This is the question at the heart of Create Purpose , a European cooperation project bringing together artists and young people from Germany, Greece and Romania. Together, they will develop artistic projects that activate public spaces, encourage dialogue and open up new perspectives on how we live together. Funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union, Create Purpose is inspired by the values of New European Bauhaus: sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion . Rather than treating these values as abstract concepts, we see them as an invitation to work collaboratively with young people and to transform ideas into meaningful artistic experiences. At the heart of the project are artistic collaboration, social dialogue and co-creation. Young people are not simply participants, they are active co-creators. Together with artists, they will develop projects that ask questions, invite public participation and give visibility to young people’s ideas and visions for the future of their communities. Create Purpose has two main objectives. First, it will develop three innovative artistic residency projects in Germa- ny, Greece and Romania. Second, the project will create and document a methodology for international participa- tory artistic practice that can inspire future European cultural cooperation projects.