The youth exchange “Youth and Creativity in Conflict Transformation” aims to provide young people with specific competences for addressing daily life conflicts in nonviolent ways. It will introduce theories of conflict transformation, show conflict management strategies, examine conflict mapping and offer space for discussion about contemporary community and regional conflicts in Europe. A major element of the youth exchange will be the role of young people in conflict resolution and the function of grass-root initiatives lead by young people in order to foster young peoples’ active participation and sense of responsibility for the solving of community conflicts.A variety of non-formal educational tools such as role plays, simulations, workshops, exercises and Social Theatre s as well as excursion to visit the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia and local NGOs will be integral part of the project.The central outcome of the project should be “back home” events sharing the results of the project, the impression of the young people and the newly gained competences in conflict transformation with the peers of the participants in their homes.The project will be organized for 32 young people from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia, Germany, Estonia, Czech Republic and Italy.The Academy for Peace and Development will coordinate and host the project in Kobuleti, Georgia, from 1-11 October 2012.