European Youth Portal portrays generally young people in Europe as rather social and political apathy, less involved and interested in politics in their countries and also in democratic expression as citizens. Statistics show that young people vote less, care less and generally have other priorities then civic participation in their countries. The numbers are higher in that regard in East Europe but it is present to high extent in the other countries as well. Media (mainstream and alternative) can easily fuel tensions, anger and frustration of vulnerable young people who lacks strong critical thinking. Migrants are generally under-represented and/or shown as delinquents or criminals. Although, media framing differs based on specific migrant groups the discourse is focusing on, immigration coverage across Europe is often negative and conflict centred. Frequent exposure to such media messages leads to negative attitudes towards migration, may activate stereotypical cognitions of migrant groups, and even influence vote choice. The main methodology at the core of the project was Theatre of the Oppressed Methodology, developed by Brazilian Augusto Boal in the context of discrimination and human rights violation in Brazilian society in the 70’-ties. In this project we focused on Image and Forum Theatre, which engages citizens in an interactive and very participatory way in a dialogue to explore and find solutions to different problems the community is facing and empowering the people affected directly or indirectly by situation of oppressions. The main goal of the project was to increase the capacity of youth work sector to raise the participation and involvement of young people in social processes and change. In this sense a training course activity targeting 27 youth workers from 8 different European countries was organized in Veliki Gaj, Serbia during 7-14 October 2021. The training program was designed for youth workers, active members of youth organizations who needed to develop their competencies to work with Theatre of the Oppressed methods for a better and long lasting impact in their communities. The project had the following objectives meant to support reaching the aim: • To introduce innovative methodologies in youth work field (such as Image and Forum Theatre) to address human rights violations, intolerance, radicalisation of young people, exclusion, etc.; • To raise the capacity of partner to operate at European level and in International mobility projects which address the needs of young people in vulnerable situations; • To stimulate the exchange of best practices in youth work field in using theatre for social change in sensitive topics in our society; • To increase the quality of the youth organization projects; • To stimulate professional development for youth workers active in human rights area; • To increase the level of active participation among the direct and indirect beneficiaries • To contribute to the development of employable skills among direct and indirect beneficiaries.