In a framework of “Youth: the Right Direction” project, 25 young people from Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Italy, United Kingdom and Denmark, travelled through the Balkans from Croatia to Albania, passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, visiting the Local Democracy Agencies, sharing their daily life, viewpoints and ideas among them and with the locals, discovering the places and writing common projects in regular workshops. This is the result of the International Crossing Youth Fair, an event organised by the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) and its’ project partners whereof the LDA Sisak is one too. This event aimed at promoting the European Commission’s “Youth in Action” program and at deepening the mutual knowledge of the different youth contexts whilst promoting cooperation in the field of youth.

This event lasted for 10 days, from 25th of July to 3rd of August; it demonstrated that among their differences European youth can be united and that the physical and mental borders are not impassable. It opened new perspectives to these young people for future common projects and created strong friendships. Most of these young people are already involved in the work of the Local Democracy Agencies or ALDA’s partners and it showed them the work of other LDAs and strengthened the network.

To share their experience the participants wrote diaries on a daily basis. You can read them online here.