In communication with staff from partner organisations, we have recognised that in our youth work we are facing the problem of how to transfer important complex ideas and concepts to young people we work with into simple, visual and easily comprehensible way. Many topics, workshops, and presentations are emotionally challenging for young people, because they are too serious for them to process and engage with. Some concepts, for example, the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups, are important for the youngsters to grasp and understand, but they often seem too abstract for them. So, when activities on important topics are presented to young people, often they are not interested, or if they attend them, they are not paying full attention. Our brains are wired to understand and unpack stories by taking meaning from their structure, narrative, characters, references and tone, building it into the connected, memorable and complex ideas. That’s why, if we want to have a high-quality workshops and impactful, effective activities, we must make those abstract ideas more visual, more fun, interesting and memorable for the young people attending them. Here comes in play humor and how it is used in stand-up comedy storytelling. Basically, humor is an amazing tool for creating a light-hearted, playful and relaxed atmosphere. Humor is a great way to break the ice with an audience, keep them interested, and to ensure that the presentation is memorable. The science says that even an average human adult can focus their attention for about five minutes, so properly timed humor can create breaks and relief in presentations, thus breaking things up and helping keep the audience awake, energized, stimulated and attentive. When an audience is laughing, it is more likely to be engaged in what the facilitator is communicating. When people laugh, especially in a group, a wonderful atmosphere is created for the exchange of thoughts and ideas. People are at ease, more open and energized to discussion and more willing to consider new ideas and perspectives. When we have an energised atmosphere, humor helps the audience to remember those ideas and it leaves them with a good impression of the speaker. In this way, humor can open doors to complex issues, persuade emotionally, encourage to share, and break down social barriers. Comedy can be a valuable tool for working on social issues as it can mobilise masses, focus a critical lens on injustice, and inject hope and optimism into seemingly hopeless problems. The idea of the project was not to make the youth workers professional stand-up comedians, but to give them guidelines on how to cultivate their sense of humor, communicate better their ideas, explain easier complex concepts and how to crate captivating activities for the young people they work with. The project helped the involved youth workers to understand better what stand-up comedy is, how to use humor in well-structured manner and to give style in the delivery of different important ideas and concepts to young people. The youth workers learnt and practiced different competencies and methods of communication and facilitation that they have expressed a clear need to improve and gain. The main aim of the project was to improve the competencies and quality of the youth work of 24 youth workers in the fields of communication, facilitation, and youth engagement by using non-formal educational methods and stand-up comedy techniques. The achieve this, the project objectives were: 1. To improve the communication skills (verbal and non-verbal) of youth workers, including public speaking, presentation, persuasion, negotiation, articulation and active listening 2. To facilitate the exchange of good practices, methodological approaches and resources for youth work, communication and facilitation between the participants and involved organisations. 3. To introduce the basic principles, elements and features of humor and stand-up comedy as well as different strategies, techniques, and practical tips for developing and performing them. 4. To learn and practice ways of how humor and stand-up comedy can be used by youth workers in improving young people’s engagement or addressing social issues. 5. To improve the skills of participants to plan, develop, facilitate and evaluate non-formal learning activities and methods for improving young people’s engagement in social issues and/or personal, professional and social development. 6. To strengthen the cooperation and networking between involved organisations by providing an opportunity for partnership building. 7. To promote the recognition and validation of competencies and experience through non-formal education by learning about and using the Youthpass certificate and its key competencies framework. 8. To raise awareness about the Erasmus+ programme and the opportunities it provides to youth workers and young people in key competencies development and addressing social issues.