The aim of “Freedom of expression: the right or the duty” was to empower youth workers, youth leaders and trainers, equip them with the competences necessary to recognize and act against human right violations, especially hate speech, and provide them with different tools and methods which they can use in the work with young people in their local communities and NGOs. This project was the main activity, 7-days training course, which was implemented in Leicester, from 19-27 March 2018 (including travel days). It gathered in total 24 participants (+4 trainers) from 8 countries: Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia, Turkey and UK. This project is a follow up of the project “Gender equality starts now” implemented in Croatia in the fall of 2016 under the European cooperative youth network (ECYON) umbrella. Touched by the numerous examples of hate speech (mostly sexist hate speech) that were shown, discussed and analysed during the above mentioned training, participants detected various issues and raised numerous questions that were addressed through this project: what is the role, influence and impact of Internet and especially of social media on young people's lives and radicalization; what is the role of inter cultural learning in combating stereotypes and prejudices; questions of legal frame and legal responsibility when it comes to freedom of expression were also raised; the training allowed us the opportunity to go deeper into these problematic issues. Since there is a thin line between freedom of expression and hate speech, we seized the opportunity to research the role of the youth work and inter cultural learning and non-formal education in general in combating hate speech, especially hate speech Online. We equally explored its influence on radicalization of youth; we also continued promoting and sharing methods and tools that can be used in our work During the training, non-formal and informal learning principles were implemented which means that workshops were based on a diverse range of environments and situations and they were facilitated by experienced trainers who are very well acquainted with the topic of human rights and in particular freedom of expression and hate speech, they were equally conversant with NFE methodology. Project objectives are: • Develop deeper understanding and ability to distinguish between freedom of expression and hate speech • Explore and raise awareness about huge influence of internet, especially social media on young people lives and process of radicalization • Explore and learn more about different institutions protecting human rights, legal frame and cases in which freedom of expression can and should be limited • Raise awareness about underlying narratives behind hate speech that undermine human rights and democratic values and how they function • Explore the role of youth work and non-formal education in combating hate speech Online and promoting tolerance and understanding • Familiarize participants with the Compass, Bookmarks and We can!– manuals for combating hate speech Online through human rights education • Encourage and support cooperation and networking among participants and the partner organizations to combat hate speech Online and to continue promotion and implementation of human rights education, especially within the frame of Erasmus+ program With this project, we were able to have an impact at the local, national and international levels. We were able to fully equip participants to be able to act against hate speech. Moreover, we also equipped them with knowledge, skills and tools which they will be able to transfer to other youth workers and young people in their organizations and local communities. In that way they will multiply gained knowledge, skills and tools and more people will be enabled to act against hate speech, both online and offline, in simple and effective ways. With this training, we will also support capacity building of the partner organizations. By equipping and empowering partner organization’s workers, we want to encourage our partners to become even more active in the field of promotion and protection of human rights, fight against hate speech and prevention of youth radicalization. In the end, we can demonstrate that we have had considerable impact at international level through development of new project ideas under the Erasmus+ which will strengthen international cooperation and assure sustainability of our network.