Yesterday was the official end of the Children's Summit. The participants decorated the self-made peace tree with lots of messages they want to tell the people in Europe. This tree will remain in front of the Anne-Frank-House as a memorial of the summit. On the point of view of Young Naturefriends...

Today in the afternoon, there was the big penal discussion in the City Hall of Karlsruhe. As Guests were invited Reinhard Bütikhofer (Green Party), Johannes Jung (Social Democrats) and Daniel Caspary (Chitsian Democrats). The participants had a lot of difficult questions. The main topics...

In the video you see the rap-workshop of the European Children’s Summit 2009. The group developed lyrics suiting to the summit. They were assisted by a professional rapper and his manager. All enjoyed the workshop and they also created a great result. Watch it yourself!...

After the breakfast, a short Energizer and the presentation of the program of the day, the participants started the preparation for the discussion with politicians. A group leader presented a fictitious speech of a politician. Based on this the participants got to know the troubles of discussions...

Many countries performed their traditional dances...

After a hard day working on the creation of the Future Treaty, the delegations had the chance to present their countries to the other participants. Although the preparation of the presentations was sometimes very spontaneous, there were lots of funny shows with dances, chocolates and souvenirs from...

After three workshop phases and after filling lots of posters in 6 different languages, the developed demands were presented in the main hall.

At ten o' clock the participants were officially welcomed in the city hall of Karlsruhe. The first mayor of Karlsruhe, Harald Denecken, addressed the 80 participants at the age of thirteen to seventeen. He emphasised, how proud he and the citizens of Karlsruhe were to host the first European Children's Summit.

Today, the European Children’s Summit started. After a tour through the city at 7 p.m. the official part of the Summit began. The coordinator, Tobias Thiele, welcomed us and presented the slogan and most important rule of the summit: “Children talk – adults listen!”

The European Children’s Summit 2009 has found a famous patronage:
Ján Figel’ is Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth.