The project “Our Voices From the Spray Cans - Expressing ourselves through street art and graffiti” is a youth exchange, that will be held in Trysil, Norway in December 2016. The youth exchange will gather 30 participants, there will be four participants and one group leader from six different countries; Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Finland, Poland and Norway. The main aim of the project is to empower the youngsters to become active and creative citizens in their local communities that are not afraid to voice their message. We want to raise awareness about the importance of taking part in public debates and for young people to express themselves and raise their voice. We would like to raise awareness of street art and graffiti as a possibility for young people to do so. In order to ensure that we reach our aim, we have set the following objectives for the project:- To increase the young people’s knowledge about the history and philosophy of street art and its possibilities, by introducing them to the topic and showing examples.- To teach basic graffiti and street art techniques- To create street art and graffiti in the public spaces in the city of the host-organization- To increase the young people’s knowledge about active participation, active citizenship and intercultural dialogue- To increase the young people’s abilities in taking part in public debates and creating the public spaces in their local community- To give young people an opportunity to perform, formulate and express their voices and messages in an artistic and creative way that suits them.- To develop more initiatives in the field of Erasmus+ and art, cultural diversity and youth participation in the social life issues within the framework of the Erasmus + programDuring the youth exchange we will prepare the participants to get knowledge about active participation, how to voice their message on different topics, art, and street art/graffiti and the philosophy behind it. We will work on different ways to voice our meanings about social and cultural issues. Street art and graffiti paintings will be use as a tool to spread peaceful messages about social and cultural topics. Our goal for the youth exchange is to create colorful and creative street art and graffiti in the public places in Trysil. The project will be a new and unique experience, not only for the participants but also for the local people, citizens of Trysil. On the end also the environment will be impacted by the beautiful results of the project.