The project is set to: - explore different perspectives at looking at things and events, and by doing that understand where are the others coming from; - uncovering prejudices and stereotypes; - make the participants more open-minded to new knowledge and different cultures, worldviews, beliefs and values; - unite the international team under the values of Europe and the European Union; - empower young people to make a positive impact in their community with step-by/step implementation, - take understand themselves more through self-reflection; - enhance the capacity for critical thinking The specific action goals for those learning objectives are: 1) Discussions and reflecting on the subtopics of open-mindedness, understanding, self-awareness and critical thinking. - Content-related discussions during various thematic workshops and in different methods (individual, small group and plenary work, simulations, etc.) 2) Breaking barriers & handling intercultural situations: - team-building games, - intercultural evening, - sharing experiences of living, studying, working in their own countries. - spending free time together 3) Increase teamwork skills: - work in different team constellations (national vs. nationally mixed, a variation of group sizes) as well as evaluation and reflection of the respective teamwork 4) Knowledge gained during workshop sessions: - workshops on the art of asking questions, critical thinking and cognitive biases, metaphysics of beliefs and value, personalities and temperaments, self-awareness, as well as the invitation to try out what has been learned during the exchange and to connect it with the thematic content 5) Organizational competencies: - preparation of the exchange in the home country - general private organization (flight, private preparations) - organizing the national teams to develop the presentations and workshops