give visibility to common challenges faced by both minority and majority groups and allow these young artists to create empathy between communities. At the same time, the creation of common spaces through culture can help youth belonging to majorities learn and understand minority cultures in order to prevent the stigmatisation and negative stereotypes that lead to discriminatory behaviour. I would also like to stress that respect for culture is not a simply matter of preserving a frozen heritage, as cultures are living entities, and youth minority should be key actors in maintaining these cultures alive. Therefore, Minority Rights Group International recommends the following steps to be taken: 1) Governments should promote and adequately resource minority youth cultural expression through public events as positive contributions to diverse societies and grant official permits 2) Governments should provide a safe and enabling environment that allows minority youth to promote minority culture, in line with Art. 1.1 of the Declaration 3) Ministry of Culture budgets should incorporate adequate funding for minority youth cultural groups, and make these funds easy to access to all sectors of the population, with a particular attention to minority women