The project „Theatre as a forum for political Participation“ serves the training of youth workers in theatre and the establishment of theater pedagogy as a way for social theatre work to allow an integrated learning experience with a certain topic. In theatre pedagogy the route equals the goal. The project generates opportunities to use artistic methods without having a goal (the presentation in front of an audience) as the goal. During the project, directors form 13 different partner organizations will come together twice in a peer-learning experience. Starting with a two-day kick-off workshop, the director exchange methods and exercises, in order to direct a theatre group in each one’s home country. On the basis of the simultaneous engagement with the topic “identity through work”, which takes place with a theatre group in each country, the directors will meet again (this time 2 youth workers per organization). In a 7-day workshop they will report their experiences of the common working phase, they will show the theatre pedagogical methods, which they used, and they will put them up for discussion. The experiences of the working phase will be discussed by the directors in order to determine best practice examples of theatre pedagogical work. The results, which will also be identified through the documentation of the work and the evaluation of the learning success, will be displayed through the internet. Through social media and existing networks, like for instance the worldwide organization for amateur-theatre “AITA/IATA”, this project will be made public in order to reach the highest possible level of distribution. “Theater as a forum for political Participation” is to help establish the potential of theatre work in the social field. Theatre work is a medium for an integrated examination of a field of interest. Hence the project serves as a pilot for future activities.