The youth exchange “Arts Against Discrimination – Empowering Youth” is dedicated to the themes of anti-discrimination and youth empowerment.Discrimination in all its diverse forms still is nowadays as it was in the past one of the most important challenges for modern European societies. Racial discrimination, religious stereotypes, gender-based violence and marginalisation of the most vulnerable parts of our societies are a daily reality. Due to the urgency of the topic and the effects of discrimination on the life of young people, the youth exchange aims to empower young people to deconstruct discriminatory patterns, understand its root causes and to develop powerful and creative statements and performances raising public awareness about discrimination in their communities.To reach this aim the following objectives are set: To provide a safe and secure space for youth to debate forms of discrimination in Europe To introduce youth to anti-discrimination work and empower them to take an active stand against discrimination in their communities To create creative pieces of arts against any form of discrimination To make a creative public statements against different forms discrimination in the communities of the promotersWith means of arts such as theatre, photography and video and other creative forms of expression the participants will be empowered to think, act and express their ideas openly, with confidence and in an appealing manner for their peers.The Academy for Peace and Development will coordinate and host the project in Kobuleti, Georgia, from July 31 until August 10 2014 for 40 young people from Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Spain.