The training seminar was organized with the support from FES and represents the first cycle of a three year project in all regions of PERC. The participants in the training seminar were mainly young women trade union officers from some of the Balkan countries: Serbia, Montenegro, BIH, Croatia, Macedonia and Albania. The training was conducted with the support of the ETUI education officer, Valerica Dumitrescu, and was concentrated on the following main chapters: Women’s involvement in trade unions ; Confidence building ; Communication ; Team work; Women’s structures and networks; Gender policy in the unions and developing campaigns on organizing young women in unions.