Project Youth4Values supports active citizenship and political participation of youth in partner countries, coming from 3 different European regions. As well as, the project will foster the development of social and intercultural competencies, critical thinking, and soft and transversal skills. The focus will be on raising awareness of and understanding the European Union context, European identity, and the importance of active participation in decision-making processes at the local level, especially among youngsters.

This Youth Exchange aims to equip participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to understand the importance of active citizenship and political participation and to explain democracy as a core value of our society which each individual is equally important, and in which each individual has an equal balance between rights and obligations. This mobility will focus on the explanation and research of key principles of representative democracy, and the European Convention on Human Rights. After this Youth Exchange, participants will be able to understand and acknowledge features of “ideal democracy”, such as effective participation, equally in voting, an informed electorate, citizen control of the agenda, inclusion, and fundamental rights.