Led by a sincere desire to support effectively the personal socio-educational development of the young people with speech and language impairments, YMDRAB in partnership with another 4 organisations from different European countries apply with project "Bridges for ideas and practices". The main project activity will be an international training course for increasing the capacity and better quality of work of youth workers who are involved in non-formal education of youngsters with communication disorders in rural areas of Eastern Europe. It will include their professional training and development of their cooperation for innovation and exchange of experience, skills and best practices. The training course will be held from 22nd to 31st of August, 2014 in the Albena Resort, Bulgaria. It will bring together 50 youth workers and experts from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria, who actively support the social integration and career development of rural youngsters with speech and language disorders in their countries. The training will be conducted by an international trainers team. The activities will be entirely based on the methods of non-formal education. They will include presentations, working groups, workshops, group discussions, field visits, group games and others. Through them, the participants will learn about the essence and applicability of the latest methods for non-formal education and systems for work with young people with different communication disorders - hearing impairments, stuttering, dysarthria, aphasia, specific comprehension impairments of oral and written language, dyslexia and others. During the training they will exchange ideas and experiences and will acquire practical skills for encouraging inclusion of the youth with disorders to the educational system and labor market. The youth workers will develop their cooperation for innovation and best practices, aiming a better quality of the services offered by them in benefit of young people with disorders. An important part of the training will be presenting of the opportunities offered by the "Erasmus+" Programme to the organisations which work with rural young people with fewer opportunities in Eastern Europe and planning of ideas for further interaction and cooperation among the partners. This project will improve the professional competences of the youth workers and will increase the capacity of the partner organisations for international team-work. The project will activate the exchange and collaboration between them for development and integration of new tools and approaches for work with youngsters with communication disorders. And last but not least, the project outcomes will be immediately put into practice through the daily activities of the participants with young people with speech and language disorders at local level. At the same time, the project results will be also distributed at international level through the membership of the partner organisations in various European youth and professional associations.