Currently, the European community is facing the biggest challenges since the end of World War 2 – the refugee crisis, global pandemic and a following economic recession, the impact of the UK leaving the EU, etc. Some would argue that this is the worst time to have a major problem with youth political disengagement confronting European democracies. It is a well-known fact that young people tend to vote less than older generations. In 2018, according to the European Social Survey, 61% of young respondents aged 22-29 stated that they voted in the last national elections, in contrast to the 78.1% of over 30-year-olds. At the same time, we have to acknowledge that although elections have a crucial role in democratic societies, it is not only voting that needs to be taken into account when evaluating political participation – there are many other ways of trying to influence political decision-making and policies. The decline in party membership is a general trend, but the studies show that young people are even less attracted to joining political parties than older generations. Many of them have no interest in learning about the way the institutions or the governments are working, but still share their dissatisfaction with the political governance. Some explanations for that are that youths think their vote cannot change anything, they prefer not to be associated with a particular party, they generally feel unrepresented, and another alarming trend we have seen in recent years is the rise of religious extremism, far-right xenophobic activity and the radicalization of youths, who feel misunderstood in their communities. Social media and information websites used by young people have proven to be an ideal place for daily political propaganda which has become a powerful public opinion manipulating tool. The feeling in European countries is that freedom of speech is threatened more than ever while young people are not prepared to analyze the political mind games and the manipulations in today’s society. In our opinion, this is indicative of a serious problem that puts European values and democracy at risk. European scholars and policy-makers over the past few decades have consistently focused on the increasing youth political and civic disengagement due to it's negative implications for the future of democratic citizenship and political systems. That is the reason we came up with the idea for the project "School of politics''. Our aim for this project is to answer to the educational needs of the young people by helping them understand the political trends and providing them with tools to promote tolerance, to encourage self-reflection and critical thinking. A part of the discussions will be focused on better understanding today's "fears" and how they could be used by the media and the politicians. Role-playing games and simulations will engage the participants into decision-making that will help drive their initiative. An online space for young people will be set up to share information and discuss the current political and civic situation in their home countries, to push the effort for tolerance and unity in diversity and to preserve and defend the democratic systems in their country. The main objectives of the project are to: provide conditions for dialogue and reflection on intercultural differences, communication, fears, stereotypes and discrimination, to examine the rise of different political trends in the context of economic and other crises, the use of fears and the lack of knowledge, to demonstrate the links between media and politics, their role in today's society, and the need of developing the curiosity and critical thinking of young people to help them search and analyze information on their own, to support them in decision-making and to create youth leadership, to discuss future means of disseminating knowledge that can be used to expand the impact of exchange at local and regional level. We believe that our project and its objectives are in line with the objectives of the Erasmus + program for young people's participation in the democratic life of Europe, active citizenship, international dialogue, creating conditions for political reforms at regional and national level, prevention of radicalization and improving the knowledge, skills and competencies of young people.