From the 16th to the 22nd of August 2010, MIJARC Europe will organize in cooperation with the Polish youth organisation EIR, a multilateral youth exchange in S upiec (Poland) for 50 young people living in the rural areas and coming from 9 countries in Europe.The main theme of the whole event is "Active European Citizenship for promoting a better image of European villages" and aims at making the participants aware of their European Citizenship and the active role they can play in the development of rural areas, and especially in promoting a better image of their own villages, as a way to prevent youth migrations.Inaddition, this youth exchange will contribute to get to know what is Europe by meeting young people from other member states and experiencing cultural diversity and intercultural learning. It will also aims at raising participants' awareness about realities of rural areas in Europe (such as youth unemployment, youth migrations) and global challenges Europe has to face (such as climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainable development).At the end of the project, the participants will publish a booklet entitled "Let's give a better image to our European villages!", that will be spread within their local communities.