Advocacy is a powerful tool which youth leaders, youth NGOs can use to promote changes in civil society. The main focus of the training course was youth participation and youth involvement in different settings were public policies are discussed, priorities set. Also, participants looked in which areas can youth participation be expanded - like public health, school councils in Norway, authority support can be gained - Poland, Latvia etc., new tools and arguments to fight against closing youth centers in UK and so on. The results we were aiming to achieve: - Youth NGOs in these countries improved their skills and knowledge to actively engage in decision-making processes at national and local level; - Increased knowledge/understanding of youth NGOs with regards to national/European laws and policies concerning youth; - Contacts/networks between youth NGOs are established at international level; - Advocacy actions implemented and run by youth NGOs locally; - Increased awareness among general public on relevant youth issues, especially with regards to youth participation; - Increased communication between public authorities and youth NGOs with regards to relevant youth policies. Dates of activity: November 3-8, 2015, Lithuania. Countries involved in the project: Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, UK, Poland, Bulgaria Number of Participants: 5 per country, plus experienced advocacy trainers from Norway and Lithuania. Profile of participant: involved youth representative structures, member of active youth NGOs on the local level, who could act as multiplier and agent of change, they will be in charge to involve other members of their communities and to run advocacy actions to advocate for youth participation. Training course was based on the non-formal learning methodology, learning from hands-on experience, practicing things they learn, reflecting on results and own learning, realizing some advocacy campaign steps during the TC and involving via social media channels their peers and members of their organizations, planning further advocacy actions to be taken in their communities. And partly as follow-up, but mainly as practicing newly gained skills, participants had to run at least one advocacy action when they got back home from TC and shared it with other participants of the course. Project's link to Erasmus+ aims: Project supported learners in the acquisition of 8 key competencies and specific competencies on advocacy, democracy, participation, communication which supported them in the promotion of change in their region. Moreover, through personal development of participants we improved their employability. Participants improved their ably to communicate in foreign languages. Participants awareness and understanding of different cultures, countries, democracy practices were raised. Finally, participants gained opportunity for participating actively in society, through promoting changes in society through Advocacy and its tools, and develop a sense of European citizenship and identity.