Created in 2014, Action For Families and Youth (AFFY) is an international alliance of 5 players who work locally on a daily basis to support young people in vulnerable situations and parents and families facing difficult socio-economic situations. Present on two continents, it brings together a Moroccan association (L'Heure Joyeuse) and four European operators (Salesiani Per Il Sociale APS in Italy, Luovi in Finland, CJD in Germany and Apprentis d'Auteuil in France). The special feature of the alliance is that each of the member organisations is represented by its leader. Various thematic working groups (mental health, youth participation and training and professional integration) are made up of project coordinators. Through this particular configuration, the alliance creates bridges between the organisational and structural challenges of the organisations and the needs on the ground. United by the values of fairness, respect and solidarity, its members aim to provide new, high added-value solutions to support families and educate and integrate the most disadvantaged young people. This is achieved in particular through initiatives that encourage young people to get involved. Youth participation has been a recognised right under the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (ICRC) since 1989: "all individuals, however young, should have the opportunity to express themselves, to participate in shaping their own lives, to take action, to make choices and to have their views respected and valued". AFFY's "Youth Participation" working group has initiated numerous projects within the alliance: they have set up various actions aimed at strengthening young people's power to act within their organisation and thus meeting the expectations of the ICRC. The common aim of these projects is to provide young people with resources and create safe spaces with them, so that they feel involved in the world around them, and to give them back the power and desire to take action. This vision of young people's place in society is leading social work organisations to change their educational culture and approach. With a view to deepening the support offered to young people today, they wish, through this project, to offer collective and European support to the professionals who work with them. Together, they have decided to invest more broadly in the organisation of a community of exchanges of practice between the different organisations on the theme of young people's participation. These exchanges will be called "workshops". They will focus in particular on the participation of young people with special needs, which is at the heart of the expertise of the organisations involved. (ref. Annex: the typology of the Warnock report on the definition of young people with special needs). The alliance agrees to define young people with special needs as including the following characteristics: physical disabilities, mental health problems (depression, anxiety, etc.), learning difficulties (dys-), social and family problems and people whose first language is not English. Professionals have a key role to play in helping young people to play an active part in society, and they need to be accompanied and supported in setting up activities and actions that promote the right to participation. The general objectives of the project are as follows: 1- To offer the youth workers of AFFY an opportunity to develop and strengthen the quality, innovation and recognition of the work carried out around youth participation, through meetings and the discovery of new practices and methods that promote youth participation. 2- In partnership, to create a community of players sharing a common vision and principles of action that are to give young people the means to contribute to the development of more inclusive, sustainable, democratic, plural and peaceful societies. This is to be achieved by promoting listening to, consulting and involving young people, encouraging their participation in democratic life at local, regional, national and European level, and enhancing the development of social and intercultural skills among young people. 3- To carry out joint reflection and comparison between the 5 countries involved and to improve the capacity of the organisations involved to operate at a transnational and cross-sectoral level.