This youth exchange brought together participants and leaders of Point Europa and Arbeiterkammer Tirol. The activity took part at the premises of the Arbeiterkammer, called Seehof. As the name already mentions, this was the "First time Europe" experience of the participating youngsters. And this was also the red robe through the project: to understand Europe, their own and other cultures and the idea of exploring and living together. The objective of the project was to give the participants their first European experience, through which they gained new knowledge, ideas and skills, using debates, visits and intercultural activities. In this way the participants had fun but also learned together. They had the chance to "smell the international air" and understood differences and similarities of history and culture in Europe. Above all, they had fun, and ended up with an appetite for more European opportunities in future. The kids got information about "what does it mean to be a European or to be part of Europe, who was Erasmus, what are the positive aspects since the European Union." It was an exchange in which the youngsters got the feeling to be part of such great thing: TO BE PART OF EUROPE! This came about through shared learning between the Austrian and English groups, through all the envisaged activities of the project. There also was an emphasis on appreciation of the new cultures, and challenges of EUROPE. The project promoted respect between young people from different cultural backgrounds. They understood the value of diversity as well as the common European identity which unites them. Alongside cultural activities, this common experience formed the basis of a collaborative project to explore each others culture, to understand the opportunties of Europe, to engage young people to be active members of society and taking responsiblities for their own life. This project focused on people who did not participate in an European experience before, and young poeple who faced exclusion due to different factors (health, education, economic situation, social reality). This project was youth led, but opportunities were provided for the young people to develop their skills alongside workshops based around European Citizenship, Inclusion and Diversity. The social and cultural aspects of the the exchange helped to place these concepts in context.