From Thursday 4th till Sunday 7th of April, Don Bosco Youth-Net was invited by our Italian partner in Rome for the ‘Seminar on Participation’. For this theme Luiza Bara came to introduce the ‘European Youth Forum’. The presentation pointed her organisation as the platform for youth representation within Europe. Afterwards the partners looked into two workshops how Don Bosco Youth-Net can become a member of the YFJ. Next to this there was also some time to exchange ideas between partners. There was an exchange market where the partners first presented their ideas. After this you could join other interested partners to make the ideas more concrete. Just to give some examples. There is a joint proposition to organise an international week in Malta. During this week there will be a focus on leadership, teamwork, culture and survival. This should take place in 2005. For this project Spain, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Malta and Belgium are sitting together. There is also a joint proposition to walk to Santiago de Compostella. For this project there’s an interest from Spain, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Great-Britain and Germany. For this moment every partner is looking separately how these projects can be realised. At our next network meeting we can look again how these projects can become reality. Next to that we also want to start working on a large scale project on volunteering, where multiple partners will be involved. Overall Rome was a very satisfying seminar; we kept a nice balance between content (YFJ sessions) and exchange (new ideas, concrete initiatives). Next to that the social contacts between the partners have been strengthened. In this way we’ve made a solid ground for the further growth of the Don Bosco Youth-Net.