The euro crisis, the economic crisis, the migration crisis and, most recently, the Corona crisis have highlighted one fundamental problem in Europe time and again: solidarity is as important as ever. At the same time, however, many sides are talking about a lack of solidarity: Italy accused Germany of it in March 2020, when the latter refused to supply medical supplies for a few days on its own account. Greece accused many states, including Germany again, when they did not want to talk about a communization of debts. And Germany accused many states of it when they did not want to talk about a fair distribution of refugees in 2015, which ironically Germany had helped block for years. So solidarity is a highly sought-after concept, but at the same time very open to interpretation. Are we talking about solidarity on an interpersonal level? This seemed to work well during the lockdown, with neighborhood help, etc. Are we talking about solidarity between regions, countries or even continents? Does solidarity refer exclusively to money? What role do empathy, compassion, help or small deeds play? The demand for solidarity is used not least by populists, who are also driving rifts within and between European societies on this issue. The future of European integration will also have to be measured against this topic. This project aims to advance and critically accompany European integration on a civil society level. For us, European civic youth education in intercultural encounters is a contribution to the creation of a diverse, young and active European citizenship and thus to the strengthening of European integration processes and the EU. In doing so, we pursue civic education with the goal of supporting young people on their way to becoming mature and responsible citizens. In times of nationalism, Euroscepticism and populism, civic education and intercultural encounters are more important than ever. We try to create space for civic education throughout Europe and to increase acceptance and awareness for it through this project. We are convinced that in encounters a change of perspective, the ability to deal with conflict, tolerance of ambiguity and the ability to act are challenged and promoted even more than in individual learning. For this reason, we would like to create and expand further opportunities for encounters. This project will bring together partners from school and extracurricular education and strengthen existing partnerships. The people involved in the partner institutions will have the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge about non-formal learning and teaching methods together and from each other. Through scholar-extra-scholar-cooperation, new educational paths can be taken and deepened. Schools are often not able to provide comprehensive information and sensitization, but can usually only address individual subject areas. Topics are not addressed enough and cross-references, background information and options for action are too rarely pointed out. This is where non-formal education can start and supplement schools with awareness-raising approaches.