In English:The young and the elderly are though far from each other in age, we believe, moreover we experience that they can be close and their relationship can be mutually fruitful. This is reflected by the title of our association s new project: far in age - close in heart (soul). When carrying out our previous project on volunteering we realized how naturally and affectionately youngsters turned to the elderly and how happy they were to create small gifts for them, to present a cultural show and to talk to them. As the afterlife of that project - not even planned in advance - this good relationship remained and the request emerged among youngsters to prepare a youth exchange about the relationship between the youth and the elderly. At that time we did not even think how topical this would be, as 2012 is the year of active aging. What can we learn from each other? How can we help each other? What is the relationship between the youth and the elderly like in general in the partner countries? How can they remain young mentally and physically and what role do the young have in this? These are questions that many of the youth are more interested in than we had thought. That is why we looked for foreign partners who are interested in this topic, too. Preparations of the project are essentially being done as the more the exchange is prepared, the more successful it can be. The premises of the one-week programme is Koszeg, a small town that respects and holds onto traditions, where a respectful, 330-year old secondary grammar-school in its 100-year old building and the park belonging to it will host 10 youngsters from each of the participating countries, the Czech Republic, Malta, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Hungary, will deal with the relationship between the elderly and the youth, search for the secrets of active aging and try to learn as much as possible from the other generation. Shows, PowerPoint presentations, workshops, practical work, discussions and free talks will contribute to the success of this no-formal learning process. During the week, apart from the usual introductions, community-forming activities, every partner will present the generational features of their own surroundings, the reports or any other materials made while preparing for the project. Each group will present their country’s policy on old-age people and we will check what youngsters know about the old-age policy of the EU. We are going to organize a meeting with pensioner’s clubs and teach each other about cooking, saving money, learning languages, and computer knowledge and elderly sportsmen and politicians will come or we will visit them in the Parliament and say what youngsters should do to stay active. One partner country will be responsible for each of the topics to be discussed. During the week younsters will not only improve their personalities, but they also will learn things they cannot learn at school or from books or Internet.