How to Be a Clown has Picardie as its backdrop, a remote rural area full of natural wonders, where local youth lack opportunities of any kind, disconnected from their life and civic duty, while feeling more and more prisoners of their own society, eventually they end up developing a bitter distaste for the region.The project aims to involve youth workers and artists from various corners of Europe, in order to exchange and develop educational tools that use clown as a source of inspiration and encouragement to young people, calling them to the attention of the potential of its natural habitat, transforming young people to become active agents in its development as members of a community.For twenty days, twenty one youth workers and artists, from seven different countries, will participate in a Training Course in Saint Valery sur Somme, Picardie. Together they will recognize and value the role of art and culture as powerful agents in the education process of at-risk youth, producing knowledge, and promoting the interchange of ideas and experiences, impacting society. With a rigorous training, interpersonal dialogue and expression will be developed, and the acquisition of goals through dedication will prove the social circus’, through its subject clown, ability to alter the lives of youth. Autonomy, solidarity, self-esteem, self-awareness, physical-fitness, communication, and adaptability are some of the skills that will be learned and practiced.The creation of cross-sector educational tools will enable the participants to improve their personal and professional skills. Working closely with other European professionals will allow them to have the opportunity to build an international network as well as to contribute to the development of a European identity and a civic sense. The outcomes will be the production of an educational booklet illustrating the tools developed during the Training Course and the public presentation of drafts of the final result highlighting the potential of clowning.Any outcome from this Training Course will be used by all partners involved in order to multiply the impact of the activities carried out through the media and dissemination on local, regional, national, European and international levels. In the long term, the partnership aims to extend the influence of the project before new target audience.