-making.