This YE project ‘The Island’ was born with the aim to address global challenges such as environmental degradation, xenophobia, and polarization caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The project focuses on bringing together youth from different EU countries, combining a non-formal methodology & gamification and visits to build mutual understanding between participants of different cultural backgrounds. The overarching goal of this Youth Exchange is to raise awareness around eco-friendly lifestyles, stimulate youth participation and active citizenship, promote principles of an eco-friendly lifestyle, understand the long-term benefits of an eco-friendly lifestyle on a nation-wide scale, coordinate with others to achieve common goals and break down cultural and language barriers. Furthermore, it seeks to create awareness among youngsters about social exclusion and inequality while promoting their skillsets in making a difference. In addition, it challenges them to discover new perspectives on these issues while giving them the opportunity to be part of the decision making process. . More concretely, the objectives of this Youth Exchange were: To raise the awareness about the eco-friendly lifestyle To stimulate youth participation & active citizenship To discover and promote principles of an ecofriendly lifestyle To understand a long-term perspective of the benefits of having an eco-friendly lifestyle and how this influences the whole nation; To coordinate and work constructively with others, overcoming cultural and language barriers, to achieve common goals; To promote the accessibility of the Erasmus + Programme for young people with fewer opportunities. to raise the awareness of the importance of youth participation in the decision-making process To create awareness among youngsters about the issues like social exclusion, inequality, climate change, migration, over etc. how they can use their skills to make a difference To challenge and practice creative thinking To use creativity to express their opinions and thoughts To foster peer-dialog about matters concerning youth participation in developing processes on local level To share knowledge, experiences, strategies, tools and idea To raise cultural awareness, foster inter-cultural dialogue and mutual understanding To promote the accessibility of the Erasmus + Programme for young people with fewer opportunities. To use creativity to express their opinions and thoughts - to foster peer-dialog about matters concerning their personal lives, cultures & wellbeing - to discover and promote principles of an eco lifestyle - to help participants to acquire skills and attitudes needed to live a sustainable and eco friendly life after this YE; - to coordinate and work constructively with others, overcoming cultural and language barriers, to achieve common goals; Programme objectives wree : - to promote intercultural dialogue - to promote social inclusion and solidarity - to promote active citizenship One of our main goals was to improve the level of key competences to encourage the participants to become more active citizens of their home country and the EU, but also to contribute to a cohesive society. This all will be achieved with the help of peer-learning in an international dimension while promoting the cooperation between various countries within the of Erasmus+ program. We are also hoping to explore new innovative ideas derived from peer-learning. Besides, due to the international dimension, the project will be held in English and the participants will have the chance to improve their level of the English language. In addition, a lot of attention will be paid on the equity and the inclusion of all our participants throughout the full program. In order to assure the highest quality possible, it is important for us to every participant feel like being included in the whole process. Therefore, ‘The island’ was a an 9-day Youth Exchange in which 32 youngsters between the age of 19 & 30 years old & 8 group leaders (no age limit) from Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria & Netherlands explored with each other how cultural identities are formed, which elements contribute in forming a culture, what issues & dilemma’s people face when these cultures clash and how can we create between different cultures and how they can improve the environment together. The YE was held in Madeira island in Portugal. Here is the after movie of the project: https://vimeo.com/cultureclash/theisland