For many years, the activities of the EPEKA Association and the consortium partnership have been focused on the (social) activation of inactive and long-term unemployed young people who, due to a variety of life circumstances, have become apathetic, socially and economically excluded and find it difficult to find the motivation to re-establish their daily routine, improve their social competences and, as a consequence, consolidate their self-image, which could lead them to (re)become active members of society. The programmes implemented by the applicant (Association EPEKA, Soc.Ent.) are designed in such a way that, while acquiring social, functional and organisational competences, young people are brought closer to the labour market or directed towards further education and qualifications, which are not without their challenges and obstacles. As many of the clients we work with are school leavers, we also encourage them to become empowered and motivated to continue their formal education through participation in youth organisations' programmes. It is because of our long experience that we have recognised the need to implement the international project reACT!, in which youth workers working in the field of activation of inactive young people and young people belonging to vulnerable groups were provided with a space in which they could share knowledge and good practices from different contexts, learn about programmes and actions implemented in Slovenia and beyond through field visits, and participate in workshops, lectures and discussions in which we addressed methods and activities that have the potential to positively impact on the activation of inactive young people.The aim of the project was to provide a platform for youth workers working in the field of activation of inactive young people and young people from vulnerable groups to share knowledge and good practices from different contexts, to learn about programmes and actions implemented in Slovenia and more widely through field visits, and to participate in workshops, lectures and discussions in which we addressed methods and activities that have the potential to positively impact on the activation of young people who are not inactive. With the support of the project, we therefore primarily wanted to strengthen youth workers with additional skills, competences, information and experience, as we recognise the need to improve the capacity of the youth sector to work with inactive or less active young people at local, national and international level. The project was an excellent opportunity for youth workers to upgrade their skills, as the activities touched upon various thematic areas of concern to young people, and the programme was enriched by field visits and collaborations with various stakeholders involved in programmes aimed at the activation of vulnerable groups. The objectives of the project, which were already stated in the application form, are to strengthen youth workers in the following areas: - acquiring knowledge in the field of social activation of young people (learning about the methodology and ethical principles of working with inactive young people, learning about programmes aimed at inactive young people, meeting young participants in social activation programmes), - Identifying and improving the competences of inactive young people (workshops on how to identify and evaluate young people's competences at group and individual level, how to guide young people in the acquisition of new competences, how to evaluate and record progress in the development of competences, how to design activities to meet the shortage of competences that an inactive person would need to better integrate into society), - transfer of good practices (research and presentation of good practices in the field of youth activation), - learning about national measures in the partner countries to offer young people the opportunity to activate (learning about strategies for empowering young people from different geographical areas, learning about European strategies and national measures for youth activation), - Creating activities for inactive young people (discussions and workshops, developing strategies for quality youth participation, drafting proposals for activities, designing implementation plans), - working with vulnerable inactive young people (workshops on working with young people who are discriminated against on the basis of: race, gender, mental health, ethnicity, religion, physical disability, sexual orientation, addiction, etc.), - field work (visits to organisations, institutions and institutions dealing with the problems of inactive young people: the Social Welfare Agency, CSD, organisations running social activation programmes, adult schools, employment and rehabilitation centres, etc.). The objectives of the project have been achieved in the course of its implementation, as all the previously set themes have been addressed and the objectives related to capacity building of the youth sector have been achieved. Due to the pandemic and its impact on young people and the youth sector as a whole, the activities also highlighted the importance of youth work in times of pandemic, addressing digital social exclusion, digital youth work, adapted working methods and the importance of youth work itself at a time when young people from vulnerable groups face additional challenges.