Last February, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the African union (Au) and the European union (Eu) met for the sixth European union-African union Summit in Brussels.

''A new, forward-looking and ambitious spirit emerged that must be the foundation of this special partnership between Europe and Africa'' (Charles Michel, President of the European Council).

The goal of the partnership is to achieve solidarity between the Au and Eu in these categories: security, peace, sustainable development and prosperity. We decided to organize a conference where young people, who make-up the majority of the African by far, can be protagonists alongside the European youth and can discuss the state of Eu-Au relations. This can be achieved by putting forward their own demands, starting with the need to include civil society and youth representatives in the official mechanisms in charge of implementing and monitoring the decisions taken during the Summit. As a concrete outcome, we wish to permanently synergize the youth work and events on the Africa-Europe and be involved in the Eu-Au follow-up mechanism. After the dicussion in six panels, at the end of the conference, a programmatic document which will be entitled the ‘Torino joint communique’.