“The fact that disparities in political involvement are so substantial and that so many citizens are not active at all potentially compromises democracy” (https://tinyurl.com/y3yf9w2z). Nowadays, the participation and involvement of citizens in the society is facilitated by the multiple number of opportunities. However, given these and the importance of social engagement, the reality does not look encouraging, and the citizens, especially the youth, are not doing their part. According to Eurostat, the number of participants in the EU society is low, only 10.28% (EU without UK) of the adult population in the European Union consider themselves as being active citizens. There are 7 countries with less than 5% of the population practising active citizenship: Belgium (4,9%), Hungary (4,7%), Czech Republic (4,2%), Bulgaria (3,7%), Romania (3,7%), Slovakia (2,8%) and Cyprus (2,1%) (https://tinyurl.com/ y5bu2d3g). Following the idea that “Citizenship involves volunteering but not all volunteering involves citizenship” (https://tinyurl.com/ y6zhxnw8), social participation is closely linked to volunteering. Specifically, according to Eurostat, only 20.7% of the population over 16 in the EU is taking part in volunteering activities (an average calculated between formal and informal voluntary activities, excluding the UK). Cyprus and Romania are again on the bottom of the list, with only 4,9% and 3,2% of the population volunteering. The other countries are not in a better position either, almost a half of the EU member states (14 countries) having less than 15% of the population involved in volunteering (https://tinyurl.com/y3wytv53). Romania shows low figures in both studies, being on the bottom when it comes to involvement in voluntary activities (3,2%) and third to the last when it comes to active citizenship (3,7%). Another study conducted by the Romanian Ministry of Youth and Sport, in 2016, shows that although the respondents realise the importance of citizens involvement in the society (72%) only 5% of them are actively part of an NGO and 70% don’t have any interest in joining one in the future (https://tinyurl.com/y3mlvmhs). A growth in volunteering in NGOs was observed, from 3% in 2010 (Mercury Research – FDSC) to 5% in 2016 (IMAS – FDSC) (https://tinyurl.com/yxpgja64). Most common reasons/barriers for the low civic engagement (active citizenship, voluntary activities) are: lack of time and lack of interest (https://tinyurl.com/yxpgja64). Moreover, solutions for increasing the numbers of volunteers are: more efficient recognition of the volunteering activities as work experience (37%), a better promotion of volunteering possibilities (31%) and of its benefits (25%) (https://tinyurl.com/y3mlvmhs). Furthermore, the situation in most of the EU countries is not looking good and there is still a lot of work to do. Therefore, COSI together with the partner organizations, intended to contribute to the promotion of active citizenship through volunteering activities. To make a change in our communities, we need to improve the work of our organizations and the skills of our youth workers. Hence, we proposed to: 1. Improve the communication competences of 29 youth workers during 9 mobility days to promote the importance and benefits of volunteering and to attract new volunteers by the held sessions on the topic. 2. Develop a common perspective for the 9 NGOs about the selection process of new volunteers by sharing good practices, examples, jointly finding solutions and ideas during the mobility and create a recruitment guide, during the first 2 months after the mobility. 3. Increase the understanding about active citizenship of 29 youth workers by promoting volunteering, Erasmus+ and ESC as tools for social participation during the 9 mobility days. 4. Build partnerships within the participant NGOs during the duration of the project by creating an online HUB on the topic of active citizenship through volunteering for future projects. The project followed: The horizontal priority of Erasmus+ Stimulate the development of social, civic and intercultural competences of the youth workers by an improved understanding of active citizenship and development of the key competences from the Youthpass certificate (Citizenship, Entrepreneurship, Digital and Personal, social and learning to learn competences). The EU Youth Strategy Support youth workers in the development of their work quality and at its recognition by developing their communication skills and creating a guide about recruitment and presentation materials about voluntary activities for further usage in our organizations; Involvement and active citizenship of the youth by promoting volunteering as an act of responsible and active participation in the society. The mobility priorities Increase the number and quality of learning mobilities by building partnerships with the participating NGOs.