The main aim of the project is to introduce the concept of emotional intelligence to youth work that we do at our organizations by giving the opportunity for 24 youth workers to become more aware about it and developing concrete approaches and tools that can later on be implemented with young people. This project consists of one activity – international training course “H.E.L.L.O. – High-Tatra Emotional Laboratory for Learning Outdoors” with a programe of 9 days, because we believe that this is the most effective way to reach set aims and objectives of this educational project. It will take place in Vysoke Tatry. Participating countries: Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Greece, Poland, Czech republic, Croatia, Spain, Portugal and Italy, with 2-4 participants from each country (depending on expressed interests, needs and size of organization). Although during the last years a lot attention has been paid to importance of emotional intelligence and as a general concept is not new for most youth work practitioners, we have observed that “devil is in details” and many youth workers lack deeper awareness about different dimensions of EI and are not skilled and knowledgeable enough to use it as an effective tool in work WITH young people and how to develop emotional intelligence IN young people. For this reason we have chosen an in-depth exploration of the concept of EI in this training to help the participants to farther develop their personal and professional competencies. The main aim of the project is to introduce the concept of emotional intelligence to youth work that we do at our organizations by giving the opportunity for 24 youth workers to become more aware about it and developing concrete approaches and tools that can later on be implemented with young people. Objectives: -Becoming more aware about Emotional Intelligence as a crucial transversal competence both for personal and social well-being as well as successful tool for working with young people in youth work context and promoting their empowerment -Exploring and reflecting on own (participant’s) emotional intelligence skills through real-life situations of interacting with others during the training and experiencing different challenges during the 2 days Hike in mountains -Identifying competency gaps in applying emotional intelligence in (1) youth work (recognizing what is missing in youth-workers’ EI) and (2) among young people (their EI) for their personal and social development and exploring concrete tools to improve it - change in approach and attitudes and concrete NFL activities -Implementing concrete follow-up activities that improve EI competences for youth workers (plan for farther professional EI development) and young people (NFL activities (optionally, involving outdoor approach) that develop EI among youth in each participating organization) This training course will be based on Experiential Learning – with special emphasis on exploring Outdoor Experiential Learning approach as a powerful approach in facilitating deep individual and group learning process. By putting the participants in the role of learners, they will realize the importance of EI in themselves as individuals, but also youth work professionals and be able to promote this learning also in young people.