SIR EUROPA: ONE MONTH BY "INTERRAIL" FOR 50 BOYS AND GIRLS FROM THE BALKANS TO BUILD PEACE PROJECTS (2)

"Young people are essential for building peace processes – explain the organisers – because they make a contribution, with their creativity and open-mindedness". The young travellers were selected on the basis of their ability to contribute to dialogue between different communities. The Balkan conflicts of the last decade actually keep having repercussions on the young, because of political instability and a high unemployment rate. "They need effective support – state the promoters – to help them escape the conflict-poverty cycle and accomplish their dreams of a better future".” “Amila, 21, from Mostar (Bosnia), said she is "surprised at how much freedom there is in the world, once you are out of Bosnia".