“1st With Honours” aims to support youth workers, educators and youth trainers from the EU programme countries in their development of their skills and the bettering of the activities and methodologies put into use when working on group and leadership dynamics; oriented towards a better awareness of interculturality with all disadvantaged groups in society. As the world becomes more internationalised and globalised, people from “drastically” different cultures have started to interact and observe each other in ever increasing amounts. It has become a part of everyday life to experience what others in faraway countries are doing day by day, and moment by moment. The digital environments we cohabitate with each other have broadened our horizons significantly, and the costs of travelling to far off destinations have never been as low. Yet, when it comes to working together and interacting with people from different cultures at a more local or personal level, it becomes very easy to set aside someone’s quirks and characteristics as being solely due to some arbitrary label, such as a national identity or gender; often ignoring the multitude of intersectional identities the person in question has. This often creates a wider gap in the disadvantagement of certain groups in society, preventing the social cohesion we so desperately need in these trying times. With this project, we aim to take a critical look at how group dynamics and leadership can be aided and abetted through a greater understanding of interculturality; rather than looking at it through the simplistic lenses of only national cultures, but through other forms of cultures and identifications as well: Different nations, regions, cities, backgrounds, economic and social class, gender identity, age, minority, religion, and much more. We will be focusing on methods on how to empower youths and youth workers to actively, effectively, and in an as “humanly”-friendly possible way, work together and lead each other. By getting a better picture of what is necessary in working together with others, be they people of your in-group, minorities, refugees, or disadvantaged youths, intercultural understanding will definitely play a big role. And when it comes to leading a diverse group of people, being able to empower each individual comes with it’s own set of issues as well, whereby an understanding of how to accept power dynamics, cultural norms, and hierarchical roles play just as important a part in the entire dynamic. This can range all the way from different ways of personal interaction to generational change in organisations. It is only through accepting the role of intercultural communication, dialogue, and learning in group work and leadership dynamics that we can create inclusive sustainable living and working environments for all individuals and communities in our ever-diversifying societies. The main aim of the project is to raise awareness of the roles of interculturality and intersectionality in group and leadership dynamics in order to tackle the social exclusion of minorities, migrants, refugees, and disadvantaged youths with the help of non-formal methodologies. The objectives are: to create an environment aimed at developing, experimenting, and sharing innovative methodologies and tools for a human-centred forms of group dynamics and leadership based in intercultural dialogue and learning, with specific attention to the inclusion and integration processes of young refugees and migrants in the local communities and in the youth organisations. to contribute to the professional and personal development and to improve the competences of the youth workers and educators of partner organisations, providing tools, knowledge and skills useful to face the need for intercultural dialogue among young people and their communities. to contribute to improve quality in youth work, at the local and European level, keeping into consideration the changes and challenges of today’s society as for the inclusion and integration of young people with different cultural backgrounds. to contribute to fight radicalisation and xenophobia among young Europeans and local communities, providing with opportunities of intercultural dialogue and real and true encounters. to empower youth workers to become active multipliers able to improve their local working and living environments, raising social awareness towards true interculturalism in society and above all in the youth sector. to engage and empower disadvantaged youth, specifically young migrants/refugees and youth from cultural and ethnic minorities, giving them the opportunity to bring positive change in their communities.