PROJECT AIM The activities aim to contribute to capacity building for quality youth work in non-profit organisations across Europe, by empowering youth workers to become more aware, skilled, and value-driven leaders. Here, they are challenged to examine and build on their own leadership experiences, as well as to integrate the newfound insights continuously into their youth work context. After participating in the project, 42 youth workers are empowered to foster transformative experiences of values-driven activism, self-leadership and mental well-being for the youth they support. PROJECT OBJECTIVES The course seeks to positively impact young people through: - strengthening youth workers in their leadership and youth work by acquiring tools and developing competencies in the fields of self-leadership, working with values, management of group dynamics, conflict resolution, motivation, communication, and virtual teamwork, that they can immediately apply in their daily youth work - strengthening the participating youth workers’ roles as leaders, innovators, and shapers of best practices in their organisations - creating opportunities for networking, sharing of best practises, and a space for connecting with other European youth workers - developing more innovative, dynamic, responsive, resilient, and, ultimately, stronger organisations and enhance the effective spread of key attitudes and values related to civil engagement and activism among youth in Europe in line with the EU Youth Goals - increasing the quality of leadership, inspiring growth and renewing motivation in partner organisations and through that supporting youth better through their educational activities and volunteering programs - raising awareness of the importance of the role of empowered youth as leaders and changemakers working towards a peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable world