Students were members of the target group (15-18 years old), boys and girls, any specialisation, who were selected for the exchange.

Onestudent per country was from a disadvantaged group (financial, economic, cultural obtacles etc.) Before the exchange, they worked together on the topic by collecting data from reliable sources, assessing it, synthesising it, applying surveys on members of the local community, identifying and putting forward case studies, interviewing local authorities about the measures taken with regard to the issue presented, identifying NGOs that are active in this area.

Each team of students was accompanied by 2 teachers from their school, an English teacher and  a teacher of social sciences/humanities who was selected for this purpose from the project team.

20 students from the host school attended the activities, like their peers.

The exchange included several types of activities:
1. Ice-breaking activities - communication games, tour of the school, welcoming artistic programme, presentations of countries, schools, regions, towns.

2. Topic-related activities
- students made presentations of the current situation in their countries related to democracy, human rights, the way in which they were/were not respected. Statistical data was presented, fact and figures, case studies, measures taken by local authorities, the opinions of members of local communities. Students were organised in multicultural teams and they compared and contrasted the data, drawing informed conclusions and suggesting solutions.
- students were presented with the methodology to apply when initiating a campaign, ways of making a social campaign successful.
- the host team trained the students on the rules of debate and the students were organised into debate teams. They were given a debate topic and access to the internet to prepare their cases. After 30 minutes of discussions and organising arguments, the teams met and started the debate, which is recorded.
- students received real case studies in relation to the topic and were involved in activities which developed their communication, interpersonal skills and critical thinking skills (e.g. body sculpting - using theatre to explore ideas, cafe conversations, think-pair-share etc.)
 

3. Meetings with local authorities and NGO representatives to discuss their views on the matter of human rights, what was the local policy regarding the infringement of human rights, what local initiatives were implemented in this field.
 

4. The creation of products by students - students work in multicultural teams and create posters of the exchange
 

5. Cultural activities and events - international evening, traditional evening, guided tour of the town
 

6. Evaluation activities