With our Erasmus+ project, we aimed to empower young people in Styria and beyond to engage actively, knowledgeably, and in a values-based manner in societal and political processes and debates. The starting point was the ambition formulated in the project application to sustainably strengthen (European) political education, European values, intercultural exchange, and active participation at the local level through a “peer-to-peer approach.” With 15 activities carried out over a period of 20 months, we began shortly before the 2024 European elections and continued until summer 2025. The project aimed to provide young people and young adults with low-threshold yet high-quality access to European political topics and to create spaces that foster critical thinking, dialogue skills, and democratic competencies. The 15 activities enabled meaningful exchanges among young people as well as between young participants and decision-makers or experts. A central objective was also the promotion of participation and co-determination. We wanted to show young people that political involvement is not abstract but concrete and possible in everyday life. Through formats such as the European Mondays, the Europe Forum Neumarkt, and excursions, participants were encouraged to better understand political processes and to develop their own positions and perspectives. The transmission of tools for political participation—ranging from information literacy to the ability to form opinions—was an essential component. Another goal, as outlined in the application, was the strengthening of tolerance, peace, and mutual understanding. Europe faces social, geopolitical, and democratic challenges. Our project sought to encourage young people to view these developments in a differentiated way and to adopt human-rights-based positions. Through discussions, interactive workshops, and encounters with experts, we conveyed both knowledge and values necessary for peaceful coexistence and a functioning democracy. In addition, we aimed to foster the social, political, ecological, and development-related engagement of young people. The selection of topics—from feminist foreign policy to the New Green Deal to the situation in Ukraine—was based both on current debates and the interests of the participants. We focused on what matters most to young people. The goal was to make complex European issues accessible and to show that democratic engagement at the local level can have a positive impact. A further key objective was the development of essential competencies such as critical thinking, media literacy, teamwork, intercultural sensitivity, and creative problem-solving. These skills are crucial for finding one’s way in societal discourses and for taking on active responsibility. Both the members of the project team (co-creators) and the participants themselves benefitted from the development and strengthening of these competencies. As a youth organisation with strong value-based foundations, we also sought to promote and reinforce the humanistic core values of JEF—human rights, freedom, equal opportunities, social justice, democracy, and solidarity. Since 1955, the Young European Federalists (JEF) in Styria have been committed to European integration. The active fight against discrimination and hatred was consistently pursued throughout the project, including through thematic emphases, awareness-raising efforts, and the creation of an open and inclusive event environment. Another overarching goal was to promote the idea of peace. Thematic focuses on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, simmering conflicts in the Western Balkans, security policy issues, as well as historical conflicts—such as those concerning Vietnam and Cambodia—were intended to make peaceful conflict resolution tangible as a political, societal, and individual project. Finally, we aimed to strengthen the (European) political education of young people and their ability to form democratic judgments. Europe and its institutions often seem distant. Our project sought to reduce this perceived distance by making European topics understandable, relatable, and approachable through discussions with peers.