“There will always be ethnic, religious and cultural differences among European populations” (European Parliament – Briefing Paper on inter-religious dialogue). In the past years we have heard a lot of news about different terrorist attacks throughout the whole Europe and together with big amounts of muslim refugees fleeing to Europe, it only increases radicalisation of young people. At the time of rising concerns in Europe over radicalisation and violent extremism, the role of education and intercultural and interreligious dialogue plays a big role in promoting respect for diversity which will lead to peaceful and respectful coexistence. We believe that such youth exchange will provide positive experiences of intercultural encounters and engagements which could help prevent radicalisation and promote the understanding, cooperation and mutual respect needed for us to live together. The aim of the project is to raise awareness of young people of importance of intercultural and interreligious dialogue as an essential tool for bringing positive change to the communities by creating respect for cultural diversity, improving coexistence in today’s diverse societies and encouraging active European citizenship. By implementing this youth exchange we aim to promote dialogue between people from different confessional backgrounds in an attempt to stimulate a tolerant, respectful and cooperative mind-set of European young people, who thus may step up to the challenge of becoming bridgebuilders among people of different faith backgrounds through their action and leadership. Objectives of the youth exchange are following: • To support the intercultural dialogue between the participants in order to increase mutual understanding, solidarity and friendship • to raise awareness of the need for intercultural and international cooperation as a mean to prevent radicalisation of youth • to break down the barriers and stereotypes which lead to distrust and suspicion • to enable young people to discover the origins and mechanism of racism, intolerance, xenophobia • to develop a more flexible and tolerant attitude to the context of cultural diversity in society