Laying the groundwork How to Plan the Development of a Youth Strategy. Ongoing consultation: how to conduct a research and consultation methods World Café Participatory Youth Policy: how to involve stakeholders, at all stages of the policy cycle. The groups worked out the topics and thought about the questions they may answer while solving the problems. It was involving and exciting for the young people. The next session during the day was devoted to monitoring, evaluating and learning which developed the skills of evaluating the action plans and the importance of this activity for the success of the matter. Every day the international groups of participants have competitions Top 10. The quizzes help know better each members of the group and practice English. During the session The Level of Participation in Communities give the chance to express everyone’s opinion. To relax during the training the energizers are of great support. In the evening the participants enjoyed Intercultural Evening event with the presentation of culture from Armenia, Turkey, Russia, Italy and Greece.

Youth rights, democracy values, existing legal instruments were of much interest for the participants as it concerns their everyday life. To find out how much they are aware of European and other International policy frameworks the organizers conducted group work with some interesting tasks to fulfill. What is youth policy and life cycle, principles and quality standards of a youth policy were presented on the group charts. The organizer presented Youth power for youth rights. Andrea explained the topic Youth participation in the form of the flower with the key words on the chart. What is a youth strategy and why do young people need a youth strategy was discussed in the international groups. In the evening the participants enjoyed Intercultural Evening event with the presentation of culture from Ukraine.

The project BRIDGES started Dec 6, 2021 in Bacau, Romania and 12 countries of Europe presented their 27 participants. During the first meeting the participants enjoyed the Timetable Presentation after Warming up activities. Teambuilding ensured getting involved in establishing the code of conduct to be sure that all participants involved are assuming it (including COVID-19 special procedures). Expectations, contributions, fears and group rules were discussed during interesting and meaningful activities. Formal, Non-formal and Informal education was mentioned. Informal education Erasmus+ Youth Pass Certificate was presented through group work.