4 questions and 4 answers:

1.) participation - now!, what's this?
"participation - now!" is the European platform for young people, aged between 14 and 23. By the youth summit 54 youngsters of all three twin towns will work together on European topics, depending especially for young people.

2.) The topics?
By the youth summit, all topics can be discussed. The members chose, what in their opinion is a must to be discussed. Possible topics are questions about education, fears about the Union or European living.

3.) "participation - now!", how is the summit working?
From the third to the 5th of November all youngsters of the three twin towns will come together in Straßburg by the European parliament to create an agenda for a youth friendly European Union. At the first two days the youngsters will work in different interest groups and on the last day, they show the results to members of the European parliament. Later on, they will searching for solutions with the politicians.

4.) What will happen after the summit 2008?
Round about nine months later, there will be a represent conference in Lodz. All members will be there to find out, what kind of results are made after the youth summit in Straßburg in 2008

"participation - now!" will be supported by the program "youth in action" by the European Union. Get more information on the official website www.jugendineuropa.de.