<< Objectives >>Within the project we want to show that youngsters have power to bring social and political transformation in their countries with their passion and creativity.Starting from the premises that the level of participation of youth in politics and decision-making is very low worldwide during the project we were encouraging the young participants to be more active, we find together with them ways how they can be more active and we made an study case in Klujc, the venue of the project, how they can be active in the local community. How young people are not sufficiently represented in the political sphere, during the youth exchange we put them to research where they can express themselves, their problems and desires. During the youth exchange, in a intercultural and creative environment was the best place were we enable young people to participate in debates and local community development and give them a chance to express themselves using art.Since today more young people are ready to participate in politics and decision making in their local communities. All they need is an opportunity to make them actively participate directly in their communities. There are many different ways to make their voices heard today, however not all young people are aware of it or think of it as an option. Also many youngsters who have a disadvantage due to their place do not have enough space, viewers and courage to introduce their arts and express their identities and cultures. In particular, young people from rural areas, with a limited number of organizations, have fewer opportunities to participate in social life and to express their messages on social and cultural issues. Young people need the opportunity to develop the skills and competences which help them to find their place in decision making in communities. And for this PaintEra youth exchange was a good opportunity for the young people to learn and practice: how to participate in politics and decision making in their local communities, how to actively participate directly in their communities, how to make their voices heard today, how to to introduce their creativity and artistic skills and express their identities and cultures. After more discussion with the project partners we decided that during the youth exchange we need to create the space where young people can express their opinion, attitudes and voices in social, cultural and political matters, in a different way. For this we gave to the young people the opportunity to use their creativity and capacity to express themselves in an artistic and innovative way, through street art and graffiti.The main goal of the youth exchange was to empower young people to become active citizens in their local communities. We wanted to raise awareness of the importance of participating in public debates and raising the voice of young people. And we aimed to reach this goal in a creative and funny way. We wanted to make the young participants to be aware of their ability to show themselves by street art and graffiti.The objective of the project were: - to give young people an opportunity to perform, formulate and express their voices and messages in an artistic and creative way that suits them; graffiti is a main tool but not only,- to develop more initiatives in the field of Erasmus+ and art, cultural diversity and youth participation in the social life issues within the framework of the Erasmus + program,- to increase knowledge of the participants about active participation, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue and also as special focus to recycling and social inclusion,- to increase the young people’s abilities in taking part in public debates and creating the space in their local communities.The project contributed to improve the level of key competences and skills of young people, including those with fewer opportunities, to promote participation in active citizenship, labor market, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity; developing more synergies and interactions between formal, non-formal and informal learning, putting stronger focus on European added values.<< Implementation >>During the project we implemented 2 events: 1. ADVANCE PLANNING VISITNumber of participants: 12 participantsProfile of participants: 6 youth leaders ( youth workers, teachers, artists) and 6 participants, 18 and 25 years old, interested in active citizenship, cultural diversity and using creative and artistic tools such as and street art/graffiti to promote this topics, as well as for enthusiastic amateurs who would like to learn something new. Participant should be willing to put in practice everything gained during the project in their personal or community level.Date: 15-08-2022 - 18-08-2022Venue: D.O.M. Zvizda, Ključ, Bosnia-HerzegovinaPartner countries: Czechia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland, Spain, Romania and Albania.Agenda of the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rRMiJ9qZhWKINNwwiZA5OmyFr3bPE29i/view?usp=sharingInfopack of the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fFRkLDe208d4nsd9MZwMrtQK90H-p6eV/view?usp=sharingReport of the event: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M50DjAASb7QjJn9QC10y8pAEe-elX90x/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113740087151975782461&rtpof=true&sd=true2. YOUTH EXCHANGENumber of participants: 46 participantsProfile of participants: 8 youth leaders ( youth workers, teachers, artists) and 38 participants, 18 and 25 years old, interested in active citizenship, cultural diversity and using creative and artistic tools such as and street art/graffiti to promote this topics, as well as for enthusiastic amateurs who would like to learn something new. Participant should be willing to put in practice everything gained during the project in their personal or community level.Date: 20-09-2022 - 28-09-2022Venue: D.O.M. Zvizda, Ključ, Bosnia-HerzegovinaPartner countries: Czechia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland, Spain, Romania and Albania.Agenda of the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/147SYc4CQnPrAFzzYEcGiiYfChpoJpP3Q/view?usp=sharing Infopack of the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14cyvJEPTBVxe0_olDuN7TtuvWE8nngqw/view?usp=sharingReport of the event: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xeHkmZgIsiOlPl0IMJXcYYne1KiHPksL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113740087151975782461&rtpof=true&sd=true<< Results >>The results during the project were the following:- During the APV group leaders took the initiative to prepare the young participants for the activities of the youth exchange, - Participants created on the walls in a public place Kljuc: https://www.facebook.com/100005658154515/videos/498246808494778/- We encouraged the participants to take a lot of pictures, that were shared on social media (facebook/twitter/instagram), webpages, newsletters etc showing the progress of this Youth Exchange, as well we encouraged the participants to create a national dissemination plan, a realistic one that can be put into practice by the participants. - We create a blog of the project, were we add information about the project, summary of the sessions and photos from the project. - All the materials for dissemination were prepared by the participants.- The local people who were interested about what we are doing or even interested to join the project for a moment was welcome to attend the evening program together with the participants. .- During the project were more materials created in order to make the call for participants and prepare the participants for the youth exchange such as: APV agenda, APV Infopack, Photo collage call for participants, APV Report, Agenda of the youth exchange, Infopack of the youth exchange and Report of youth exchange. - In order to promote the projects results we create a project presentation article, the website and the video of the project.After the project:• Pictures, videos and articles about the project were posted on the official websites, social media and partner entities of the organisations (including all the partner organisations).• The youngsters shared their experience with friends in their home towns and in their sending organisations. According to their dissemination plan they carried out local activities, which spread the information about the impact left in Klujc, as well as about the impact the Erasmus+ can make.The group leaders with the help of participants managed to implement the dissemination and follow-up plan of their national team and also to share the results of it in the local community.All the materials of the project contain the logo and information about Erasmus+ Project and it's opportunities.The participants were actively involved in the dissemination activities. Firstly each national group developed their own dissemination and follow-up plan, that were implementing in 30 days after the youth exchange. The partner organization staff will coach and mentor the participants in this process and the dissemination created by the national group were share in the commoun Facebook group. Also they were in contact with the coordinating organisation, that share with them the project activity reports, blog, photos and video of the project. The project had a direct impact on the project participants and partner organization: During the event the young participants developed their creativity and they had the space to bring and initiate new original ideas and innovations or get inspired by the ideas of the other team-members. As during the youth exchange the participants had time to work and develop in a new unknown environment, they develop their competence of time management, working under the time pressure, dealing with stress, learning from difficulties. They manage to force those disadvantages and had a perfect opportunity to express themselves in this project through thestreet-art/graffiti. Also during the project they learned about active participations and how they can change something around them according to the European values.The intercultural impact on the participants gave them the possibility to get to know a lot about other cultures and made new networks, colleagues and friendships, regardless of their different backgrounds. The impact of the project will be focused direct on the partner organisation.The staff of the partner organisations gained more knowledge and skills how to work with youth groups, how to offer a proper project preparation for the youth exchanges, how to coach and mentor participants in order to accomplish their dissemination and follow-up plan. Also the partnerorganisation win more skills in EU project managements, and want to develop similar youth initiatives within Erasmus+ Programme.The indirect impact of the project will be focus on the local community of each project partner.