We have an extensive experience working with Children and Youth at a local level and we see this call as an opportunity to extend the work with the 15-18 age group. Thereby, we can further contribute in the educational processes in our groups, projects and services, since the age of 4. In particular, our experience in European projects led by our entity: - "YOUTH EXCHANGE PORTUGALETE –NORTHERN IRELAND 2018" ID: KA105-8ECF889F within the Learning Mobility for Individuals Call (KA1) KA105 – Youth Mobility. Developed between 04/01/2018 and 09/30/2018 together with Hollywood Family Trust (Belfast). An exchange between 14 young people from Portugalete and 14 young people from Belfast, accompanied by 2 leaders of each entity. - Accompanying some young people in "GAZTE2EUROPE"Solidarity Project ID:ESC31-E84131D2 within the EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS solidarity projects Call. This group pretends to bring the ESC closer to the young people in Portugalete. Many of the participants also took part in the above-mentioned exchange. Besides, as background information, the Local Youth Service has developed some training proposals about European issues catching the attention of young people: * Youth Employment and Mobility across de European Union Days (November 7-9, 2013) * Know Europe: European mobility training (June 22 2016) The project pretends to provide 15-18 age young people living in Portugalete the opportunity to live with other young people in Ouistreham (France), to get to know the chances that the European Union offers to this age group and the exchange of opinions and ideas about the social participation and the democracy as tools of social exchange. These are the objectives that our entity pretends to meet with this project: • To promote the knowledge of the European Union countries through the relationship between young people from different places. • To stimulate the use of different languages. • To share experiences around common problems between young people from both countries, in particular, resolution of conflicts and social participation. • To provide the exchange of ideas about other topics of common interest with young people from other countries. • To promote the knowledge of the Basque Country and our culture, lifestyle and customs For Erasmus+ Programme objectives, the project pretends to approach the following issues: * to promote the empowering of young people and their critical thinking * to promote the European citizenship and the offered opportunities * to talk about key issues for the target age group and the interchange of ideas in this regard, mainly resolution of conflicts and social participation. We have to take into account the leading role and the active participation of young people involved in the project, from the beginning until the end. We also have to consider that both groups have their own experiences and specific aspirations in their personal and critical development.