Project "Sport is Life " The members of our project "sport is life," is comprised of three partner countries, whose associations are associative nature and non-profit , and is promoting organization called Youth Association " Young Mollina " consisting of youth ages between 20 and 32 years. The main activities involve local and regional , such as educational and social cultural activities, sports , field . The three partner organizations are the association called " Rijecki Sportski Savez " based in the city of Rijeka (Croatia ) . - The association for the study and protection of cultural and natural heritage of Mertola (Portugal ) . - The association for tourism and social promotion "In tour" , Calabria ( Italy) The four organizations have the following general objectives in common, which are the cornerstone of our project: - Promoting youth participation in all areas of society , in this project , namely , through sports and activities in the natural environment . - Encourage youth associations as specific element of participation by facilitating the proper channels , means and resources . - Promote active and creative leisure versus consumerism and passive. - Promote actions that favor the approach of young people to the European reality. - Save , publicize and defend the heritage , natural , cultural and social development of our land. - Promoting healthy behaviors among youth and respect the environment. - Encourage young people's understanding and enjoyment of the different cultural and artistic expressions , as well as the generation of cultural habits that contribute to their comprehensive training . The profile will be of various kinds , and that we should not focus the project on a social or cultural background , mixing different profiles can help without forcing the transmission of positive values ​​among participants. For this project we seek dynamic and active young people who want to find a meeting point for friends and to work issues group cohesion , commitment , solidarity. Young people who have a common interest to know the European reality and enjoy the different cultural expressions that contribute to their training . The project is aimed at young people aged between 16 and 25 years. The main theme of the project is the sports and activities in the natural environment . Through these two areas , we want young people to have a relaxed meeting space for personal enrichment . The methodology used to achieve this is based on the principles of flexibility , coordination, advocacy , participation and dynamism. Thus, it seeks to promote interpersonal communication among participants through dialogue, providing guidelines for use in the confrontation and change of views , as well as a collective decision-making in a democratic way . Various activities will be developed to boost the group , applying the techniques of group dynamics and adapt to the type of activity performed , scheduling and boosting the assigned activities , guiding them where appropriate and motivating young people to actively participate in both the preparation and in the development thereof . Providing support and technical assistance when the activity demands it . Education used to be non-formal learning . The working methods are fundamentally ; Workgroups promoting active citizenship of young people , tolerance and solidarity , in order to strengthen the European social cohesion, fosters mutual understanding between young people from different countries thus contributing to the improvement of their quality of life , and promoting healthy lifestyles . To encourage the participation of young people involved the following strategies will be implemented: - Inform and train young people prior to the completion of activities. - Creating a mailbox where messages can be sent during the exchange . - Moments of reflection and problem solving every night during or after the evenings . We will meet in groups and participants point out the positive and negative aspects of activities daily. - Initial and final evaluation of the motivations , expectations and fears of participants. The expected impact on all those involved in our project is to provide our community with a positive view of European young active population , in addition to the collaboration of different cultural associations , sports and youth of the town of Mollina, which actively participate in the implementation of the project , contributing their vision and experience .