Christoph Lhotka, a bachelor in international affairs student at the Brussels School of Governance, participated at the weeklong EU-Balkan Youth Forum in Rome, Italy. The forum was hosted and sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Christoph drafted recommendations for the Conference on the Future of Europe, and came face to face with high-ranking politicians, presenting the conclusions to the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, and European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, Dubravka Šuica.