The goal of the European project "YOUropean» is to offer young people the opportunity to gain social solidarity experiences by meeting with people in situations of need. They may be people with disabilities, refugees, homeless people or people in materially precarious situations. Caritas provides the opportunity for such an encounter to take place. On the one hand the young people can discover and use their own social solidarity skills and learn to appreciate the concrete value of the lived, respectful social inclusion, on the other hand they learn about both the social structures as well as the principles of dedicated social work. "YOUropean 2014 " is already the second follow-up project of youth exchanges following "YOUropean" from August 2012 and "YOUropean reloaded" from August 2013, and will this time bring together, in addition to the initial partners Luxembourg and Montenegro, also German and Kosovar youth associated with the same social target. After Montenegro (2012) and Luxembourg (2013), "YOUropean 2014" will take place in Berlin, with 40 participants who are actively and creatively engaged in their respective societies. The participants from Montenegro and Kosovo come from poorer rural areas and are socially active by working as volunteers in the local Caritas. The young people from Luxembourg and Germany are active volunteers with Young Caritas. The youth exchange will also this time be based around the theme “Youth for a Humanitarian Society” and will thus include three moments: first, the encounter and exchange as well as the mutual encouragement of the young people towards each other, secondly joint social projects, and finally a joint closure of the project with all participants, including an evaluation and future planning regarding the implemented results as well as the sustainability of the encounter. Two methodologies are hereby used. One is the honest and respectful encounter. The young people should get to know each other and they should encounter people in precarious social situations in a respectful and personal manner. The other method is the open and intense exchange of views on social themes, either through workshops or meetings with experts or through social initiatives. This is to allow the young people to reflect on the importance of interpersonal solidarity for the development of the European society. The project will take place in Berlin for two reasons. On the on hand, Berlin has a politically and socially very eventful history, due to the 2nd World War and the Berlin Wall, making it therefore particularly suitable for raising the awareness of young people regarding the European cohesion. On the other hand, Caritas Berlin has only recently introduced the participatory concept of social volunteering in the name of Young Caritas. This development should be supported. The project will particularly teach the young people social skills and a greater awareness of European diversity and human solidarity. It will strengthen their language skills and expects from them the willingness to act responsibly and cooperate when meeting people in precarious social situations. It thus forms their humanity in many different ways. The explicit wish is to embed the project into a broader objective: the increasing emergence and development of the department Young Caritas in many European countries encourages the creation of new partnerships and an even larger social network, as has already happened thanks to the “YOUropean” project. Thus, young people gaining their first experiences in the social sector would also be able to participate. At the same time the participants are offered an insight into social engagement, which may well lead to a future career choice.