Through international volunteer projects, IBG aims to help combat racism and promote open-minded thinking, facilitate solidarity across national borders and contribute to personal development and changes in attitude among young people. An additional focus of our commitment has been on climate protection in forests and peatlands, which is reflected in the fact that we have transferred it from an annual to a more permanent theme: "Let's take action for climate protection - Working for forests and peatlands" A further central objective is: “International youth work is for everyone”. We want to (further) develop low-barrier projects, facilitate access, and open up new target groups. The Erasmus+ project flanked our work in these areas. One staff measure (A4) served to enhance the capacity of trainers and group leaders to make their workcamps and volunteering teams accessible and equip them to support volunteers to overcome barriers. The other one (A5) served to safeguard and enhance the quality of our workcamps and volunteering teams by imparting experience and skills to volunteer group leaders with a special focus on group leading in environmental projects. Both staff measures were also a valuable learning and training opportunity for our full-time and volunteer team of trainers. We did use the project to expand our programme, especially for young people under the age of 18, and were able to offer again a suitable format with the Youth Exchange to continue our longer-term engagement with the topic of forests in climate change as a global challenge. Our objectives in general and for the project in particular are and were: 1. international youth work is for everyone. In addition to A4 mainly being centred around this objective, we succeeded in all activities in attracting participants who had to overcome certain barriers. 2. climate change and sustainable development as a continuous topic, as a field of learning and development: clearly visible in the project as a thematic "key objective" on the one hand to equip future group leaders with the necessary tools to be able to provide environmental education impulses for international volunteers (A5) and other target groups themselves (A6). Secondly, the Youth Exchange (A6), a specific activity in this field of action for predominantly underage volunteers. The sustainable design of all activities was important to us and offered opportunities to further improve our existing practice, e.g. with regard to "green travel", nutrition and catering in the activities, etc. 3. Strengthening participation, participation opportunities and participation skills of young people: the project offered and strengthened open participation opportunities in terms of planning and implementation. In the two seminars (A4 and 5), in a first step through the design opportunities that could be taken advantage of by the volunteer part of the trainer team and in a second step primarily through the very active involvement of the participants in the programme design and the creation of space for the implementation of these peer-education elements on site. In the Youth Exchange A6 particular emphasis was placed on participants and group leaders determining and democratically organising the parts of the programme (group and leisure activities) themselves that did not include guidance through the forest school. 4. The future knows no borders: Making European and International cooperation with shared values tangible and raising awareness as a basis for responding to the social and global challenges of the future. With climate change and its effects on forests and peatlands as well as inclusion and the limits of participation that certain groups are facing in the heart of the project, this was made clear to the participants predominantly in these two fields and an attempt was made to break down thought patterns and contribute to changes in behaviour and attitudes, both among participants and in the partner organisations involved. 5. further develop international youth work: Cooperation with our participating partners was strengthened, volunteer and full-time experts were further qualified and expanded to include inclusive practices as well as environmental education skills. 6. integrate digital elements into international projects: digital elements were integrated into all activities and helped to improve the quality of the preparation and participation process in particular. 7. increase local impact: International projects also have great potential to have an impact on the project locations. In A5, participants were able to experience this in practice by visiting the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park and specific IBG project locations in and around the park. In the Youth Exchange, this was also achieved at the level of the local population through the exchange of the group with locals during a cultural event.