The VISUALIZE project aimed at fostering tolerance and soft skills of young people by using image discussions at its core. This project was thought to inspire “good citizenship” for disadvantaged young people by elevating tolerance and generating a global understanding regarding the existence of a variety of possible points of view while finding common ground and eliminating kind of intolerance thinking patterns sustaining that there’s a right and a wrong way to interpret the world around us.Thus the project aimed at the following objectives: Toostrengthen communication skills, self-reliance, social competencies, and self-esteem among young people; oenhance tolerance and soft skills; oequip young people with relevant skills to be less vulnerable to intolerance thinking patterns; oequip teachers, social pedagogues, trainers and organizations involved with Visual Thinking Strategies (to further develop the concept in their fields of expertise);The VISUALIZE Project is the result of a strategic partnership between five European organizations: Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands gemeinnütziger e.V. (CJD), Germany - educational institutionInstitut für Visuelle Bildung Institut für Visuelle Bildung (IVB), Austria - expert institution in visual thinking strategiesFundación INTRAS, Spain - educational institutionCenter for Development and Education (CDEK), FYROM - educational institutionBest Cybernetics, Greece - IT institutionAs a result more than 50 young people participated in VISUALIZE project in the three educational organizations taking part at the project after the professionals working there have been trained by the Austrian experts in the concept. In Germany, the group was composed of young people with special needs - physically and/or mentally. In Spain, young people attending the program had mental illnesses. Macedonian participants were composed of young people from rural environments influenced by various ethnic principles and political issues.The project was completed with four intellectual outputs.In IO 1 the state of the art was recorded via questionnaires with the participating youngsters and their trainers. Furthermore, the topic itself was addressed in order to create awareness as well as informing them on their participation in a European project. Afterwards, during IO2 the training paths and materials were developed on the principle of the visual thinking strategies, the results of the state of the art 1 report, and the information given on the different target groups. As a next step the technique was carried out within the three different groups of participants to adapt them on the findings of this piloting. For the visibility of the project a website was created and developed within IO3 by the technical experts of Best Cybernetics, Greece, with the contribution and feedback from all participating partners. Throughout the project implementation cycle the website has been revised and adjusted according to its needs.In IO 4 the same questionnaire as in IO1 was distributed among the participants and trainers in order to assess the impact and record a 2nd state of the art report. Additionally, the main product of IO 4 – the guidebook of the project - was been finalized in here in order to reach out and inform stakeholders who might be interested in carrying out the VISUALIZE Project with their work. It is presenting information about the project, the partners, the VISUALIZE Thinking Strategies and the competencies that can be acquired with its implementation. Moreover the experience in each partner organization is described in here, paying attention to special proceedings needed, difficulties, effects, and good practices. It is also supplemented with quotes from participants and stories of trainers. Finally it entails recommendations and a model session to apply. As a result, the most substantial outcomes that have taken place among the participants are the following:Enhancement of general communication skills Improvement of the oral expression skills: verbal fluency, abstracting, vocabulary use, creating a logical sequence of eventsDevelopment of the body language: eye contact, empathetic facial and body expressionImprovement of self-confidence and losing the fear of public speakingStrengthening of the ability to read images and notice detailsDevelopment of attitude of tolerance and empathy towards other people’s ideas, beliefs and, features Enhancement of social relations of the participants in the workshop in generalDevelopment of the ability to think critically and support one’s opinions with evidencesImprovement of the active listening abilityStrengthening of creative thinking skills Growth of the interest in art