We will use 2026/27 to turn a shared concern—misinformation, hostile online behaviour and confusing AI outputs—into practical youth work that changes what young people do every day. From 01/06/2026 to 31/05/2027, with the exchange on 20–27 September in Venice/Mestre, we will create a safe, international learning space where mixed-country groups will rehearse digital civil courage, practise verification on real posts, and co-produce youth-friendly media that schools and youth centres will actually use. The project will stay true to youth work practice: relationships first, non-formal methods, steady mentoring, and learning recognised through Youthpass in the participants’ own words. Our purpose is simple and human: we will help young people move from passive bystanding to safe upstanding online and offline, and we will demystify AI so it becomes a tool they can question and use responsibly. In practice this will mean forum theatre to rehearse interventions, verification labs to build habits like lateral reading and reverse-image checks, a hands-on “prompt gym” and ethics clinic to set boundaries, and a co-creation sprint to turn learning into short videos, podcasts and carousels with captions and alt-text. Each national group will include five participants facing barriers; inclusion will be designed, not declared—travel mentoring, buddy pairs, plain-language materials, step-free routes and a quiet room available all day. Our objectives will be clear and measurable while staying youth-centred. By the end of the exchange at least eighty percent of participants will raise their combined AI/media-literacy and civil-courage scores by thirty percentage points compared to their early-week baseline; every participant with fewer opportunities will complete a personal Upstander Action Plan, and at least sixty percent will report one real-life application within sixty days. The group will co-create no fewer than fifteen accessible media assets and launch a campaign that will reach at least ten thousand peers within two months. To make the gains travel, we will form an Upstander Network with local schools and youth centres and deliver at least ten follow-up workshops before year-end, using an open-licence toolkit and an AI Use Charter written by the participants. As a partnership we will model good youth work: daily reflection and care for well-being, visible leadership roles for young people in the room and on the stage, and follow-up that keeps doors open after the buses leave. In short, we will give young people the skills, language and confidence to act with care online—and we will anchor those changes in the places where they live, learn and meet.