During one of the meeting with our youth, we were talking about their life in Sint Maarten, especially in the period after the hurricane Irma. We were comparing the life in Caribbean islands with the possibilities that youth from European territories have. During the talk, some of our more experienced team members talked about their experience of working with the youth in Europe, organizing Erasmus+ projects and meeting youth from different European countries.Some of the youngsters got very inspired and they said that they would love to write and organize Erasmus+ project here in Sint Maarten. They want to become more active in our local community and to share experience, ideas and learn from their peers from Europe. They decided about the topic of the project and started working on it. We contacted some of our partners from Europe and other overseas territories and supported them in the process of writing this application. Since this is first time four our foundation applying projects and first time for our youngsters to write Erasmus+ application, some of youth from our network helped in writing the application. The youth exchange will give the participants the possibility to share their experience and to learn from the experience of others, and additionally to adjust their knowledge in the field of active citizenship and civic engagement. Therefore the highest learn outcome will be achieved through the exchange of ideas. The programme of youth exchange reflects interests and needs of youngsters and addresses issues of active citizenship, youth participation, volunteering and youth empowerment. Active citizenship means people getting involved in their local communities and democracy at all levels, from towns to cities to nationwide activity. Active citizenship can be as small as a campaign to clean up your street or as big as educating young people about democratic values, skills and participation. Active citizenship is one of the most important steps towards healthy societies. Objectives: - to understand better European and Caribbean realities in the field of youth participation and active citizenship and address non-formal education approach as a creative solution for empowering yourself; - to improve personal competences, to get new skills, knowledge and tools that will help youth become active members of their local communities. - to fill the gap between formal learning and competences requested by the labor market; in terms of flexibility, multilingualism, creativity and soft skills in general; - to create space for sharing the knowledge and exchanging ideas with the atmosphere of common understanding between peers representing different cultures and backgrounds..