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The third dissemination activity took place in the region of Neos Kosmos in Athens. There we had the opportunity to deliver an info session to the young Armenian community. The participants have in the beginning of the presentation to be informed about the framework of Erasmus+ projects and the opportunities it can offer to young people of their age who meet the respective preconditions. Many questions have followed, and examples were given on the different form of mobility programs there are for young people, what is their use and why should one take advantage of them. Particular emphasis was given on the fact that certain youth came from a migrant background, so we have focused on the different considerations to be taken and administrative procedures the apply in the different cases. Additionally, further discussion was elaborated on the structural element of the projects, the reasons behind their existence and the multiplicity of stakeholders involved in such partnerships. For many of them, this has been the first time to hear anything about European projects, so the discussion had to be built-up from a ground point. After the first presentation, the young people who participated have been also informed about the Earth project, the field of Eco & Agritourism tourism and the opportunities that young people have about being professionally engaged in the field or on the potentiality and requirements of creating an eco and/or agritourist businesses, as a way towards employability. In addition, hands on experience has followed on how to use and navigate through the website and mobile application. The young participants have downloaded the app and have navigated through the application in real-time with the advice of a facilitator who has been asking to the relevant questions posed by them. After lunch time, the young participants had been introduced to the toolkit while they have also been presented about the good practices in ecotourism and agritourism that exist in Greece. The group was eager to learn more, so we have spent some more time to speak to them about the different realities in Greece and explain them further about the opportunities for them to participate in likeminded actions through the Erasmus+ mobility framework but also about the different opportunities in alternative tourism that exist in Greece, linking them with the relevant educational pathways in order to develop the necessary skills for entrance into such professions, since The session were also followed by local youth migrant people, who are in a process of inclusion and follow vocational and other language training courses towards their livelihood and employability integration. For the ones who were not yet fluent in English or Greek, a professional interpreter has been used to translate at the presentation and proceedings into Arabic language.