The pandemic has been inflicting a triple shock on young people, disrupting education and training, and placing them on a much more volatile trajectory in finding and maintaining quality jobs. The forces of society and technology, of economies and environments, of political upheaval - all of these are changing the way everyone will work and learn in the future. Young people now question the gap between the skills they learn in school and those needed for employment, and 1 in 6 young people have stopped working (according to the ILO). New industries are constantly being born while old ones are becoming obsolete. Although the impending change holds great promise, the patterns of consumption, production and employment created by it also pose major challenges requiring proactive adaptation by individuals. Young people are in a vulnerable state in the labour market. Many of them lack the skills, work experience, job-search abilities and financial resources to find employment. A 2019 report by the WEF revealed that 65% of the jobs elementary school students will be doing in the future do not exist yet. Both the workforce and our knowledge base are rapidly evolving. Combined with the effects of technological automation of the workforce, this left us with one crucial question: What are the skills future generations will need? WEF revealed in the same report the top 8 Core Employability Skills (CES) the YP should develop to be integrated in the labour market and perform in their positions. Linkedin surfaced data from over 660+ million professionals and 20+ million jobs revealed the 5 most in-demand soft skills to identify the skills that companies needed most, that could guide the youth NGOs and YP in planning their learning, follow upskill training and development programmes. These are: creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. To understand better what skills the YP from 10 Programme countries wanted to improve and what were the challenges to access the labour market, we’ve carried out an online survey among 361 respondents 16-30 y.o. The results were the following: 74% of respondents considered that they need core employability skills, 59% affirmed that they were searching for work-based learning, counselling and career guidance programmes to improve their profiles as candidates, 81% said that the formal education institutions haven’t ensured soft skills development programmes to facilitate their absorption at the workplace, but only the technical ones. 56% stated that “My level of skill is a lot lower than required in my industry”. Looking at the bigger picture, we have discovered that this issue has as its roots the skills mismatching - the gap between an individual’s job skills and the demands of the job market. This has become a European challenge, affecting all layers of society, from the productivity and efficiency of businesses to the current and prospective welfare of youth. Therefore, youth NGOs could offer assistance to young people to upgrade their approach towards learning so that current and future workers have the skills employers need and the cultural competencies required to thrive. The main aim of the project was to design, with the support of 10 European Youth NGOs 1 multicultural learning experience for 40 youngsters and 10 young leaders, during which they have explored and became familiar with 8 CES skills, and analyzed how skills development can become a viable solution to tackle NEETs situation across Europe and improve their access to labour market. Specific objectives: O1: In July 2021, 40 youngsters from 10 NGOs took part in a 10-days YE in Romania where they have become familiar with 8 skills (1 skill/day) needed on the labour market by using non-formal methods, tools for peer learning and self assessment; O2: To raise awareness on the importance of developing CES skills among min 500 YP, the following actions have been launched: 10 local workshops, a collection of action cards "80 challenges to be prepared for a future career" proposed by the participants during the mobility and an Instagram campaign “#DearFutureSelf”, exclusively administered by the participants. The project aligned with the Erasmus+ programme as it was mainly focused on: Developing 3 main key competences (personal, social and learning to learn competence, literacy, multilingual and entrepreneurship competences) connected with CES skills among 40 YP from 10 countries, and encouraging their personal and professional development. Promoting common values and encouraging the participation of youth with fewer opportunities through NFE learning environments focused on CES skills. Supporting the inclusion of NEETs, youth from rural and small urban areas, and from low-income families, newcomers in Erasmus+ mobilities to discover the programme opportunities and how it can positively impact their career path and further insertion on the labour market.