To safeguard democracy, the EU must improve the lives of young people. The financial crisis of 2008 has eroded the confidence of people, especially of the young ones, in the EU. The crises and events that followed the European debt crisis, the huge refugee and increased immigrants flows that occured from 2015 onwards, the threat of terror-related attacks and Brexit have all affected the confidence of young people for the reliability of the EU institutions. The three major youth groups that are mostly affected by EU crises are the working poor, young unemployed and the NEETs. Youth unemployment in EU (15-24 years old) in general, has been on the rise since 2008. Based on Eurostat 2019, Greece is still the country with the highest youth unemployment rate, 40,4%. Spain, Italy and Croatia are the EU countries with the second (31,7%), third (30,5%) and forth (20,6%) highest youth unemployment rate. Portugal has the 6th highest youth unemployment rate in the EU (18,7%). Based on the same statistics, only 6 EU countries (out of 28) have a youth unemployment rate less than 10%. It is undeniable that the EU should focus and work on the reduction of these high unemployment rates. Under these circumstances we formed the idea of "Be Social!", a youth exchange aiming to create awareness about social enterprises and support young people in order to appreciate the role of social entrepreneurship. It created a learning space for personal development of the participants, focusing on improving their skills and competences needed to get a job or establish their own social enterprise or business. This project was also aiming on empowering young people in turning their innovative ideas into action. The 8-day youth exchange took place in Granitsa, Agrafa, Greece during 2-9 May 2022 and brought together 25 young people (18-30 years old) and 7 team leaders/youth workers, from 5 EU countries with high youth unemployment rate: Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Croatia. The project’s objectives were: - To raise awareness about the unemployment of young people within the EU, specify its causes and try to find possible solutions - To provide participants with mentoring and support regarding their individual project ideas and to equip participants with tools to evaluate and develop ideas into successful projects, focusing on social entrepreneurship - To develop young participants’ personal skills (soft skills, entrepreneurial skills) and give them confidence and motivation to turn their ideas into action - To gain understanding on how social entrepreneurship can be relevant for the needs of young unemployed and the NEETs - To equip young participants with the relevant skills of how they can form a high quality resume, motivation letter and social enterprise business plan - To inform participants on the Erasmus+ Youth Programme, giving special focus on European Solidarity Corps The project actively supported the actions in the countryside, with the participation of young people that live in the countryside and all activities took place in collaboration with the local authorities and decision-makers.