The project "Cultivating ideas for a shared land" is funded by the European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture, within the Youth in Action Programme.

It is led by the Piedmont Region, in partnership with the COP, the City of Chambery, l'Association Chambery-Ouahigouya, the City of Ouahigouya, ARCAN, the City of Louga and ADKSL.

The general objective is to encourage and promote the participation and initiative of youth, living in urban and suburban contexts which are increasingly vulnerable, in the development of innovative activities in the agricultural sector, an important strategic sector to face socio-economic and environmental challenges in the 4 countries of intervention.

To achieve this general objective, the specific objectives are:

• The promotion of cooperation, the exchange of experiences and best practices among young people, as part of the raising awareness activities and a non-formal training geared towards the agricultural world
• The improvement of local policies affecting young people and the development of links between young people and agriculture.

In the four countries of intervention, activities will be promoted by and implemented with youth organizations to benefit other young people. By promoting good practices developed in various areas relating to mobilization and support in the identification of processes of leadership and entrepreneurship in a ' sustainable development perspective, drawing on innovations that could arise from exchanges between reality and experiences.

The young people involved in the four countries are, at different stages of the project, helpers and leaders of youth associations, disadvantaged young people (unemployed and people in remote suburban and peripheral emigration areas) who have an interest and commitment in agriculture. In particular, the reality of reference involved in the different countries, are youth structures and associations that see a strong participation in activities organized by young people for young people in different social spheres ranging from social helping and non-formal education, support to mobility and youth exchanges and stimulation of entrepreneurship. With the aim to promote integration, active citizenship and to counter dynamics of marginalization that affect young people. 

In this regard, the youth realities of reference are:

• In Burkina Faso: Centro Municipale Jeunesse Info di Ouahigouya, Camojo (Coordination des Associations et des Mouvements de la Jeunesse de la Province de l’Oubritenga); Youth Centre of Ziniaré; associations of young producers, farmers' organizations
• In Senegal: ADKSL (Association pour le Développement de Keur Serigne Louga), FESFOP (Festival International du Folklore et des Percussions), APECS, associations of young producers, farmers' organizations
• In Italy: Youth Group COCOPA, Youth Group Io mi attivo; associations of young farmers, El Barrio, Observatory for Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture (OIGA), Piedmont farms and youth associations of agricultural trade union confederations Piedmont
• In France: Association for the Maintien d'une Agriculture Paysanne (AMAP), urban family gardens, organic farming cooperatives.

The project has a duration of 12 months.

The photos of the International Seminar in Turin 23-28 October 2012