The CDEC representative participated in a youth exchange project focusing on the importance of the impact on nature

 The objectives of the project was:

-Create positive experiences on how to become active for the environment

-Identify results in form of good practices and interpret them through creating short videos to become multipliers

-Raising cultural awareness through cultural exchange and create intercultural connections and friendships

-Personal development in self-awareness, improving the relation to nature and raising social and civic competences as well as communication

-Sharing concrete follow up activities in the partner regions as a part of the dimension of becoming active.

During the project, the young people learned about sustainability, entrepreneurship, social impact of the people on the environment. They were also involved in volunteer activities, such as picking plums and beach cleaning involvement. A visit to the archaeological site of Paestum, which dates back to approximately 600 BC, was part of the program. The site represents an ancient city founded by the Greeks under the name of „Poseidonia”.

In this project, young people from other countries also participated, such as Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia and Italy. Young people presented their country and traditions through intercultural nights. Those from Moldova presented Moldovan music, dance, traditional costume, but also wines and sweets from Bucuria.

,,For us these 10 days spent in this Youth Exchange were wonderful. We had the opportunity to meet new people and gain new knowledge. We combined the pleasant with the useful and spent a dream vacation. ImpACT for Nature was the project that gave us many opportunities, but the most important was the lesson of learning to learn. We also realized that the world is full of beautiful places that need to be protected", said Natalia Pîrciu.