The project was initially created because we wanted to understand the factors that characterize life for youngsters living in rural areas, especially for those who have the spirit of entrepreneurship. Nowadays opportunities, education and jobs are mostly centralized in urban areas and those who are living in rural areas are isolated and possibilities are way less than ever. Thankfully, we had the chance to implement the project "Empower Me" because we wanted to gather youngsters coming from different countries, living in rural areas, with lack of opportunities and infrastructures and together with their peers they had the chance to discuss and exchange ideas on the growing problem of unemployment in their environment. Participants from rural areas often face a big gap and disparities in income between their rural counterparts, and with the help of the project this gap can be narrowed and their chances to find jobs can be increased in their region or migrate to urban areas in search of new opportunities. Participants managed to acquire transversal skills and competences that are necessary to master in order to adapt themselves to a dynamic context of life and work. Another of our main objective has been the one that creates awareness among youngsters about finding a job, studying abroad or keeping tracking of progresses made on a broad set of skills, it is important that young people have a clear overview available of their skills and qualifications in order to achieve better results for the future. The project intended to foster a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship among participants and to stimulate them to be entrepreneurs in the future. The participants also got to know about practical aspects of entrepreneurship and how to recognize it as a tool that has high potential for employment and income creation and provides a clear solution to the growing problem of unemployment, especially in rural areas. During the project, the young people had the chance to meet experienced entrepreneurs and hear their inspiring stories about starting their business, how they run them and recognize what are the main aspects of being an entrepreneur. Obviously, this was a significant result that we wanted to achieve because we wanted to give the participants the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs who told their stories to give the motivation and knowledge to enter this type of lifestyle. By taking part in the project, the participants had the chance to be in an intercultural environment, and interact with other participants who come from different cultural backgrounds but facing similar issues regarding rural areas. Together they were able to brainstorm and come up with ideas for solutions and establish networking for future cooperation and partnership.The main aim of the project is to tackle unemployment of rural youth, to promote the social and professional integration of young people from disadvantaged areas by helping them develop key competencies for the job market and fostering the development of an entrepreneurial mindset.We strongly believe that a geographical location generally viewed as unfavourable can be turned into an advantage. By implementing this Youth Exchange we would like to combat the lack of opportunities as we believe with necessary skill and competencies the gap between rural and urban youth can be narrowed. The specific objective of the project is to increase general employability, develop a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial skills of young people.Reach a better understanding about underlying causes of youth unemployment;As main objectives of the project we wanted to develop soft skills of the participants in the areas of teamwork, problem-solving, communication, decision-making and conflict management in intercultural settings to increase chances of employment;We also wanted to ease the creation of new networks and partnerships that can be used in the process of developing new projects and be able to provide space to brainstorm new entrepreneurial project ideas and work on their development with the support of group leaders and participating organizations.With the implementation of the project we wanted to increase capacities of youth leaders and young people in the field of social entrepreneurship, encourage and empower them to carry out their ideas, in order to embolden them to be the social change-makers in society, one of the best ways was offering them the understanding of their role and participation on the Erasmus + Programme and their opportunities related to the program.