Initiation to culture and the arts start from early childhood education should be acknowledged across the EU as an essential part of the curricula. Arts can also be used to improve the acquisition of competences, crucial to foster one’s creativity and sense of appreciation of cultural diversity. Their use can contribute to develop a whole set of key competences, from basic (i.e. language skills through acting) to transversal skills (i.e. logic through juggling) in young individuals. This means we need good trained youth workers in order to be deliver these required skills in youth. For this reason the improvement of youth workers is needed by a training which sensitize them to the importance of culture and favour their activities with creativity and art. The project emphasises also the crucial role of culture in broadening the access to lifelong learning, especially for the disadvantaged groups who our partners often work with. The culture and art play an important role in employment sector. There is a big need for support of job opportunities based on cultural experience, to recognize more its value, awareness of individuals’ tendency to art. Young individuals who will carry our cultural heritage to the future, need improved youth policies in terms of better investment towards cultural business areas. Bridging education and culture strategies and policies at EU level to upgrade our young people’s skills, increase their employability and especially make them socially included, fulfilled individuals and active citizens is essential in that respect. These areas ARE interlinked and influence each other. To be effective, youth work needs to be more selfcritical and constantly look for innovations. With this project we are discovering experiences and good practices from the field of culture and creativity and exploring how to apply it to work with young people. It is not only about art and creative expression, but it is also about helping each person to find their OWN authentic way of cultural identity and supporting cultural diversity while interacting with others. Based on Experiential Learning approach, this training has the following objectives that are closely related to each other - Experiencing culture(art) and creativity by non-formal learning methods - Learn how this sector can be applied as an approach and NFL tool for youth work – with special emphasis on competency development and youth empowerment. - To develop particularly competences: cultural awareness and expression (To be creative and express ideas through all possible ways of art. To be appreciative for expression of ideas through different means of art. To be aware of own cultural context and cultural context of others). - Planning and implementing at least 1 follow-up activity involving learning about culture and art with local young people in each participating country and exploring a way to include it as an approach in youth work.