TransEuropa Youth Think-tank for Democracy brings together 20 young people from four countries (UK, France, Italy, Romania) to discuss various aspects of european policy in dialogue with European parliamentarians, and other experts. Participants will manage a common online magazine in three languages which will include articles, interviews, videos and audio related to the thematics of the project. The project promotes the development of a youth 'civil society' in European affairs, both from the NGO aspect (learning about specific policy issues and making recommendations to decision-makers) and from the media aspect (promoting wider discussion of the thematics amongst the community).The key thematics are:Democracy in the EU and relations between the parliament, commission, council and national governmentsCombating poverty and social exclusion, in particular amongst young people (including youth unemployment problems)Education reformhuman rights and gender equalityclimate change and the environmentThe project will involve 5 meetings amongst all the young people and partner organisations, 2 in the UK, 2 in France and 1 in Italy, a series of 4 trips to Strasbourg to speak with and interview European parliamentarians and an ongoing online dialogue amongst participants to edit and produce the online web-platform, translated into 3 languages.The project will last 11 months, from 1st September 2010 until 1st August 2011