Project “To live for not to leave!” - Erasmus + KA1 youth exchange. This project took place in Calabria (South of Italy), in the villages of Pentedattilo e Roghudi. All the involved areas from partners which is characterized for structural youth unemployment: latest statistics says that 60% of young between 15 and 24 years are currently unemployed. One of the worst consequences of this phenomenon is the mass exodus of youngsters, which affects particularly the rural areas.Considering that, this project achieved the following goals:improving the level of key competences and skills of young people, with a special focus on the ones coming from disadvantaged rural areas;- Promoting a more effective and democratic participation of youngsters, particularly those who are coming from rural areas, through intercultural dialogue in order to ameliorate social cohesion and solidarity- Fostering the respect for nature and environment by creative actions of social and environmental requalification/regeneration in abandoned areas;Specific objectives:- contribute to the (re)animation of the youth participation, through initiatives of young active citizens, from rural context;to take advantages out of the contact with nature and local territory, in a perspective of ecological, social and sustainable development and wellbeingpromote the exchange of practices among young participants in rural areas, characterized by virtuos experiences of social and productive recovery, protecting cultural heritages of the almost abandoned territoriespromote mobility and youth participation of young people from rural areas, in Erasmus+ framework, boosting them to take into consideration the idea of developing future projects