Dialogue is one of our greatest necessities.We need to share reflections, discoveries, perceptions,possibilities or threats; a dialogue which develops inclusion, intercultural understanding,mutual enrichment and trust.There is also the need for dialogue between the citizens, their ideas and their needs and the policy makers.This is the dialogue for participation. There is also a need for dialogue among the political parties, the different perceptions of the common good and the different strategies to make it operative. This is a dialogue for democracy.There are needs for dialogue among the countries and the regions to create relations based on common good and in the recognition of all human rights and the dignity of all: The dialogue between cultures and regions of the world in order to articulate peace.Youth for Dialogue has contributed to answer a need of society-the need for Dialogue and understanding at different levels and amongst different social groups but with youth as the catalysts and the crucial element of this society. It developed a two- year blended learning course on the topic of Dialogue The programme was of non-formal leaning at Tertiary level The consortium was composed by universities:4 Universities and 10 youth led organisations. Together developed the programme which was implemented by the groups supported by the organizations. The course was built at two levels:a generic part using a platform and a local adaptation developed at country level The programme was split into four semesters covering four types of Dialogue: Dialogue for inclusion, dialogue for participation,dialogue for democratic values and dialogue for peace amongst the nations The programme was studied and refined by the group of Coordinators(particularly in the meeting in Rome)including the representatives of the universities of the consortium and then presented in the platform by the coordinator The 10 organizations in the consortium facilitated and backed the two youth leaders the adaptation and implementation During the semester the groups(14 groups from the consortium organizations + two more who followed on-line in two more countries)worked on the programme Every Semester ended with a mile-stone where each youth leader presented their process and their outcomes. The milestones served as a concluding learning space where multipolar learning was very intense and the outcomes of every group was debated and taken into account. The level of intercultural learning was also very high. These milestones took place completely according to what was planned in the project proposal in terms of place, dates and people attending.The difference was that larger numbers of young people attended the seminars.This was partly envisaged with the plan that the groups closer to the place where the seminar took place could also take part in the event and the coordination made funds available to make it possible, with a very efficient use of the resources. The Seminars took place in Madrid, at the end of the first semester.The milestone of the second semester took place in Pune (india) for Asia/Africa and half of the European countries and in Cochabamba (Bolivia) for Latin America and the other half of Europe. The third Semester ended with a webinar in three parts of three hours each one in English another in French and the third in Spanish. The total of the groups participated in the webinar.The last semester ended with a seminar in Brussels where the programme was officially closed. There was an immersion plan which took place immediately before(India)or after(Bolivia) for two weeks taking part in the projects of the respective organizations. The dynamism of the programme was incredible and the enthusiasm of the groups very visible The level of learning for everyone: consortium, organizations, youth leaders, youth in the groups was really remarkable. It was the the beginning for the new role for the consortium

Youth-ACT is a blended learning programme. It aims at raising awareness and the ability of young leaders to contribute to a broadening and deepening in the practice of democracy and democratic values through a quality non-formal, totally accessible training in civic participation. The programme offers them the capacity to become bridge builders and enablers of participation particularly in the case of marginal minorities in order to make these groups grow in a sense of belonging while they contribute to our societies with their ideas and perspectives making them richer, more diverse and more peaceful. The objectives are as follows:.To foster the development of a non-formal, learning programme, accessible to youth at transnational level and jointly developed by them in a topic of great relevance at present and also recognised as critical by the recently approved EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027..To foster blended learning mobility to facilitate cooperation and exchanges of youth perspectives from youth groups of 14 different cultures. This will contribute to the development of a multicultural, multilingual learning community, with the crystallisation of a transnational youth network and a think-tank on the issue of participation..To improve the quality of work of young workers offering them a system of interaction, a systematic non-formal approach to the topic with access at a repository of good practices both developed by the consortium or available in other sites such a SALTO..Advance in a system of recognition of youth work, based on previous experiences and particularly through the recognition of competences (Key in the programme design) systems developed by both Tuning and CALOHEE (Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Europe) projects where both the Coordinator and the University of Deusto are front runners in these systems also being adapted to non-formal learning..To offer 14 youth workers, a period of two weeks immersion in projects in other countries, in order to contrast and compare different styles of work and systems of management..To incorporate young people in democratic processes, to link them with policy makers and to seek their deeper understanding and foster their contribution and perspectives..To broaden the concept of participation to reach marginal and emerging social groups, very much active in the programme and making it accessible to all once the programme has incorporated all the contributions..To incorporate the development of new tools and techniques on video-making and online content promotion in order to motivate youth workers to develop activities involving media technologies, develop ideas and strategies to combating the digital divide and to motivate on line creations