"Active throughout the department, the Francas de Dordogne supports different children’s, youth’s, leaders’ and organisations’ projects. Dordogne is a rural and aging department, with an unequally distributed service offer on the department, children are gradually confronted with some issues related to interculturalism and young people often have difficulties to access to information in all areas of life (including the European mobility opportunities).The project ""Interculturalism in rural territory, in Francas de Dordogne"" aims to:> Encourage active participation of a young German girl with a project around interculturalism and the activities of the host organization (Community Education Association defending the values of citizenship for young people)> Allow not only to a volunteer to discover the French and Périgord culture, but also to present her own German culture> Enable young people to compare the existing voluntary systems in different countries, to exchange with other volunteers /unpaid (local) about the reasons to be involved, and to bring a reflection on volunteering with a more wide European vision > Encourage team cohesion through a questioning of existing practices and support for voluntary> Make children, youth (European and French), the team of the association, affiliated structures, elected officials, and more generally, the local population, more aware of the interest of the intercultural discovery and learning in a European dimension> Introduce Europe and especially Germany in a rural area of the public who has less opportunity> Illustrate what the EVS device is, having a concrete example (the volunteer) to provide access to information and inspire Périgord young people to get involved This project offered to a German volunteer, after Bachelor, the opportunity to discover daily life in the Dordogne, to be with youth, in information sessions in high schools, youth information centers and local missions; and children, through social and cultural activities, play and / or sports in connection with her original country. The mission started in September 2017 for 12 months. The volunteer had the time to integrate into the local community and within the organisation. She also discovered and understood how the different projects in France which take place on the school years. 12 months also gave her the opportunity to develop the best and thoroughly the project and its activities. The volunteer took initiatives and decisions about her actions. Contacts with local youth (in linguistic “Café” for example) promoted communication and integration of the young volunteer in the French community. Children and youth discovered another culture and made some of them want to live an experience abroad or to get involved in an international dimension project. Evolving in a Community Education Association, the German volunteer had the chance to practice and learn by doing, through non-formal education methods that are used daily in the Francas team. Then, she participated in a training course for youth leader (BAFA), led by our organization. This helped her to know better the work in les Francas, to know local young people and to learn to organize activities for children and youn people (group management, knowledge about childhood, leadership…) By allowing the young volunteer to develop skills and acquire knowledge in a non-formal way, EVS offered to the German girl a rich cultural experience. As for the departmental association of Francas de Dordogne, it shared the actions performed by the volunteer with its local, regional, national and European partners, in order to create, to lots of people, desire to get involved in the European Voluntary Service."