We believe that Nutrition is one of the pillars of our well-being, often we note that underestimating this factor in our work in contexts of residential experiences such as youth exchanges, trainings and different kinds pf camps, leads to waste the commitment on other levels such as those of the activities: the participants and the project team do not "produce" as much as they could, they lose lucidity, interest and the results get affected. In some other cases quantities are calculated wrongly, food is wasted or it’s not enough for everybody. We think that underestimating this factor is not done on purpose, in the majority of cases, by the coordinating associations but on the lack of a culture related to food and nutrition. Sharing with our partners, we also realized that capable staff who take care of cooking balanced and inclusive menus is not easy to find or it has a high cost. If we shift the focus on young people and their relationship with nutrition, statistics show that there is a need to improve awareness of the impact that such eating habits have and to promote a healthy lifestyle through concrete initiatives that involve young people and support them in developing awareness and healthier eating habits. Beside the statistics, very often we see directly in our young people how little importance is given to what they introduce into their body (food, drink, alcohol, smoke and drugs), as if the risk to which these habits exposes them is not real or it doen’t not touch them directly. Many of the young people we work with find themselves in situations of unemployment or at unemployment risk and they are stumbling into a still stagnant economy, phenomena that got worst with the pandemic and now with the war in Ukraine and the consequences on the world’s economies. We think that to support unemployed youth it is necessary to work on several fronts, one of these is to stimulate the development of soft skills through non-formal education, another is to build more positive and proactive attitudes. Through this project we wanted to work to bring solutions and results on these fields and use food, cooking and healthy life style both as means and ends. The OBJECTIVES of this project awere: 1-Prepare and bring together 24 youth workers for a training course; 7 youth leaders for an APV and 42 young people for a Youth Exchange; 2- Improve the skills of the staff and volunteers of the organizations involved in the project in preparing balanced and inclusive menus (with valuable vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten-free and lactose-free alternatives). 3- Create and disseminate knowledge about the legislative system of the countries involved in terms of cooking for groups: permits and necessary certificates. 4- Increase the organizational skills of the associations involved in the management of funds for preparing meals during their projects, improving their performances and involving their staff in it. 5- Improve the skills of young leaders in the field of facilitation and non-formal education. 6- Improve the competencies of the participants in cooking, regarding the food industry, sustainability, nutrition and the relationship between what we consume and health. 7- Improve the soft skills of the participants to increase their chances of entering the labour market or to improve their job opportunities. Specifically improve: communication skills, teamwork, leadership, time management, cooperation, planning and organizational skills. 8- Stimulate entrepreneurship, pro-activity, self-esteem and get out of the vicious circle of unemployment that creates insecurity, immobility and apathy. 9- To know the cultures of the countries involved through national food, to ground the sense of European belonging and to value differences 10- Increase the awareness of the participants about their relationship with food, their eating habits' consequences and stimulate self-care and self-appreciation. 11 - Improve the quality of participants' life by introducing healthy habits regarding nutrition, movement, and relation with technology. 12- To create 4 tangible outcomes about the project: A) A web page B) A printed booklet C) A documentary D) An online testimonies booklet 13 - Implement - involving the participants of the TC and YE - at least one dissemination activity for partners