“ThisAbility” was a 9-day mixed-ability project that aimed to respond to the needs of the partner organizations and participants through a non-formal education methodology. These Needs and challenges faced by partner organizations and participants are as follows: - Lack of social contact between people with and without disabilities - Weak societal participation of people with disabilities - Lack of appreciation of the skills of people with disabilities - Covid-19’s particular impact on socialization among people with and without disabilities - Lack of opportunities to build up partnerships and exchange ideas with organizations on mixed-ability project - Lack of knowledge of Erasmus+ and EU opportunities in developed and developing countries These needs and challenges were discussed between partner organizations and came up with the idea of this project which was aimed to bring awareness to the importance of mixed-ability projects, enabling participants to discover their hidden talents, to empower young people to grow personally and professionally by exchanging good practices and experiences, tools and methodologies, to provide young people with all the necessary skills, and boost the participation of people with disabilities in participating countries and combat the social exclusion. To achieve these goals and objectives, certain countries were selected that faced mentioned challenges, and organizations struggle with a lower level of social participation of young people with disabilities and the promotion of mixed-ability activities. Developing and developed countries were involved such as Azerbaijan, Turkey, Romania, Slovenia and France which made the project more diverse and colourful with the different background participants and they were exchanging their insights, experiences, and competencies with each other. Therefore, the project provided opportunities for: - Developing knowledge of the social inclusion of people with disabilities and their rights - Interacting ‘normally’ with other young people of their age -Building up social relations and improving communication skills, artistic and acting skills - Fostering societal participation of people with disabilities and understanding of the local needs and challenges - Understanding of networking and partnership building - How to manage a project and facilitate the activities - Participating organizations to gain knowledge on the implementation of mixed-ability projects and have experienced volunteers to work with - Cooperating for future projects and follow-up activities Concretely, the MOSTCAMP organization and other partners gained benefits from this project in developing participants’ knowledge on the topic, building partnerships and reinforcing the cooperation, empowering participants to become future activists in their community and applying acquired skills and competencies at the local level. Organizations closely worked with the participants in the follow-up activities and future projects. Key objectives were as follows: - to raise awareness on youth work and non-formal education - to empower young people to become a leader and take action socially and politically - to contribute to the achievement of Erasmus+ Youth in Actions and future programs of Erasmus+ Youth - to increase knowledge of participants on Erasmus+ and EU opportunities, and to give space to create new projects based on acquired non-formal methodologies and cooperation - to stimulate non-formal learning and youth work - to improve participants’ soft skills by giving tools of communication & mentoring - to increase the employability and participation of young people, to give an opportunity to grow personally and professionally and increase their efficiency - To promote the respect of diversity, intercultural and interreligious dialogue - To build partnerships and future cooperation based on this project under Erasmus+ Therefore, this mixed-ability project achieved its objectives by involving experienced youth workers who contributed by conducting sessions with their professional and personal experience. Also, it was helpful for them to experience facilitation and management. On the other hand, young people who were involved in this project were provided with the necessary tools and methodologies which increased the visibility of disability in society and participation in the community. The skills were improved during the exchange as follows: -Acting skills -Artistic skills -Leadership skills -Motivating others -Cooperation -Creativity -Communication -Intercultural competences -Social --Organisational -Empathy -Mediating -Understanding the circumstances -Emotionally influencing -Teamwork -Networking