We want to carry out the “Peace Talks” project because we are currently living in very challenging times, shaped by wars, growing polarisation, violence, and multiple conflict escalations across Europe and beyond. Young people are increasingly growing up in environments where human rights are being questioned or diminished, and where relationships between groups are becoming more polarised and confrontational. In such contexts, the ability to engage in meaningful dialogue and to know how to facilitate it in a safe, responsible, and constructive way is crucial. We need to acknowledge that youth workers are often on the frontline of these realities. They work closely with young people who are affected by social tensions, discrimination, political conflicts, and narratives of exclusion. However, many youth workers feel unprepared to deal with conflicts in a way that goes beyond avoidance or confrontation. This project responds to a clear need to strengthen their capacities to understand conflict, to use dialogue as a tool for conflict transformation, and to support the development of a culture of peace at grassroots level. The need for this project is also strongly connected to the realities in the partner countries. In Germany, the rise of radical right movements and increasing polarisation around migration and social inclusion make dialogue essential to prevent further escalation and exclusion. In Cyprus, a country divided for decades, there is a constant need to bring young people from different communities together and to deepen dialogue skills that can support trust-building and reconciliation. In Serbia, young people have been leading continuous protests for over a year, while facing pressure and violence from authorities. In this context, young people play a key role in promoting nonviolence, and dialogue must take a central role as an alternative to further confrontation. In Poland and Spain, strong polarisation around women’s rights, gender equality, and immigration continues to shape public debate and social relations, directly affecting young people and youth work spaces. Based on these shared realities, within the Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (YPAN), Peace Up! and the “Peace Talks” partnership, we decided to create a learning space where youth workers can come together to learn, explore, practice, and exchange dialogue approaches and tools. Aim: To strengthen the capacity of youth workers to understand and transform conflict through dialogue, by equipping them with practical dialogue, communication, and facilitation tools that support the development of the culture of peace on a grassroots level. Objectives: To increase participants’ understanding of key concepts related to dialogue, such as peace, peacebuilding, conflict, and violence; To support participants with knowledge and tools in analysing conflicts by exploring conflict dynamics, root causes, actors, and needs, and understanding how dialogue can be a tool for conflict transformation. To equip participants with practical dialogue tools and methods, including empathetic and active listening, navigating difficult conversations, nonviolent communication, and the use of systemic and circular questions; To develop participants’ skills in dialogue facilitation by introducing core principles, roles, responsibilities, limitations and ethical considerations of dialogue and dialogue facilitators; To provide safe and structured opportunities for participants to reflect on their own facilitation styles, practice dialogue facilitation, explore real-life dilemmas and challenges, and exchange good practices in facilitated dialogue processes. To support design and production of a dialogue tool in the form of dialogue cards, that can be used in future dialogue facilitation and peacebuilding initiatives. To plan at least five follow-up actions by participants, where participants can apply their newly acquired competencies in local dialogue initiatives. Through these objectives, the project aims to strengthen the capacity of youth workers to support young people in engaging constructively with conflict, polarisation, and social tensions in their local contexts. By deepening participants’ understanding of dialogue, conflict transformation and peacebuilding, and by equipping them with practical communication and facilitation tools, the project empowers youth workers to create safe spaces for dialogue and meaningful exchange among young people.