"E.U.RO.P.E.+CY." is a multilateral youth exchange within the framework of Key Action 1. The exchange will take place over 9 days in Agros, Cyprus between 01-09/7/2017. The 60 participants will come from Estonia-Uk- ROmania Poland –– Ellada + CYprus. The theme will explore history, culture, traditions and politics of the participants from respective countries. These topics will be explored through a range of non-formal learning methods through arts, sports, drama, a cultural visit and a community project. The objectives of the exchange are to provide a forum for diverse cultures to come together and have a recognition for similarity and appreciation of difference, foster and encourage personal and social development through interaction on an inter-cultural level, empower young people to be active citizens and have an increased sense of belonging to Europe.The project is aimed to bring together project leaders, youth workers and youngsters from 6 programme countries to discuss working experiences and strategies of NGOs in their work with youth within the field of European Citizenship Education and Youth participation in order to give new impulses, to share possible ways to break the issue down and to come up with creative ideas and support for practitioners in the international youth field. The YE will provide the occasion to share experiences, to foster sustainable and equivalent partnerships, to support capacity building, to contribute towards inventive projects by exploring new working methods and strategies, to improve the quality of future projects and to develop further activities. The methods used will be based on the principles and practise of non-formal education taking into account the needs, motivations and previous experiences of the participants. Further the project will provide space for debate, for individual and group reflection, and encourage exchange of best practices. The debriefings of the common work and the achieved results will be accompanied by theoretical inputs and presentations that will complement the outcomes of the common work, helping to create the theoretical and practical framework in which participants will reflect upon existing examples of own European Citizenship Education projects and those of the other project promoters.The main topic of our exchange is discovering cultures. During the project we will try to build bridges between the European Youth and we will promote Cultural DiversityThe participants will deepen their knowledge on the subject of intercultural and non-formal learning, draw a map of existing attitudes towards non-formal intercultural learning as achieved through cross-border volunteering. They will as well explore the values and impact of intercultural non formal learning and volunteering and share best practices of promoting and increasing visibility of intercultural learning and volunteering as well as develop new practises. The opportunities of using Youthpass in ERASMUS+ activities as a tool for self reflection and evaluation will also be discussed. By working, creating and cooperating together our participants will become more aware of cultural diversity in Europe.The working programme uses informal learning in form of discussing, games, group activities. Through this, they will experience a new way of discovering their own history. In turn, these young people will act as multipliers among their cohorts who in the long run will become better citizens. The programme implementation will be partly in hands of the participants themselves as well as professional youth leaders providing input and guidance through the method of experiential learning. The preparation, implementation, evaluation and follow up will be coordinated by the leaders or contact persons of each country.Throughout the process of the YE the participants will be given information on which to base their active participation in society and the space and means to become active European citizens or increase their participation. This will contribute to their personal development, their awareness of the context in which they are living and the confidence and methods to take a step into a life of participation in their society, stepping out of their marginalized role. It will also give them an idea of cultural diversity in Europe and intercultural learning, which will raise their cultural awareness and expression. In addition they will have the opportunity to design their own projects and go through with them, with the support of the team and their sending organizations. They will show initiative and entrepreneurship in projects and in everyday life in their communities after returning to their home countries.