Through this youth exchange, we aim to reduce the social exclusion experienced by young people with fewer opportunities in Romania and Slovakia who feel “outside the group,” avoid interactions, and have limited safe opportunities to practise cooperation in diverse groups. From a youth work perspective, the project creates a safe non-formal learning space where participants can build trust, learn to communicate respectfully, and work together beyond economic barriers, language barriers, and stereotypes, and then transfer what they have learned back to their communities through concrete actions. The project brings together 20 young people from vulnerable backgrounds: Roma youth from a residential care centre in Slovakia and young people from the Aleșd area (Bihor County) coming from low-income families and marginalised communities, including Roma youth from Lugașu de Jos and Aleșd. The activity takes place in a group accommodation and activity venue in the village of Huta Voievozi (Bihor County), where participants work in mixed teams and take part in structured sessions on socio-emotional development, intercultural education, inclusive communication, and active participation. To ensure inclusion, communication will take place in Romanian, Slovak and English, and trilingual organisers and volunteers will continuously support mixed teams so that language does not become a barrier to participation. By implementing the project, we pursue four clear, measurable objectives that are relevant to young people. The first objective is for participants to improve the socio-emotional and intercultural competences needed to cooperate in diverse groups, so that at least 75% achieve higher scores in the final intercultural competence assessment and at least 80% demonstrate cooperative and positive communication behaviours in group activities, based on structured observation by facilitators. The second objective is for at least 70% of participants to strengthen their empathy and critical awareness, being able to identify social, cultural and economic barriers that lead to exclusion and to propose inclusive solutions, assessed through practical tasks and guided group reflection. The third objective is for at least 80% of participants to clarify their educational or career direction and complete a personal development plan, supported through adapted mentoring and guidance. The fourth objective is for the project to generate active participation after the mobility, through the implementation of at least four local micro-projects and at least three follow-up actions within six months, reaching a combined minimum of 200 community members. From a youth work perspective, the project is valuable because it turns learning into experience, not theory. Young people do not only talk about inclusion; they live it through activities that require real collaboration, rotating roles, daily feedback, and guided reflection in a safe environment. The project strengthens competences that are essential in the everyday life of marginalised young people: the confidence to express themselves, the ability to work with people who are different, conflict management, respect for diversity, and the initiative to contribute to their community. The intended final outcome is that participants feel more included and more able to participate actively in groups and in their communities, and that the project’s methods and outputs can also be used by other young people and youth workers after the funding ends.