The European Theatre Convention develops during 2011 - 2013 the second edition of the artistic education programme ‘Young Europe’ focusing on youth theatre, theatre education and multilingualism in theatre. The general aim is to produce new multilingual plays with and for youth in close collaboration with young theatre professionals who will be working across Europe, through workshops and creation in order to develop the innovative tools needed by theatre to engage a dialogue with the youth of today interrogating the role of multilingualism and cultural diversity in Europe. Eight theatres initiate four co-creations and develop four new plays written in and translated into eight languages to produce seven new performances staged and circulated in European schools and theatres with the ambition to further enhance the development of a European drama repertoire for young audiences. A conference and a festival with a Young Europe Talent Campus will be part of the project offering a joint platform for all project participants to exchange and build long lasting relations beyond their national working environment on a European level.Building upon the achievements and experiences of the first ‘Young Europe’ edition (2008 – 2010), the project will be carried on during the next two years with new partners in new countries to develop sustainable artistic education structures. But ‘Young Europe 2’ will take the project further: Not the differences and comparisons each partner faces and makes when working with each other are of central interest, but the common artistic achievement based on our diverse and joint knowledge, collectively gathered with young people and theatre professionals coming from the north, west, middle, east and south of Europe. With ‘Young Europe 2’ we want to contribute to create artistic works in the field of drama theatre for young audiences that is representative for our European cultural shared area and will serve as reference for generations to come.