The project ‘’ Actual Start ‘’aimed at raising awareness about human rights issues using various art forms (Photo and Video-producing, Forum theatre and Dance production) to stimulate transformative action and social change. It was a multiple-phased youth exchange, where each phase creates a comfortable atmosphere to exchange ideas, practices, experiences, live and work together to become more active democratic citizens. Each phase has a theme of one art direction: Phase 1 – Photography and Video-making; Phase 2 – Forum Theater; Phase 3 – Dance production. OBJECTIVES: To create a comfortable atmosphere without barriers to express oneself; To link theatre, photography and dance with human rights issues and education; To promote human rights and act both locally and globally; To create a space to talk about the human rights issues existing in our societies and how it affect us; To empower each other to address these issues creatively; To promote activism and campaigning skills through creativity and non-violent action; To gain specific artistic skills in ( photography, forum theatre and dance production) and competences to express ourselves creatively; To develop exchanging atmosphere to reflect on cultures, learn more about other cultures, foster Intercultural dialogue, learning, and awareness; To create artistic pieces together to address the human rights issues locally and globally; To develop a readiness to act, sense of initiative and entrepreneurial mindset through taking part in organising local activities and public events; To create a multiplying effect by setting up an internet platform to share our work and inspire others; To affirm equality, human rights and democracy as a value of modern society and become equality ambassadors. As result to this project we had the following outcomes: Armenian, Hungarian and Spanish Ngos applied/organised a project in Spain where they created photo stories related to different Human Rights issues. The main themes were Domestic Violences, Environmental Issues, LGBT and Conflict over territories. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1502428806772302&type=3 Armenian team, with the coordination of Masha, came up with the idea of an exhibition to be implemented in Rural areas of Armenia. Masha organised an online campaign to fundraising and in September 2022 took place. https://www.gofundme.com/f/evolve-art-in-gegharkunik?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR1i0ShEwWHcI10XsroE1WBbxVwXwnSd4Lm4lI4cp5YhwM0U1oyATAodtYU Ukrainian team member Yehor, organised an online session on HR as well small workshop on photography back in Ukraine. Masha organised a theatre workshop for the village she works for. Ruben from Spanish team, shared his experience on working with theatre as a tool back in his community and organisation. The participants from UK and Italy together came up with the idea and applied for a project “Film Connection”, which it was approved and the participants practiced their knowledge from ACTUAL START. Armenian Youth League organised an informative meeting with a local NGO in Gavar region where they represented the project and showed the videos that we created during the phases. NICOLA Italy through this project partnership with Ex-asilo Filangieri (http://www.exasilofilangieri.it/), who donated to the project their venue for free; They are very interested in Erasmus+ project and NICOLA Italy informed them on how to register and apply as they did. One of the Hungarian participant, during the project, discovered and it is now applying to participate to the Young Entrepreneurs Erasmus+ program. During the phase 4, the young people decided to also create extra dissemination material by producing two original songs and shot the music videos for them.