The project offers immediate and long term benefits by enhancing skills, motivation, by providing networking opportunities, innovative approaches to volunteering and by capacity building of youth workers and their organizations. The PRIMARY OBJECTIVES are: 1. Increasing knowledge and skills of youth workers regarding involvement of young people through cross-sectoral volunteering 2. Reducing the gap between young people and different sectors civil, state, for-profit) through joint voluntary work and local cooperation 3. Discussing and implementing methods for engaging young people and ensuring active participation of actors from other sectors of the society. 4. Encouraging contact-building among organisations and to support joint solutions for local challenges through volunteering. The project aims the issue of enhancing participation of young people in the community life through sharing the experiences of partner organisations, disseminating the infographics guide which will be completed as a practical toolkit with practical advices and methods of cross-sectoral volunteering in 4 languages. Four countries take part in the project from EU member countries (Hungary, Ireland, France, Poland). The partners’ special feature ensures non-formal learning occasion from different type of countries. The main field of organisations are in close connection with young people but in the same time their experiences is varying in cross-sectoral cooperation: governmental, municipality, for-profit company, church relations. The similarities and the colourful features certain an innovative learning space. The PRIMARY TARGET GROUP OF THE PROJECT is youth workers from civil society organizations, non-profit institutions and youth centres from the partners’ countries. Youth workers with fewer opportunities are welcome and given priority, ensuring a diverse representation. The youth workers have a great chance to develop or enhance their skills concerning voluntary activity organisation, young people motivation and cooperative volunteering at local level. The organisations delegated the participants to the international empowering workshop can also profit through the newly learned methods, innovative voluntary actions ideas and through the built-up network among other youth workers. The next PRACTICE-ORIENTED BENEFITS are expected from the project: 1. SKILL ENHANCEMENT OF YOUTH WORKERS The activities particularly develop several ETS competences of the participants: understanding and facilitating individual and group learning processes; designing informal programmes, cooperating successfully in teams, intercultural competence, being civically engaged, evaluation and feedback etc. The workshop has a practical focus concerning cross-sectoral volunteering; participants would learn the techniques through learning by doing methods. 2. INCREASED MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT Active participation in the project will motivate and inspire youth workers. The international empowering workshop and collaboration with peers from different countries will bring new perspectives and ideas, recognising their passion for youth work. The participants became civically engaged much more and will integrate EU values in their own life. 3. NETWORKING, COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE Youth workers will have the chance to build a network with peers from different countries, exchanging experiences and best practices. The countries have similarities but in the same time have special local circumstances, cross-sectoral approach and development phase. The network functioning as a community of practice as the youth workers have grass route experiences and share the lessons learned during the follow-up. Youth workers will gain a deeper understanding of European youth goals, fostering a sense of connection to broader European initiatives. 4. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO VOLUNTEERING, INCREASED SOCIAL IMPACT The project introduces innovative and cross-sectoral cooperation approaches to volunteering, encouraging youth workers to think creatively about their engagement strategies in a non-formal, and informal learning circumstances. They become open to work with young people with fewer opportunities and can use inclusive methods. 5. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR PARTNER ORGANISATIONS Partner organisations benefit from creating a more skilled and competent work staff or volunteer coordinator. The partners and the participating organisations of multiplication can use the infographics guide to the daily work, so their capacities will also increase.