We wanted to: • Bring people of different nations together and create a European spirit/ a cultural REMIX • Providing young people with an international experience in a multilingual and multicultural environment • Give youngsters the opportunity to experiment with new skills and behaviours in a protected environment • make the EU accessible in the terms of one big community • discuss the european values (non-discrimination, tolerance, solidarity, justice, pluralism, equality between men and women) regarding the ongoing value crisis • show youngsters a rich and diverse Europe • reflecting our own cultural background and learning from others lifestyles• develop language abilities What were the project's objectives? • discovering new cultures • learning cultural differences and similarities • deal with the question "what is culture?" • to be proud of one's own culture and to be able to identify with it • respecting and becoming open to new cultures and also take something from the other cultures • making friends all over Europe • empower young people in terms of recognizing and believing in their skills • help young people to release their potentials • provide them with the experience that social cohesion can lead to something extraordinary • to encourage innovation and creativeness• build on the ideas young people already have • to uncover and strengthen the sense of initiative as well as entrepreneurial and cultural competencies • we aim to facilitate their full journey from an idea to an action, as they will transform their ideas into an actual event during the youth exchange • to offer space for exploring individual potential • to share, exchange, network, build partnerships and motivate participants and their organisations for future projects • to prove and implement newly acquired skills in participants’ communities • enable youngsters to explore the cultural diversity of Europe • to develop group-work and cooperative skills and creativity • to organise a "CULTURE PARTY" on the last evening to show what has been learnedWhat are the issues and needs that you are seeking to address through this project? • non-formal learning • arts as an international language • lack of self-esteem, lack of confidence in creative potential of youth • a shortage of knowledge and experience in the use of artistic skills for youth’s own expression and empowerment • lack of motivation or feeling of powerlessness to do or change things in young people’s environments