The youth exchange project YOUTH EMPOWERMENT=EU FUTURE II was born from the need to upgrade three successful implementations of Champions of growing up and upgrade it with the YOUTH EMPOWERMENT=EU FUTURE project, with the aim of offering participants the opportunity to acquire skills for healthy growing up and personal development to improve self-actualization and self-esteem in an intercultural learning environment. Based on the successful first implementation of the youth exchange in August 2018, the partner organizations, based on the feedback and final evaluation of the participants, youth workers, animators and trainers, decided to re-apply the project and, in accordance with the evaluation, to upgrade and change it due to the recognized quality of the project and positive effects . AIM: The goal of the youth exchange was to empower young people in discovering and developing their true potential, in developing skills for healthy growing up, and in improving self-realization and self-esteem in an intercultural learning environment. We shed light on the importance of promoting positive processes and factors that protect our mental health. We paid particular attention to the concept of psychological resilience. Our aim was also to inform, prepare and empower the participants for active citizenship at the national and EU level. TOPICS: Image of Self and Identity issue, Relationships within the peer group, Independence,Emotions, Relationship towards education and learning, Relationships with parents, Improving Communication Skills, Assertive Reacting, Active Listening, Conflict Transformation, EU citizenship and Active citizenship and Intercultural Dialogue. OBJECTIVES The participants are: -gain confidence -gained independence -respect yourself and others -felt the need for teamwork and acceptance of diversity -developed problem-solving and leadership skills -take responsibility for your actions and decisions - developed social and life skills - gained experience from a healthy life -understand the needs and background of others -gain a sense of community and active citizenship - developed a sense of equality and fairness -encouraged awareness and respect for the environment -promoted the importance of lifelong learning -improved foreign language skills, taking into account the wide European linguistic diversity - received information about the existing possibilities and conditions for the development of European projects for cooperation with young people between EU countries, with a special emphasis on the Erasmus + Program; -exchanged best practices and developed an informal network for young people coming from EU countries.