THE INITIAL AIM OF THIS EXCHANGE WAS TO STRENGTHEN THE SKILLS OF YOUTH WORKERS WITHIN THEIR STRUCTURES BY INTRODUCING THEM TO METHODOLOGIES FOR INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CO-CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS AND BY EXCHANGING IDEAS ON YOUTH PARTICIPATION. BY COMPARING DIFFERENT PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER, EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN THE YOUTH FIELD WAS DEVELOPED AND EVERYONE'S SKILLS WERE ENHANCED. FOR THE ACTORS OF THE YOUTH SECTOR, IT IS A REAL ADDED VALUE: DISCOVERY OF OTHER PEDAGOGICAL METHODS, NETWORKING, INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SKILLS, EXCHANGES... BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT HAS ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE THEIR WORK RECOGNISED AND VALUED AND HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE USEFULNESS OF NON-FORMAL - AND LIFELONG - EDUCATION FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE. T