“Cartoonistas” is a creative project which involves 30 young people (18-30yo) from 6 different European countries, Italy, Turkey, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, with different geographical and cultural backgrounds. The artistic and educational program, will be held in Thasos island Greece for ten working days from October 1st until October 10th 2014. The young participants will have the chance to work in multicultural groups, exchange their knowledge and develop their communication, artistic and technological skills. They will meet the art of making a cartoon movie, learn the basic techniques, experimenting with various ideas and methods. Experienced trainers will introduce them to the unknown world of cartoons and in nine working days, they will create six unique short cartoon movies. Exchanging their ideas and experiences and getting inspired by the beauty of the place and the daily life, they will choose the subject of the cartoon movie and the message they want to transfer to the people of Thasos and also their communities. Social aspects, like human rights, discrimination, freedom, peace etc. will be highlighted. The main purpose of the project is to bring together young people from different countries and promote tolerance and solidarity between them. Through cartoons the young participants will find a way to express themselves, come into dialogue, communicate and interact with each other. Our aim is to motivate the youngsters to cooperate with creativity and imagination, improving their skills through non formal learning. At the end of the exchange we will organize a European Cartoon day, open to the public. In that frame we will also organize an open dialogue with the participants and the local viewers. Through the project we want to achieve the following objectives -Promote European citizenship -Promote active youth participation -Create entrepreneurship ideas -Promote the Erasmus+ as a useful tool for young people -Support the youth mobility -Promote cartoon art as a tool for intercultural dialogue, cooperation and creativity Support the creative thinking through arts and technology In the frame of the project, we will organize a preparatory meeting fro two days, from August 26 till August 29. During the meeting, the coordinators, will have the chance to present to the NGOs representatives the methodology and the aims of the project. Together they will prepare the daily program and they will find ways for supporting the youth participation.