In our affluent and wealthy societies, food waste is gradually becoming a major component of our food behaviour. At European level, throughout the whole food chain, the European Commission has established that food waste represents 89 million tons per year, that is to say 179 kg per capita per year. In the meanwhile, many European countries are subjected to a severe economic crisis, youth being in front line: high unemployment level (24% of all active young people). We can draw a parallel between these unemployment level's data and territorial ones: 17.6% of all active young people in the Poitou Charentes Region (January 2014) and 17.8% in Charente. As we are an association in great respects interlinked with young people in the sister cities network, we must get involved to give these young people means, tools, and opportunities to face a demanding environment, by supporting these programs. The CDJA (Sister Cities Committee of Angoulême) is organizing a European youth exchange with two partners of its sister cities (Turda, Romania and Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain) and another from Wieliczka (Poland) on the theme of food waste. This program will take place in Angoulême from July the 6st to July the 12th. We have created this project with young people, between 18 and 25 years old, who have fewer opportunities to participate in European mobility and exchange projects (for geographical or economic reasons). 20 persons will participate (4 young people and 1 leader per country). The general aims are: - To promote knowledge, know-how and good practices’ exchanges between European young people through mobility and cooperation on the theme of food waste; entertaining their curiosity with different activities (slide show, debates, workshops, citizen’s action, sport…) - Improve the level of key competences and skills through an European exchange with particular regard to their relevance for the labour market Activities: Beyond cohesion, cultural and sports activities, this project illustrates partners and youth implication, and also territorial partners support. Each leader will be in charge of activities linked to the main theme. Young people will be actors and active in every activity. Some of these will be prepared before the arrival at Angoulême (“1 country, 1 culture, 1 recipe”, digital logbook skeleton…). We will request interventions, workshops, debates from local partners (environmental association, infographist, farmers, nutritionist dietician…). Methodology Leaders will use pedagogic skills from the T kit intercultural. Follow up meetings will take place every day in order to fit the program on youth needs and look after the continuity of the evaluation process. Impacts and results - Youth participants will develop knowledge and will share know-how and good practices on the theme of food waste. They will be tough European citizens and will be able to use and share what they have learned. - Youth participants will acquire or reinforce competences presented on the E.2 chapter (social, civic, linguistic, digital, initiative and knowledge in terms of food waste and consumption) which they could use on the labour market - The network between sister cities partners and territorial structures will be stronger. - The CDJA will give opportunities to local structures to put in place new European partnership. - The project will contribute to the Erasmus + program visibility and its aims. The good practices of the project will be share at local, regional, national, European and international level (multiplying effect).