The upcoming conferences will first gather participants in Barcelona, then in Italy, and finally in Brussels, alongside local activities and workshops taking place across several European countries. In this way, citizens from diverse contexts will meet in cities that symbolise Europe, share their experiences, and return home equipped with tools to enrich their own communities. The objective remains the same that has guided the entire project: to reflect on the future of Europe starting from people’s lived experiences, placing rights, participation and inclusion at the centre.

The first key milestone will be the transnational event in April in Barcelona: a major conference dedicated to combating discrimination and defending minority rights. Participants from at least seven European countries — including Italy, Spain, France, Hungary and the Netherlands — will take part. The event will combine dialogue sessions, workshops and field visits, with particular attention to the involvement of local Roma communities. Students, activists and young people from migrant and minority backgrounds will work together to analyse the challenges facing Europe today and to imagine concrete strategies to counter discrimination. The event will also result in a collective manifesto and a participatory photography exhibition, built from the perspectives and stories of the participants.

In May, the project will move to the local level with a series of evaluation and content-refinement events organised in Italy, Spain, France, Hungary and the Netherlands. These meetings, involving hundreds of participants overall, will revisit the ideas developed during the transnational gatherings in light of different local contexts. The manifestos, multimedia materials and proposals produced so far will be tested against everyday realities, assessing what works, what can be adapted, and which challenges emerge across territories.

The project will then continue in Italy, specifically in the city of Turin, with the Transnational Citizens’ Assembly — a citizens’ assembly bringing together between 60 and 80 participants selected from those involved in Ways of Europe activities over the past two years. Coming from different countries, participants will deliberate on some of the major European challenges identified during the project, directly experiencing forms of transnational democratic participation.

The journey will then move to Rome for the co-creation of the Ways of Europe campaign. Here, the focus will shift to action: small working groups will collaborate on messages, visual language, storytelling and communication strategies, weaving together culture, art and politics to build a shared European campaign.

The next phase will see the organisation of local events in various European countries, designed to bring the campaign into communities and broaden the involvement of new groups. These moments will help disseminate the project’s results and foster grassroots discussion and participation.

The journey will conclude with the final conference in Brussels, conceived as a true Ways of Europe festival. It will be a moment of collective reflection and presentation, showcasing the ideas, proposals and materials developed throughout the project, alongside an interactive game created during its implementation. An opportunity to take stock of the work accomplished and, once again, relaunch the debate on Europe’s future starting from the voices of those who live it every day.