The Italian National Youth Council – Forum Nazionale Giovani (FNG) has been recognized by the legislative decree number 311 of the Italian Parliament on the 30th of December 2004, it is the only national platform of Italian youth organizations which assures the representativeness of more than 4 millions of young people along the country. It is composed by 69 different national youth organizations and 4 observers, coming from different fields of youth participation: students organizations, associations working with non-formal education and mobility, youth departments of political parties, trade unions, religious associations, regional youth forums, sportive youth organizations, and many more. Participation of young people is promoted through the thematic commissions, that give the possibility to the member organizations to take part in the decision making process of the platform. – See more at: http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/members/fng-forum-nazionale-dei-giovani#sthash.j8ekXhhy.dpuf