At Zavod Voluntariat we have been cooperating with ZPM Ljubljana Moste-Polje since 2018. They have been organizing summer camps for young people from vulnerable groups for many years, and last year they decided to host our international volunteers through the SCI (Servic Civil International) network. We found out that these socially vulnerable groups do not travel much, which prevents them from a broader view of society, knowledge and hinders them from developing social skills. We believed that the youth exchange would contribute to the selected target group's overall development, which is already slower than that of other peers due to their situation. Thus, the need for an even deeper partnership and greater involvement of international activities in the operation of the ZPM was demonstrated. So we decided with their group of young people to apply for a set of these youth exchanges with them. We also helped them find international partners who work with the same target group and where the needs for such a project are the same. The children and young people who were included in the exchange program have upgraded their knowledge, learned about a new culture and environment, expanded their geographical knowledge and learned some new vocabulary. The exchange program also included a lot of cross-curricular integration, as it covered 3 areas (environment, technology and interculturalism). Since children and young people cannot afford longer and different trips with their own families within their own resources, we wanted to enable them to do so. With the program, we also wanted to upgrade the skills of socializing, behaving and getting to know new cultures and young people, and thus enable them to master this themselves in their adult life. Social skills are one of the most important skills that open the door to children and young people in the future: finding a job, making new relationships, friendships, starting a family and the like. The objectives of the Youth Exchange following the Erasmus + objectives were: - Promotion and strengthening of active (European) citizenship, European values and a sense of belonging to the local / European / global community - Strengthen the international dimension of youth activities and the role of youth workers and organizations (the project brought together 3 partners who disseminated knowledge of international projects and good practices and planned the continuation of the project. Through the implemented project and through the establishment of cooperation between different organizations, young people and youth workers strengthened the quality of youth work and raised awareness of the importance of European citizenship and increased awareness of working with young people with fewer opportunities.) - Improve the level of key competences and skills of young people (empower young people with critical thinking skills, which in the long term encouraged and equiped us to find deeper reasons for the problems in our lives; Promote active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity - Through various non-formal learning methods and the assignments given to the participants we promoted intercultural understanding and solidarity and while dealing with current events across Europe with a critical approach we will be learning about the importance of active citizenship.) - Encourage young people to become involved in the preparation of youth exchange activities through pre-written expectations and preliminary preparation of activities (each partner prepared a specific activity), intercultural evenings (preparation of dishes, display of customs ...) In addition, we were constantly monitoring our expectations, encouraged each other for feedback and co-create the program to meet our needs and expectations as much as possible. - Empowering young people to become active members at multiplicative activities post-exchange and continue to be involved in environmental and sustainability topics.