LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD! HAS BEEN A YOUTH EXCHANGE THAT AIMED TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE, FOCUSED ON WHAT IS COMMON FOR EUROPEANS AND HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM HISTORY, FOSTERED RECONCILIATION AND CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACHES TO REMEMBRANCE, PROMOTED THE EUROPEAN SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND TOLERANCE AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. DIFFERENT HISTORICAL EVENTS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THOSE INVOLVED, AND HAS CREATED A CONTEXT TODAY IN WHICH AN APPROACH THAT PROMOTES RECONCILIATION AND FOSTER REMEMBRANCE IS NEEDED. EVENTS FROM HISTORY CHANGE THE LIFE OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. NOWADAYS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WHICH ONE DAY WERE CONCEIVED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE PAST AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW IDEAS FOR ITS EXPLOITATION IN THE FUTURE. BY LOOKING BACK, WE LEARN THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE COME FROM, AND THIS KNOWLEDGE CAN POTENTIALLY REVEAL WHERE WE ARE HEADED. LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD! PROJECT BROUGHT TOGETHER YOUNGSTERS FROM DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, FROM COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT PAST EVENTS THAT STILL SHAPE THE PATH TOWARDS THE FUTURE (CROATIA AND SERBIA, MACEDONIA AND TURKEY). THEY WORKED ON THE SAME TOPIC AND FOCUSED ON ONE GOAL TOGETHER: TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORICAL FACTS IN A CRITICAL PEACEFUL WAY. THE MAIN NEED WAS BRINGING POSITIONS CLOSER TOGETHER IN ORDER TO PREVENT/TACKLE HATE SPEECH AROUSED AS A CONSEQUENCE. PARTICIPANTS FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF HISTORICAL EVENTS (ITALY AND SPAIN), BUT HAVE GONE THROUGH SIMILAR SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, CONTRIBUTED WITH AN EXTERNAL POINT OF VIEW AND ENRICHED THE DEBATE. THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO BRING TOGETHER 36 YOUNG PEOPLE AND MOTIVATE THEM TO INVESTIGATE AND PRESERVE HISTORICAL MEMORY, PROMOTE RECONCILIATION AND FOSTER REMEMBRANCE THROUGH NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. THIS FOSTERED CRITICAL THINKING AND PROVIDED PARTICIPANTS THE NECESSARY RESEARCHING TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS, FOCUSING ON THE CAUSES AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT CAUSED HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT SHOULDN’T BE REPEATED. OUR OBJECTIVES WERE: - GATHER 36 YOUNG PEOPLE + 6 GROUP LEADERS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO PROMOTE CULTURAL DIVERSITY, GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES WHILE LIVING AND WORKING IN MIXED NATIONALITIES - COMPILE, COMPARE AND CONTRAST INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT HISTORICAL EVENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL FACTS IN PARTICIPANTS AND DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL THINKING - PROVIDE SPACE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY OF ADDRESSING A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC THROUGH NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION METHODS LIKE DEBATES AND MIXED GROUP CONVERSATIONS, LEARN ABOUT HISTORICAL EVENTS IN A INTERESTING AND AMUSING WAY THROUGH EXPLORING A HISTORICAL SITE, TO FOSTER RECONCILIATION AND REMEMBRANCE - PREPARE A 20 DAYS DIGITAL CAMPAIGN CONSISTED OF POSTERS PROMOTING VALUES OF THE PROJECT - COLLECT STORIES FROM ELDERLY GENERATION ON DIFFERENT HISTORICAL EVENTS AND DEVELOP A DIGITAL BOOK WITH THE AIM TO CONSERVE THE HISTORICAL HERITAGE THROUGH STORYTELLING AND THE TESTIMONY OF PEOPLE THAT LIVED SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS - PREPARE AND IMPLEMENT A OPEN POETRY / STORY READING EVENT (STORY/POEMS OF HISTORICAL FIGURES OR EVENTS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED) FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, RAISE AWARENESS ON LOCAL LEVEL ABOUT DIVERSITY AND PROMOTE EUROPEAN COOPERATION. LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD! HAS BEEN A YOUTH EXCHANGE THAT AIMED TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE, FOCUSED ON WHAT IS COMMON FOR EUROPEANS AND HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM HISTORY, FOSTERED RECONCILIATION AND CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACHES TO REMEMBRANCE, PROMOTED THE EUROPEAN SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND TOLERANCE AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. DIFFERENT HISTORICAL EVENTS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THOSE INVOLVED, AND HAS CREATED A CONTEXT TODAY IN WHICH AN APPROACH THAT PROMOTES RECONCILIATION AND FOSTER REMEMBRANCE IS NEEDED. EVENTS FROM HISTORY CHANGE THE LIFE OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. NOWADAYS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WHICH ONE DAY WERE CONCEIVED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE PAST AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW IDEAS FOR ITS EXPLOITATION IN THE FUTURE. BY LOOKING BACK, WE LEARN THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE COME FROM, AND THIS KNOWLEDGE CAN POTENTIALLY REVEAL WHERE WE ARE HEADED. LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD! PROJECT BROUGHT TOGETHER YOUNGSTERS FROM DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, FROM COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT PAST EVENTS THAT STILL SHAPE THE PATH TOWARDS THE FUTURE (CROATIA AND SERBIA, MACEDONIA AND TURKEY). THEYWORKED ON THE SAME TOPIC AND FOCUSED ON ONE GOAL TOGETHER: TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORICAL FACTS IN A CRITICAL PEACEFUL WAY. THE MAIN NEED WAS BRINGING POSITIONS CLOSER TOGETHER IN ORDER TO PREVENT/TACKLE HATE SPEECH AROUSED AS A CONSEQUENCE. PARTICIPANTS FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF HISTORICAL EVENTS (ITALY AND SPAIN), BUT HAVE GONE THROUGH SIM