The youth exchange “THINK SMARTER” will bring together 56 people from 7 EU countries to take part in learning and socializing activities without the use of technology. The role of the project is dual, as it will improve participants’ social skills and learning capacities in “traditional” yet pleasant and instructive ways. The youth exchange will take place in Dymes village, Cyprus. Dymes is located in the heart of Troodos mountain and Pitsilia area, making it an ideal place to relax, meet new people, gain new knowledge and enjoy nature. The main objectives of the Youth Exchange can be summarized as follows: •To inform, sensitize and activate young people in the field of alternative ways of learning, without the use of digital tools. •To allow young people to socialize in a safe, non-judgmental environment and deliver their acquired social and civic skills to everyday situations. •To promote mutual respect and understanding among people from different backgrounds, as well as inter-cultural dialogue and cooperation. •To promote young people’s freedom for initiative, team spirit, mutual trust and self-development. •To improve young people’s creativity, inventive skills and innovative thinking. •To teach young people how to “unlearn” in order to learn and let others learn. •To empower participants through AI literacy and critical thinking The above objectives will be achieved with the use of several activities and tools, based on the participants’ individual needs and common interests. To begin with, the fact that the participants will be invited to spend a week with people from other countries and with a different cultural, educational and socio-economic background will be a challenging, yet instructive experience, which will allow the exchange of thoughts, knowledge, ideas and skills and promote socialization, civic skills, intercultural dialogue and solidarity. The project promotes non-formal learning, and concentrates on the ways of deradicalisation and building the intercultural bridges. The outdoor actions of the project will promote intercultural understanding and solidarity and media literacy. This project aims also on supporting participating youngsters on identifying ‘fake news’, in online level. By analyzing and tracking this phenomena, in accordance with the sharing of tools to young people on how to identify ‘fake news’ in online media. Youngsters from participating countries will gain the capacity to identify the various ‘fake news’ which exist in the digital world. Additionally, it is targeting on empowering the critical thinking, of young people by sharing methods, on how to identify the sources of news, while not accepting every piece of information they confront with. On top of that, the suggested project plans on strengthening the civic education competencies of the participating youngsters, by equipping them with the necessary skills to participate, in a more structured and informed way, in the democratic processes in national, European and global level.