By implementing this Youth Exchange, we seek to engage young people in the fight against climate change and make them more capable to take action through active citizenship, entrepreneurial activity and lifestyle changes. As a student association, we engage young people every day in a wide span of activities, ranging from event organisation to improving the everyday environment in our university, for example, by creating deposit boxes to encourage recycling. With this project, we want to add another layer to the activities of our student association - a layer that encourages and invites young people to be active and ambitious through organising Erasmus+ projects. We will strengthen our youth work practice by experimenting with different non-formal learning methodologies, like participatory dialogue methods(various group discussion and idea co-creation activities), experiential and outdoor learning approaches, creative and arts-based facilitation, and problem-solving/innovation formats (case studies in groups, mini-hackathons), so that we get valuable feedback that can improve the youth work of all the organisations involved in the project. We also recognise the high potential in inspiring and empowering the participants, who are young people just like us, to start creating their own Erasmus+ initiatives. The main objectives of our project are to: 1. Develop a solid foundation of climate change knowledge. We see this as a very important aspect of the project, as the issue of climate change is not only one of enormous complexity and significance, but it is also surrounded by a lot of misinformation and bad faith actors, and a solid foundation is necessary to have productive sessions later in the project. Equally important is the fact that informed individuals are much better equipped to take meaningful action against climate change, as they are more aware and knowledgeable of the relevant issues regarding the topic. 2. Build active citizenship competences. Considering the enormous collective action problem that climate change poses and the fact that the younger generation will take the hardest hit by climate change consequences, we want to explore the importance of active citizenship for tackling climate change and develop the necessary competences to bring about change through democratic civic engagement tools (advocacy basics, community dialogue, voting and more). 3. Connect sustainability with entrepreneurship. The 2050 carbon neutrality goal of the European Union will require rapid innovation in the near future and stronger incentives for firms to reduce their emissions. Thus, we want to cover how the business world connects with sustainability, covering good and bad practices, as well as engage the participants in various idea generation techniques to give them perspective on how innovative solutions come into the big picture. What is more, Considering the ongoing EU-level work on a proposed ‘28th regime’ for cross-border entrepreneurship (often referred to as ‘EU Inc’), it becomes even more relevant for young people from different countries to collaborate in a European context. 4. Engage participants in real world problem solving. This objective is about the participants developing solutions to real world problems that have been identified in collaboration with our partner organisations and businesses. Achieving this objective means putting the participants in the shoes of action takers, and that is a great leap towards having a continued impact after the project. 5. Produce high-quality learning outcomes with recognition. We want to ensure that participants are aware of the competences they gained and are able to transfer the clearly identified learning into daily life. This aligns with the Erasmus+ Youth Quality Standards, which emphasise the definition, evaluation, and recognition of learning outcomes in Youth Exchanges. 6. Translate learning into daily habits and visible action. In our project we will have a practical “green session” every day (e.g., upcycling, nature art, clean-up, and more) so that the participants develop sustainable habits, and have a daily experiential learning block that turns sustainability into practice, while also appreciating nature at the same time. 7. Ensure inclusion, wellbeing and safe participation. The learning space of the project will be designed with the needs of the participants in mind, which means having accessible design, clear group agreements and clear information for the participants, support roles, and prevention of discrimination—so diverse young people can participate meaningfully. 8. Create impact beyond the exchange. Each participant leaves with a simple follow-up plan (campus/community workshop, social media outputs, or a small pilot action) and shared materials to spread results through our daily student activities.