'Harnessing young people’s potential for building a democratic future’ was the main topic of the meeting, which gathered distinguished SPS alumni, coming from more than twenty countries, addressed two thematics: ‘The marginalisation of today’s young generation: Is the pact between the generations broken?’ and ‘Can young people bring about an agreed set of common values for the future?’ .The seminar ended with a brainstorming round table on the development of the Schools’ Network, in particular its alumni dimension. The outcomes of the discussions are expected to be of use to the participants in their respective professional or activist functions, as well as to the 2014 session of the World Forum for Democracy which will be organised by the Council of Europe in early November on the theme ‘From participation to influence: can youth revitalise democracy?’.

Programme of the meeting
Video clip  with impressions by participants
Video clip  including messages by participants to the World Forum for Democracy (3-5 November 2014)