Barcelona will host the European Symposium on the accompaniment of young people organised by the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) from 28 to 31 March 2017. Today the CCEE has also launched the Fair of Best Practices, scheduled for Thursday, 29 March. In these weeks, the CCEE is collecting several initiatives that affect different areas of pastoral care (catechesis, vocations, youth ministry…) which “have been well received among young people”, a statement from CCEE reads. “With this Fair of Best Practices we want to show the dynamism and creativity of the Church in Europe”, says Fr. Michel Remery, Deputy Secretary-General of CCEE. “These are often initiatives that are launched and promoted by young people themselves. This is a clear sign – he says – that young people are not only users of these services”, but also “the main protagonists of their own pastoral care, if properly accompanied. In Barcelona, participants will have the opportunity to find a source of inspiration in the initiatives that will be introduced and to take home new ideas”. Among the initiatives that the participants will be able to discover in Barcelona (available on the website symposium2017.ccee.eu) are “Valerie und der Priester” (Valerie and the priest), an activity followed monthly on Facebook by over 1.3 million people about a young German journalist who has been observing the life of a young priest for one year; and a Maltese initiative called “Prayer spaces school”, which helps children and young people to explore the issues of life and faith.