The project was selected by the EC as the only Polish project in the Socrates/Minerva action in 2003. The success was even greater in view of a tough competition in that selection year: only 30 projects were chosen from among 297 proposals submitted by the organizations from all the countries taking part in the Socrates programme. The Association was awarded a grant of 210.000 Euro for the Animated Debate workshops.

The project was run in partnership with the following organizations:

Instituto Mediterraneo Ricerca e Comunicazione - Termini Imerese, Italy ( www isme-rc.org )
WAC Performing Arts and Media College - London, UK (www.wac.co.uk)
EST Education Centre - Wadowice, Poland (www.est.iq.pl)
Societate Romana pentru Educatie Permanenta - Bucharest, Romania (www.srep.ro)

The project target group consisted of young people with various dysfunctions:

- youth with psychological and physical disabilities
- adolescents on the edge of social pathology
- victims of addiction

The main objective of the project was to run computer animation workshops for children and youth aged 10 - 20 from November 2003 to June 2005.
The workshop programme included a wide range of artistic activities and pursuits. Its main rationale was to enable each of the participants to find his/her own place in the workshop team and have a chance to develop his/her individual artistic talents, passions and needs.

The project was divided into four main modules:

1. Computer workshops - learning and developing skills of using graphics, animation and word-processing software as well as the Internet searching and communication skills.
2. Arts workshops. One of the key elements of the programme was free and individual artistic creativity of the participants - writing the film scenarios, drawing, elements of theater and photography.
3. English learning - the workshops gave the students an opportunity to use English as a means of communication with their peers in other countries; they learned, developed and practiced basic language skills in the context of Animated Debate.
4. Film making - the workshops resulted in the creation of animated films by each of the groups in close cooperation with partner groups in the other three countries.

The Association organized three integration groups, each consisting of 10 - 12 students. Each of the Polish groups ran an "animated debate" with a peer group from Britain, Romania and Italy. All Polish groups had four hours of workshops in a row, once a week. The workshops were organized in the computer room in the Bielsko Garrison Club, "Dom Żołnierza" and ran by animation instructors - Krzysztof Tusiewicz (film director, photographer) and Marek Luzar (animated film director, painter). Both artists had a long pedagogical experience. The language course was taught by Zuzanna Głowacka (English teacher, EST; international puppet theater festival organizer, Banialuka Theater).
The participation in the workshops was free of charge.

The project was also addressed to educators and therapists providing care for dysfunctional groups. In the dissemination campaign they were introduced to new innovative methods of using ICT in their daily work. For this purpose, Animated Debate Guide for Educators was published and 10 seminars for teachers from the Malopolska and Silesia region were organized.