According to Eurostat figures for December 2013, the youth unemployment rate was 23.2% in the EU28 and 23.8% in the euro area . Currently, the European labour market is suffering alarmingly high rates of youth unemployment, causing hopelessness and lack of confidence among the younger generation, coupled with non-participation and lack of trust in the political and economic systems. This project will offer, new skills, experience and competencies which young people can use to gain employment in their own localities and across Europe. It will Increase the ability and understanding of all the young people involved of being European citizens, democratic engagement and intercultural learning opportunities that this can bring. This project is split into 3 phases of training/work experience, in an area where there is still the potential to gain part time and full time employment across Europe, in both public and private/tourist industries The project overall links into the European objectives under key action 1 of enhanced employability and career prospects, increased self empowerment and self esteem, increased sense of initiative and entepreneurship, enhanced intercultural awareness, and enhanced motivation to take part in future european education and training after a mobility period abroad. This project is split into 3 phases of training/work experience, in an area where there is still the potential to gain part time and full time employment across Europe, in both public and private/tourist industries Objectives for the participants: An understanding and experience of different aspects of the food industry; enterprise and developing your own catering business, experience of working in a kitchen and restaurant, experience o f catering and hospitality for an event. Increased confidence, knowledge and employability skills, through non formal learning, to enable young people to extend the opportunities open to them in the food and catering industries, and/or pathways into any training and an/or employment. An experience of meeting new people, discovering new cultural understanding through their peers, raising self esteem, and what it means to be European, different cultures, lifestyles and potential employment pathways for young people with fewer opportunities. The main impact we are hoping to achieve is that our participants will use the skills gained during the activities of our youth mobility partnership programmes to encourage develop a wider understanding of different elements and pathways in the food busines and the opportunities in this field for youth employability, entrepreneurship and Enterprise. With these skills they will be able to take and research issues that are important to them and develop them.