As the Jugend:info Niederösterreich one of our general goals is to foster EU related projects in connection with youth and to connect both the youth of Niederösterreich as well as the people who are responsible for young people with their counterparts in other European countries – and even further. We have done this, amongst others, by sending young people to ESC projects and by helping communities and NPOs in Niederösterreich to bring in ESC volunteers from other countries to our federal state. In 2022 we have applied for an accreditation in Erasmus+. This final report here is about the activities realised with the budget of our first budget request. Our objectives for the project are: * to encourage and empower municipalities and youth related organisation to implement E+ mobility and youth participation activity projects and capacity expansion. We lower the threshold by having the accreditation and by supporting municipalities and organisations through a co-operation process. * create and implement high quality E+ mobility and youth participation activity projects together with local Lower Austrian and international partners according to the Erasmus+ priorities and according to the topics present and relevant for the respective young people and/or youth organisations. The topics shall be selected according to the needs and interests of the young people in the respective community with regard of the Erasmus program priorities. * to foster quality development of youth work at local and regional level by building capacity of organizations active in the youth field and supporting. To help Lower Austria´s youth and Lower Austria´s youth related organisations to start collaborations & exchange with their European counterparts. * to help all participants, especially youngsters, to understand and experience European values. To see and feel the common objectives, the functionality of and what it means to be part of a “human family” living in European. Thereby, strengthen European values and breaking down prejudices and stereotypes and to promote inclusion and diversity. * to strengthen personal and professional development of young people through non-formal and informal learning mobility activities, especially in the context of municipalities, inclusion and sustainable development and to foster the empowerment of young people, their active citizenship and participation in democratic life. As described above, our goal was to adopt for each activity objectives and topics which, on the one hand, fit to our overall objectives and, on the other hand, meet the specific needs and interests of the respective participants and partners. Therefore, in the four activities of the budget year our overall objectives were specified or completed by objectives for each of the activities. Here they are listed for each activity: _ We Are One (youth ex.): Connect young people with each other and with their rural surroundings and nature; Strengthening mental and physical health for a sustainable lifestyle; To empower young people to choose environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions in their life and in their community; To empower young people to experience participation, self-discovery, tolerance and understanding in a European spirit; To foster the experience of the youth organisation in international experiences; To connect the municipality with international youth work _ Artivism for Future (youth worker mob.): Empower youth worker to use artistic and thereby emotional methods in their youth work; Using art and performance as a means of working with young people on personality development, self-perception and self-confidence; Experiencing cultural and creative work as a sense of community and shared strength, social learning, and conflict management; Learning how a topic like climate change can be expressed in an artistic way so it can touch young people in their emotional worlds, make the topic more tangible and demonstrate its relevance for everybody’s daily life; Connect rural community with intern. youth work _ I YOU YOU I (youth worker mob.): Learning about acting as a powerful method in youth work as it may lead to self-awareness as well as empathy; Learning and experiencing acting as being useful in multiple settings and to reach all different kind of goals in youth work, particularly when it comes to resolving conflicts on a personal or social level; Experiencing the powerful method for empathy, by helping participants understand and accept themselves and also “the other”; Learning to fully comprehend “the other” as a human being _ Eichgraben meets Eichgraben (youth ex.): Helping young kids (13-14 y.) to first get in touch and (in best case) fall in love with European programs; Setting-up a space where the youngsters can get to know each other and the respective realities of life; Introducing or strengthen democratic instincts; Helping youngsters to become part of the democratic process