ADEMI is a youth organization that accompanies young people and adults in projects of international solidarity, employment and entrepreneurship, citizenship and participation. This project aimed to build the capacity of the youth sector to support community resilience and democratic principles through a dialogue approach using all principles of democracy. Youth participation is discussed in relation to not voting in elections. However, this is a limiting shortcut that does not take into account the different existing forms; it gives a negative image of young people who are voluntarily passive in society and creates a snowball effect where young people do not feel that they belong or that they are listened to and therefore see even less interest in being involved. We therefore wanted, through this training, to pool our experiences, compare our realities and exchange good practices to explore this subject and overcome these prejudices of low interest of young people in the "life of the city". As youth workers, the aim is to understand the obstacles that young people encounter to this participation in different contexts, to analyze the existence of discriminating criteria in terms of participation and, on the other hand, to exchange contents and tools that allow us to discuss with young people their conception of the roles they can play in society and to deconstruct certain preconceived ideas on the subject, to encourage and facilitate their participation, especially that of young people who are usually far away. We wanted to focus on "youth participation" as a right while taking into account the gap between the formulated existence of this right and the reality of its implementation, which is very disparate both in terms of contexts and youth profiles. Education for citizenship and solidarity was treated in this study visit as one of the axes allowing a better awareness by the young people of their rights, of their role of actor in society, as well as a contribution to a better consideration of their potential, a greater confidence in them, a development of their critical spirit and thus a better active participation by respecting the realities of each one. In summary, this project took place in Poitiers from 14 to 22 September 2020 with the participation of 29 youth leaders from 7 organizations. It aimed both to exchange on the image perceived by the community and decision-makers regarding "youth and participation", and to better understand the obstacles experienced or felt by young people regarding this participation and therefore to better equip youth workers to strengthen the active participation of young people. The objectives of the project were to - to increase the resilience of the community - to support democratic values and active citizenship with a focus on youth participation in elections - Contribute to building quality partnerships between participating organizations by strengthening youth education and learning. What will I get/develop as a youth leader? - international youth work skills in these themes - better understanding of violent extremism, unemployment, democracy... - dialogue skills - understanding of the democratic realities of partner countries - long-term experiential learning process in an international context.