aims: - exchange, learn and reflect about racism/exclusion/discrimination, history of racism, - sensibilization concerning all sorts of racism and sharing personal experiences of being discriminated or being the one who is discriminating - intercultural learning and exchange, finding common ground and connection with and to youth of other countries (bridging borders) - social action to built bridges: get to know Austria and Austrians; Austrians get to know youth from other countries - learn to speak English, learn about the importance to speak other languages and English in order to communicate with people in Europe - get a feeling of being a European citizen, get to know other cultures of Europe, get a feeling of being perceived as a european country by others, we are all Europeans and nevertheless we are very different (culture, language, ...) -> reflection about what connects us in our european citizenship and culture - promote self-determination: to realize own ideas and the ideas of a group - learn and experiment project-management tools: dreaming, planning, doing, celebrating; visioning, planning, organisation, reflecion - learning of moderation and hosting-methods - self-awareness and personal development: find out about own potentials, dreams and wishes, look for challenges, to summon up courage and strength to do first steps out of the compfort zone, reflecion of behavioural patterns and dogmas, take on and reflect on personal place in the group - strenghten social competences: reflect on and understand inner and group processes, learn about conflict solving possibilities Youth from Austria wanted to organize the youth exchange week to get to know other youth from differing countries and cultures and to exchange with them especially about the topic of racism (against race, gender, physic, psychic disabilities, poverty, north-south-axis, migration, etc.). Through impulse-videos, discussions, impro-theatre, world peace game.