The issues of the participants tackled by this project are the limited level of understanding of different cultures and the scarce interaction with people belonging to other countries. People lived immersed in stories, their reality is shaped every day by them. Young people need to become more aware of how these stories are born, with what consequences and how can understand better the world by exploring their meanings. Stories exists from beginning of history however only in past years storytelling started to benefit of more attention from all kinds of domains, from marketing and advertising to education and visual arts. Therefore, young participants are more prone to learn how to use it because will them acquire important competences for the future career. Young participants’ needs addressed by this project are various, from learning the secrets and methods of the storytelling method to improve their English communication, especially because it is important to have a reach vocabulary to create convincing stories and make them more interesting. Also, they will develop self-confidence, learn how to cooperate and working in groups, cultivate new passions, learn about Erasmus+ programme and the opportunities that provides; expand their intercultural horizons and develop their learning to learn competence in a non-formal context. The project "Cultural Understanding through Storytelling" aims to create a safe space in which 40 young participants from 5 from Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and the Czech Republic can collaborate to explore their cultures through the means of stories and storytelling. Following the EU Youth Strategy, the project addresses the two areas of action - engage by unfolding opportunities for ‘learning to participate’, raising interest in participatory actions and helping the 40 young participants to prepare for their youth exchange; and connect by involving participants from 5 small communities, including participants with fewer opportunities offering support measures for them. The specific objectives are the following: 1. Create a safe non-formal space in which 40 young participants from Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and the Czech Republic are jointly discovering their cultures through storytelling by the end of the project; 2. Increase awareness among the participants and target groups on how stories shape the reality at personal and societal levels by the end of the project; 3. Use storytelling to develop creativity of the 40 young participants by the end of the project.