CONTEXT/BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT The ENP-East countries showed strong differences in the unemployment rate by age, which was also the case in the EU. The unemployment rate of people aged15–24 years was at least twice as high as for persons aged 25–74 years in all ENP-East countries (ENP–East countries, Youth statistics, Eurostat, 2014). In the EU-28, at 23.4 %, more than one out of every five young persons in the labour force was not employed(Unemployment statistics, Eurostat, 2014). As nowadays knowledge is the most strategic source and learning is the most strategic process, the TC will be carried out with the aim to provide youth worker with the ready-to-use methods on how to assist youngsters with the competences needed to become integrated into and empowered to the knowledge-based society. As young people are a priority for EU’s social vision, and the current crisis compounds the need to sustain the young human capital (Eurostat), the TC’s vision of development of young human&social capital lies in unfolding creativity, entrepreneurial & innovative culture and “can-do” attitude. OBJECTIVES -to examine the nature and boost the understanding of knowledge-based society & knowledge-based economy, human & social capital, sustainable/inclusive/smart growth; -to stimulate creativity, entrepreneurial & innovative culture and “can-do” attitude by means of the Reciprocal Maieutic Approach, creative thinking and idea-generating tools; -to cultivate and valorise the practice of the Reciprocal Maieutic Approach as a technique for young people empowerment and social transformation; -to provide youth workers, peer educators and social activists with ready-to-use methods, outstanding knowledge, skills and competences on how to trigger development of the social and human capital through the RMA, hence to enable them to act as an multi-players dealing with young people (ex. NEETs, future entrepreneurs etc.); -to improve the quality and increase the volume of cooperation between participating organisations throughout and in between the EU and Eastern Partnership countries; -to disseminate information on the EU current programmes/policies/initiatives, mainly EU 2020 Strategy and a conducive role of its flagship initiatives for empowerment of young people as well as European Year of Development 2015. NUMBER & PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS The TC will bring together 38 participants, among them 21 from the Programme Countries: Greece, Poland, Portugal, Netherlands, Turkey, Romania, Spain, Italy, and 17 participants from the Eastern Partnership countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Participants will correspond to the following profiles: youth workers & youth leaders; youth advisors & peer educators; workers of intermediary organisations; social activists. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES All the sessions will be carried out through the non-formal and informal activities. Those include group-building activities, energisers, debates techniques, work in small/big groups, outdoor activities, film projection, Open Space Technology. Theoretical sessions will be integrated and performed in an interactive way. METHODOLOGY TO BE USED *The Reciprocal Maieutic Approach; *UNESCO Four Pillars of Education: 1.Learning to Know; 2.Learning to Do; 3.Learning to Live Together; 4.Learning to Be; *Creative Thinking methods→ effective methods to find innovative solutions for traditional problems; *Experiential learning→ the so-called “learning from experience”; *Cooperative learning→ participants will work together but divided in small mixed groups to reach common goals; *Peer-to-peer learning→ transferring good practices/experiences/knowledge; *Learning in the arts→ it stresses the value of cultural perspectives, multi & inter-cultural & culturally-sensitive languages throughout learning process; *Learning through the arts→ it utilizes artistic expressions and cultural resources & practices as a learning tool; *All-inclusive approach avoiding a one-size-fits-all model. RESULTS ENVISAGED -boosted understanding of the knowledge-based society&knowledge-based economy, human&social capital, sustainable/inclusive/smart growth; -obtained ready-to-use methods on the coping with creativity, entrepreneurial & innovation culture and “can-do” attitude; -re-affirmed RMA method for further applying at the work with youngsters; -proved essential role of developed young human & social capital; -improved quality and increased volume of cooperation among the partner organisations from EU and Eastern Partnership countries; - shared experiences/best practices in the realm of tackling youth unemployment/use of social capital; -disseminated information on the EU current programmes and the European Year of Development 2015. The TC will have a wide and strong impact on the participants, participating organisations and final beneficiaries through the multi-layered effect of the knowledge/skills obtained.