The DIGI-HY project was created to respond to the growing challenges faced by youth workers in supporting young people in a digitalised society. While digital tools offer unprecedented opportunities for participation, learning, and creativity, they also bring risks such as misinformation, screen overuse, online safety threats, digital burnout, and declining wellbeing. From the perspective of youth work practice, this project seeks to strengthen the competences of youth workers so they can address these challenges effectively and support young people in developing healthier, more responsible digital habits. The overall aim of DIGI-HY is to enhance the professional competences of youth workers in promoting digital hygiene and wellbeing. By equipping them with knowledge, practical tools, and opportunities for international cooperation, the project ensures that youth workers are better prepared to guide young people in navigating digital realities safely and responsibly. The project objectives are designed to have a direct impact on youth work practice: - Increase awareness and knowledge: By the end of the training, at least 80% of participating youth workers will have significantly improved their knowledge of digital hygiene, online safety, and digital wellbeing, as measured through pre- and post-training questionnaires. - Equip with practical non-formal tools: The consortium will co-create a toolbox with at least eight innovative educational tools and 14 good practices addressing misinformation, healthy screen time, data privacy, digital balance, and online civic participation. These tools will be tested and adapted during the training and then applied in local youth work contexts. - Facilitate exchange of practices: Youth workers from the eight partner organisations will share a minimum of 14 good practices during the training, enriching the toolbox and creating a diverse set of approaches from different European contexts. - Foster cross-country cooperation: The training will establish a sustainable community of practice with at least 40 active members, enabling continuous exchange, networking, and cooperation beyond the project’s lifetime. - Empower youth workers as multipliers: At least one multiplier event per partner country will be organised by the trained youth workers, together reaching young people and raising awareness of digital wellbeing and responsible digital practices at the community level. The project’s objectives are firmly grounded in the realities of daily youth work. The competences gained will be directly applicable to: - Workshops and group sessions with young people, using the co-created toolbox to tackle digital hygiene issues in interactive ways. - Mentoring and one-to-one support, helping young people manage digital stress, misinformation, and online risks. - Creating safe digital spaces where young people feel empowered to engage critically and responsibly with technology. - Supporting inclusion, by making sure that at least 50% of the youth workers involved are from fewer opportunity backgrounds, bringing insights into how digital challenges intersect with socio-economic, cultural, and geographical barriers. By implementing DIGI-HY, youth workers will: - Gain stronger professional competences in areas of digital literacy, wellbeing, and facilitation. - Access better resources, including a practical toolbox ready to be used in workshops, schools, and youth centres. - Achieve greater recognition of competences through Youthpass, validating their learning outcomes across the eight EU key competences. - Become part of a European network of practitioners, which will sustain learning and innovation beyond the project. From the perspective of youth work, DIGI-HY contributes directly to professionalisation, innovation, and the recognition of youth work competences. It empowers youth workers to act as multipliers of knowledge and practices in their local contexts while embedding sustainable European cooperation.