By implementing the Rural RE-Generation Lab, we aim to achieve a systemic improvement in the quality, innovation, and recognition of youth work in rural and semi-peripheral areas by equipping youth workers with the competences, methods, and networks needed to empower young people facing barriers and to position youth work as a driver of sustainable change. From the perspective of youth work practice, the main objective is to strengthen the professional capacity of 25 youth workers from six countries to deliver non-formal education that is relevant to the challenges of today—green transition, digital transformation, and inclusive participation—while rooted in the specific needs of rural communities. The project seeks to ensure that youth workers are not only facilitators of activities but also agents of rural regeneration, able to inspire and support young people to see opportunities where previously they perceived only limitations. Specifically, we aim to: 1) enhance competences in green youth work, enabling participants to design eco-labs, sustainability workshops, and circular economy initiatives for young people, directly contributing to the European Green Deal and Youth Goal #10 “Sustainable Green Europe”; 2) develop advanced skills in digital participation and media literacy, so that youth workers can guide young people to use digital tools critically and creatively, tell their own stories, and participate in democratic life online, in line with the EU Digital Education Action Plan; 3) strengthen inclusion competences, preparing youth workers to adapt methodologies to young people with fewer opportunities (NEETs, rural youth, migrants, minorities), ensuring equity and accessibility in their daily practice; 4) empower youth workers to engage in policy dialogue and advocacy, equipping them with participatory methods (simulations, policy briefs, youth-led dialogues) that can be used to connect young people with municipalities, youth councils, and regional authorities; and 5) build a transnational community of practice, where youth workers co-create innovative resources such as the Rural Youth Work Toolkit and the Youth Work Policy Brief, ensuring that learning is captured, shared, and multiplied across Europe. These objectives are deeply grounded in youth work practice: they translate into concrete improvements in how youth workers design and facilitate activities, how they mentor young people, how they integrate sustainability and digital transformation into local projects, and how they position themselves as recognised stakeholders in their communities. The project will ensure that at least 80% of participants demonstrate measurable improvement in competences (as tracked through Youthpass self-assessment and evaluation surveys), that all partner organisations integrate at least one new methodology into their programmes within six months, and that follow-up activities reach at least 1,000 young people and 50,000 citizens across Europe. Ultimately, what we want to achieve is a change in perspective: youth workers will leave the Lab better equipped, more confident, and more connected, enabling them to transform their organisations’ youth work into a practice that is innovative, inclusive, and recognised at multiple levels. In this way, the Rural RE-Generation Lab does not simply deliver training but catalyses a long-term transformation in youth work practice, empowering professionals to lead rural communities towards a greener, more digital, and more participatory European future.