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Leyla, a 25 year old British citizen of Somali descent, participates in Berlin, along with 140 other young Europeans, in a conference against racism and xenophobia. Her participation was triggered by the terrorist attacks in London during the summer of 2005 and her determination to counter the growing animosity against Muslims. In Berlin, Leyla discovers that Europe is vaster and more diverse than she had imagined and that her generation can have its say. 20 year old Marion is driven by a desire to help others. Back in Fribourg (Germany) after a stint doing her European Voluntary Service in the United Kingdom, during which she cared for schizophrenic children, she decided to become even more involved by informing her generation about the opportunities offered by the European programmes. Like around a hundred other young Germans participating in the ëEuropeanî project, she chairs debates and information meetings throughout the European Youth Week. 23 year old Niclas heads up Helicopter, the leading advertising and design agency in his region in the extreme Northern part of Sweden. Niclas has also made a name for himself with his book with its eloquent title ìEntrepreneurship, toilet paper and bullshitî and thanks to his conferences on the spirit of enterprise. His method: say yes to life, dare to succeed and dare to fail. A method that he was able to perfect by participating in the programme JA-YE (Junior Achievement Youth Entrepreneurship). Katarzyna is living in Brussels for a year, where she is working and living in the European headquarters of the student organisation AEGEE Europe. She has temporarily left behind her family and life in Poland to work in close contact with the European institutions. With her, 7 other young flatmates from all over the continent, all passionate about Europe. The common denominator of this European household: their enthusiasm. After completing his voluntary service in Spain, during which he took his first steps in the world of filmmaking, Luca decided to share his new passion with young people in his home town of Turin and to make them benefit from his experience. This idea spawned the project ìCinema anchíioî: free filmmaking lessons for the City and a feature film ëDanza la coscienzaî, involving over 500 people.

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Early November 2005, Köpenick, a suburb of Berlin. 00:00:00

Here, for three days, 141 young people from 41 European countries 00:00:06

held a passionate debate about a burning question on their continent, racism. 00:00:11

One of the participants was Leila, a British girl of Somali origin. 00:00:16

One momentous event brought about her presence in Berlin. 00:00:20

The reason I'm here is because of the bombings that happened in London in July. 00:00:24

The Somali name became under the spotlight of the media. 00:00:31

And what we've done is, a very active young group of Somalis, 00:00:35

who never met before, got together in one room 00:00:41

and decided we had to do something together. 00:00:44

This small group undertook various initiatives 00:00:48

to rebuild their image with the public in London. 00:00:51

Artists, singers and poets rallied to the cause. 00:00:54

There was significant press coverage, 00:00:58

and Leila succeeded at the same time in gaining the respect of her own community. 00:01:00

In Berlin, everyone present has found ongoing discrimination in European society. 00:01:05

During the conference, everybody chose a particular theme. 00:01:10

Leila's was Islamophobia. 00:01:14

The reason I chose this group that talked about the topic of Islamophobia 00:01:18

is because it's something that me and my community are faced with every day, 00:01:24

something that we have to go and defend ourselves. 00:01:31

My sister was attacked at a bus stop, 00:01:33

verbally attacked because she was wearing a scarf, 00:01:35

and she was Somali. 00:01:39

Called Youth in Action for Diversity and Tolerance 00:01:42

and co-organized by the European Commission, 00:01:46

this conference promoted exchange 00:01:48

and encouraged young people to participate at a European level. 00:01:50

It was such an intense subject and distressing subject, I think, for all of us, 00:01:56

because sometimes it really hits home. 00:02:01

I think a lot of anger came out sometimes. 00:02:04

In the afternoon, I think, we got to the stage where we were fed up 00:02:07

and tired, physically, mentally tired. 00:02:12

You know, and you forgot. 00:02:15

It was like being in a war in that room. 00:02:18

For Leila, it was a chance to access another dimension. 00:02:21

I have to say I'm very honored, actually, to be within a meeting 00:02:24

where everybody comes from different backgrounds, 00:02:27

even though it's only Europe. 00:02:30

But it's really big. 00:02:32

And I was downstairs at a big meeting, 00:02:33

and I was just looking around thinking, 00:02:35

wow, we all speak different languages, 00:02:36

we all come from different cultures, 00:02:38

we all have different opinions. 00:02:39

I thought, this is hard work. 00:02:41

After an intense, heated debate, 00:02:47

a declaration was presented to political decision-makers, 00:02:49

listing measures that young people would like to take or implement themselves. 00:02:52

We believe that young people can play a significant part 00:02:58

in improving the situation 00:03:01

by personally taking an active stand on all levels, 00:03:03

from local to international, 00:03:07

from the decision-making to implementation of concrete measures. 00:03:09

I'd like to thank you all very warmly for your commitment. 00:03:14

Thank you very, very much. 00:03:21

Everybody, I think, wants to know what's going to happen next. 00:03:24

Is this going to be taken? 00:03:27

Are we going to see results? 00:03:28

So this is, I mean, could anyone answer that question for us? 00:03:30

Because I think we put so much hard work, 00:03:33

we want to see some results. 00:03:35

While you were working, I was not, you know, 00:03:37

just sitting there and being lazy, no. 00:03:39

I was also working, and I was also developing an action plan, 00:03:41

and I'm going to present you this action plan now, 00:03:44

an action plan for the implementation... 00:03:47

For the European Commission, the fight against racism and xenophobia 00:03:49

will remain a priority for the years to come. 00:03:52

One of the things I'm going to take back with me 00:03:56

is giving myself a chance to learn more every day, 00:03:58

because coming to this conference, 00:04:01

I've actually learned a lot more from people, 00:04:03

with the work they're doing, it gave me... 00:04:05

I wish, you know, we were on the world newspaper today 00:04:09

about this conference. 00:04:11

I mean, can you imagine if the whole world knew about this conference now? 00:04:13

How it would affect people, anyone in the train, 00:04:16

would think, wow, this is great, this is happening. 00:04:18

We need to find a certain media 00:04:20

that would always show the positive side. 00:04:22

European Youth Week 00:04:26

European Youth Week starts at the beginning of December 2005. 00:04:34

Here in Freiburg, the European Commission's youth program 00:04:38

will be a main feature, as it will be everywhere in Europe. 00:04:41

Marion is 22. 00:04:44

Like a hundred or so other young Germans, 00:04:46

she's taking part in the Europeers project. 00:04:48

Her aim is to let her generation know 00:04:50

that they can benefit from European programs. 00:04:52

Marion knows what she's talking about 00:04:55

because she herself was helped by the youth program. 00:04:57

I always wanted to do something after my baccalaureate, 00:05:00

before going to university. 00:05:03

I needed a break. 00:05:05

After 13 years at school, always learning, 00:05:07

always being passive. 00:05:09

And at university, it's more of the same thing. 00:05:11

You sit there, and somebody tells you something. 00:05:15

And that's why I wanted to do something practical 00:05:19

with my own hands, and to travel a bit. 00:05:22

The European Voluntary Service offered her the chance 00:05:30

to work at an institution in England 00:05:33

looking after disabled children. 00:05:35

I learned lots of things, including very practical things, 00:05:37

like learning English for a start, and really well, 00:05:41

because I spoke English all the time. 00:05:44

It was simple. There was no alternative. 00:05:47

And it was fantastic. 00:05:49

On her return from England, Marion decided to go to university 00:05:51

to study English and German literature. 00:05:54

Marion's passionate about learning and getting involved. 00:05:56

She's not only joined a theatre review group, 00:05:59

but also a local radio station. 00:06:01

All this, of course, on a voluntary basis. 00:06:03

Why am I a volunteer? 00:06:06

I think that when you are serious about something 00:06:09

and give something to other people, 00:06:12

your time, for example, and you look after people, 00:06:15

you get something in return. 00:06:19

But that also depends on the way you give. 00:06:21

So on top of all her voluntary activities, 00:06:28

Marion's busy at a European level with the Europeas Project. 00:06:30

What we do is the same all over Germany. 00:06:35

There are 100 volunteers in their hometowns, 00:06:38

or where they're studying, or just wherever they are at the moment. 00:06:43

These young people go into schools, youth clubs, 00:06:47

and talk about their experiences and give information too. 00:06:51

I should like to talk to Mrs Stella, if that's possible. 00:07:00

She asked me to call her back about the event in December, 00:07:04

the peer-to-peer on Europe. 00:07:07

Okay, thanks. 00:07:13

Informing people is a really big step. 00:07:19

It takes experience. 00:07:22

It's part of what we have to do. 00:07:24

I need to discuss that with my colleague, who's coming too, 00:07:29

but we'll be back in touch about it. 00:07:32

Great. Thanks very much. Bye. 00:07:34

Marion is not the only Europea in Freiburg. 00:07:43

She met four girls who are now her friends 00:07:46

at a national training course for the project. 00:07:48

During European Youth Week, 00:07:53

Marion and the others will run information sessions. 00:07:55

Today they're looking at the room which they'll use for their presentation. 00:07:58

When you think how great it is that Europe is so small 00:08:03

in terms of its surface area, 00:08:08

but at the same time it has so much to offer from every point of view, 00:08:11

people, cultures, landscapes. 00:08:16

To me, being European is being part of a whole. 00:08:20

For Luca, it's the end of a long and incredible adventure. 00:08:39

He's finishing his first feature film as a producer and technical director. 00:08:43

Achieving this dream here in Turin and sharing it with others 00:08:47

has not been easy for this young man who didn't study cinema, 00:08:51

especially because in Italian cinema everything happens in Rome or Milan. 00:08:55

How did Luca get started? 00:09:00

I did European voluntary service in Madrid for six months. 00:09:03

It was a really great experience 00:09:09

and I was able to produce some video clips for up-and-coming bands. 00:09:12

Back in Italy, because I had worked artistically in the cinema, 00:09:19

I presented a future capital project to the European Union, 00:09:24

called Cinema Anch'io. 00:09:28

Future capital is an initiative of the European Commission's youth programme. 00:09:32

It's designed to be a prolongation of European voluntary service. 00:09:36

The objective is for young people to profit from everything they've learned 00:09:39

during their voluntary service abroad 00:09:42

and while they're there, they can contribute to the development of the future capital. 00:09:44

Cinema Anch'io is soon going to become a cultural association 00:09:49

for independent film production. 00:09:52

The aim is to offer what I call artistic rights to everyone. 00:09:55

Everyone who wants to learn about cinema. 00:10:01

I think it's a great opportunity for young people to learn about cinema 00:10:06

and to be able to contribute to the development of the future capital. 00:10:10

Everyone who wants to learn about cinema. 00:10:14

Cinema Anch'io offers free training in cinema for young people. 00:10:18

It was at one of those courses that Luca met Sonia 00:10:22

and offered her the chance to produce the film Danza la Conscienza. 00:10:25

The film tells the story of a young French girl 00:10:30

who moves from France to Italy, 00:10:33

how her thinking changes and how she gets over a certain number of obstacles. 00:10:36

We held casting sessions to find the actors. 00:10:45

Lots of people responded and were interested in working as an actor. 00:10:49

Even though they knew they would have to work for free, they were very keen. 00:10:57

Directly and indirectly, the project involved more than 500 people. 00:11:07

Imagine the cultural impact it had in this post-industrial city. 00:11:11

I realized that in my town, 00:11:18

as I'm sure in many others in Italy and other countries, 00:11:20

lots of people wanted to find out about cinema and do some film work. 00:11:23

But there are very few opportunities. 00:11:29

For his film, Luca approached the cinema commission for the Piedmont region. 00:11:34

He received aid in the form of shooting equipment. 00:11:38

Let's go to the film commission. 00:11:41

How was the shooting? 00:11:47

It's finished. I'm here to show you the trailer. 00:11:50

When Luca came to the office, we liked his film. 00:11:58

Which was more interesting than the average one we see, 00:12:04

because of its European dimensions. 00:12:08

I don't know. Maybe I got lost. 00:12:22

Well, then you take refuge in your beautiful world of poetry. 00:12:25

On this November evening in 2005, 00:12:30

some of the actors and technicians are getting together 00:12:32

at the editor's place to take a first look at the website. 00:12:35

I think there is a place for young people in Europe. 00:12:40

I cannot compare today's Europe with yesterday's, 00:12:43

because I'm young, and I do not know how things were before. 00:12:46

But today I would like to put everything in place, 00:12:51

to get on with what I like doing, making films, 00:12:54

and to offer others the chance to do the same, 00:12:59

especially other young people. 00:13:02

This is Stockholm, where Nicholas has just been 00:13:21

at a trendy party for a magazine launch. 00:13:24

To get home to the north of Sweden, 00:13:27

on the edge of the Arctic Circle, he needs to take a plane. 00:13:29

It's 3.30 p.m. when he lands, and it's already dark. 00:13:35

So far, you might think that Nick is just another young guy. 00:13:38

After all, he lives in what's called here a collective. 00:13:41

That's to say, he's a young man, 00:13:44

but he's also a young man, and he's a young man. 00:13:46

And like many other young people in northern Sweden, 00:13:49

he plays floorball. 00:13:51

But appearances can be deceptive, 00:13:53

because Nick is far from ordinary. 00:13:55

Here, people traditionally work in the wood and paper sector, 00:13:59

but Nick has decided to go his own way. 00:14:02

At just 23 years old, 00:14:06

he runs the biggest advertising agency in the region. 00:14:08

He's a young man, but he's a young man. 00:14:13

Helikopter is a full-service advertising agency. 00:14:17

We have seven employees. 00:14:20

We are a very young office and very go-ahead. 00:14:23

We have ideas. 00:14:27

We know the local market very well. 00:14:29

But we have also worked on the design of decorations 00:14:33

for floorball competitions at the international level. 00:14:36

We have also worked on the design of decorations 00:14:40

for floorball competitions 00:14:43

at the international level. 00:14:45

That's Helikopter. 00:14:49

That's Helikopter. 00:14:51

But how has this astonishing young man achieved all this? 00:14:54

Nick had the benefit of training 00:14:57

given by the European Junior Achievement Young Enterprise Network, 00:14:59

supported by the European Commission. 00:15:02

He started a small company and published a book 00:15:06

giving advice to young people 00:15:08

who were about to leave the parental home. 00:15:10

We wanted to do something serious. 00:15:13

And then we began by doing a market study on toilet paper 00:15:17

to find out which was the best. 00:15:21

The book, which was both practical and funny, 00:15:29

not only appealed to the general public, 00:15:31

but also to the Swedish jury 00:15:33

for the Best Entrepreneurial Initiative Prize. 00:15:35

Very soon, Nick was invited to lecture 00:15:37

at various companies and schools. 00:15:39

After a while, I said to myself, 00:15:43

perhaps I can get paid for that. 00:15:45

I asked for 500, 1,000, 2,000, 00:15:47

4,000 Swedish kronor, 00:15:50

and the people paid it. 00:15:53

There was a time when I got lots of offers, 00:15:59

interesting and fun things. 00:16:02

I always said yes. 00:16:05

My strategy was to get paid, 00:16:08

yes. 00:16:10

My strategy was to say yes. 00:16:12

To work in a big carpet warehouse, 00:16:15

selling things by the square meter, 00:16:18

and then another job. 00:16:21

Six months later, a helicopter called me, 00:16:26

and because I was in the habit of saying yes, 00:16:29

I said yes. 00:16:32

By always saying yes to what life has offered him, 00:16:41

Nick has become the boss of Helicopter. 00:16:43

As one of Piteo's celebrities, 00:16:46

the local media are always interested in him. 00:16:48

I really love this town. 00:16:52

Nice people live here. 00:16:54

People here who don't know him personally 00:16:59

have certainly heard of his yellow car and shoes. 00:17:01

Quite obviously, he's understood the art of publicity 00:17:06

and applies it to himself. 00:17:08

At 23, it was time for him to write his second book, 00:17:10

this time about his own success. 00:17:13

The title is both creative and daring, 00:17:15

Entrepreneurship, Toilet Paper and Bullshit. 00:17:17

The problem with most young people 00:17:22

is that they have big ambitions, 00:17:24

but they can only do one thing. 00:17:27

I'm the opposite. 00:17:30

I think about lots of things, and I do them. 00:17:32

So Nick is an exceptional person. 00:17:35

But in fact, research shows that 63% of young people in Europe 00:17:38

see themselves being their own boss. 00:17:41

Indeed, uncertainties over employment 00:17:45

are pushing young people to develop their entrepreneurial spirit. 00:17:47

This attitude is encouraged by the European Union, 00:17:50

which sees young entrepreneurs as drivers of innovation and creativity, 00:17:53

which will benefit the entire European economy. 00:17:56

We asked Nick what was his secret. 00:17:59

Tell yes, dare to win, 00:18:02

and dare to fail. 00:18:05

22-year-old Katia is Polish. 00:18:15

She's spending a year in Brussels 00:18:17

representing a European Students' Association, the AEGEE. 00:18:19

Working with her are seven other young volunteers. 00:18:22

They're all passionately working for European integration 24 hours a day. 00:18:25

Bernd is German. He looks after public relations. 00:18:30

Alistair is Maltese. His area, external relations. 00:18:37

Like Katia, Caroline comes from Poland. 00:18:41

She's just visiting to help out with writing a request for subsidy 00:18:44

for a future project from the European Commission. 00:18:47

Vangelis is Greek. 00:18:51

He's the network development director. 00:18:54

And President Leon is from Macedonia. 00:18:57

And then two newcomers. 00:19:02

Ufak and Aga, both from Turkey. 00:19:04

It's a small community which reflects the European house. 00:19:08

Everyone who lives in the house is here for his or her ideas. 00:19:14

We come to Brussels for a year 00:19:22

to live in this house and work as volunteers. 00:19:24

We leave our families, our private lives, our university studies behind. 00:19:30

We are here to contribute to making this place, this Europe, better. 00:19:37

Whenever people are asking 00:19:45

how come you're living all together in this house, 00:19:47

working together, the answer is never easy. 00:19:51

We are not choosing to live together here and work together here. 00:19:58

We are elected to come here. 00:20:02

So it happens that people don't know each other even. 00:20:04

And then they come here, they share a room, 00:20:07

they share their working space. 00:20:10

It can be very difficult to overcome some problems. 00:20:21

So we have our own democracy. 00:20:25

But in the end, all of us are here for one aim. 00:20:27

The common denominator here is everyone's commitment. 00:20:30

Olaf is Dutch. 00:20:34

He's just returned from Azerbaijan 00:20:36

where he monitored the elections as an observer. 00:20:38

Elections are performed in a democratic atmosphere. 00:20:41

If you come into a polling station, 00:20:45

as an international observer, 00:20:47

they say, ah, welcome, international observers. 00:20:49

There's a special chair for you over there. 00:20:52

And you have to sit on the total other end of the room, 00:20:54

and there you can sit, and you have to observe, 00:20:57

because observers are not allowed to walk around, 00:21:00

you have to sit there, which of course we didn't do. 00:21:03

A few days previously, Katia was in Berlin 00:21:06

attending a European conference on racism. 00:21:09

I went to Berlin because the topic of the conference 00:21:12

is directly linking with my task. 00:21:15

I'm responsible for European institutions, 00:21:17

and this was about youth in action. 00:21:20

So it's directly my thematic responsibility from here. 00:21:24

So I went there to meet the DG Ag, with whom I'm working, 00:21:28

to meet other people working in the same areas 00:21:33

to find partners from projects. 00:21:36

Recently, the EU pays much more attention to the young people 00:21:38

than it was before. 00:21:43

But it's because the young people are asking for their place, 00:21:46

and they are doing it very strong. 00:21:49

And that's also why we are here, to ask for our place, 00:21:51

to ask for our space in Europe, 00:21:55

and to show that our role is very strong. 00:21:57

And I'm very positive about the fact that it will just be better. 00:21:59

Back in Brussels, she's off for a debriefing 00:22:05

at the European Commission, which co-organised the event. 00:22:07

We have both been in Berlin. How did you feel about it? 00:22:11

It was definitely interesting and definitely something very important. 00:22:14

Katja never has time to catch her breath. 00:22:17

Back from the Commission, a new urgent matter to attend to, 00:22:19

the request for subsidy from the Commission. 00:22:22

I wanted to ask you, till when is the post office at the MEDI open? 00:22:24

Is it till 8pm or maybe till midnight? 00:22:27

Because we have a late grant application to submit today, 00:22:31

and every hour is important. 00:22:34

It's to do with a project aimed at making young people aware 00:22:37

of the importance of democracy. 00:22:40

The dossier has to be posted before 10pm. 00:22:42

If it isn't, it won't be accepted. 00:22:45

Please don't suicide until the next 25 minutes, 00:22:47

because we have to send in an application. 00:22:50

Yeah, I hope it will be finished. 00:22:52

Yes, yes, yes! 00:22:55

9.15, the document's finally finished. 00:22:56

We were supposed to be paper-friendly. 00:22:59

More trees. 00:23:01

But there's a hiccup. The printer has decided to go on strike. 00:23:02

Too late. 00:23:05

Time to get stressed. 00:23:06

Precious minutes are lost. There's no way they'll catch the post. 00:23:08

Actually, if it would be possible to pick them up in one hour, 00:23:11

this would be great. 00:23:15

Fortunately, Katia comes up with a solution. 00:23:17

Her courier company will make sure the dossier arrives on time. 00:23:19

Like Katia and her friends, there are lots of young Europeans 00:23:27

who are personally committed and actively participate 00:23:30

in the political life of their continent. 00:23:32

Notably via projects supported by the European Commission's Youth Programme. 00:23:34

Now we are waiting for the results. 00:23:38

Every year, several dozen youth organisations operating at the European level 00:23:40

also receive support from the European Union. 00:23:44

Providing, of course, they get their application in on time. 00:23:47

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