"<< Objectives >>Young people are now seen as active players in organisations or in community life. They should have the opportunity to express their needs and to find ways of satisfying them. Although it is undoubtedly a problem that young people are increasingly failing to vote in elections, there are some studies which indicate that participation in different forms may actually be on the increase, for example, pressure groups, civic initiatives, consultative organs, and so on. These forms of participation are just as important to the effective functioning of democracy as voter turnout at elections, if not more so. That’s why we see CIVIC MONITORING as a tool for active participation. Civic monitoring is monitoring led by citizens and civil society actors; process of public scrutiny of public interest issues and political and economic power center. Main aim of this project is to empower youth workers to use Civic Monitoring as a tool in order to support and motivate young people for active involvement through the following specific objectives: *to raise awareness of importance of active involvement*to understand the relation between lack of information and low level of participation among young people*to explore broader understanding of citizenship. To be able to provide young people these forms of participation, youth work is an essential part of it. Youth workers need to be educated and skilled to be able to monitor and educate young people on different forms of participation.<< Implementation >>Through the project we will carry out the activity of Mobility of Youth Workers) for 27 participants from a total of 9 countries: Croatia, Latvia, Georgia, Ukraine, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Portugal. There will also be 2 trainers and 1 facilitator from the applicant organisation. The training will be held in the municipality of Žumberak (a member of LAG Vallis Colapis) from September 16-23 2022. under the assumption that the epidemiological situation allows it. During the activity, different methods of non-formal education will be used. Participants in the training course will be youth workers from partner organizations as their employees, members, volunteers or associates. There will be 3 participants from each country, who are already working with young people in local communities and who need more knowledge, skills and support in the field of active citizenship and also who need new tools for their everyday work. Participants will need to be of legal age (with no upper age limit) but in the case, we will have a 17-year-old motivated participant, we will accept him with the obligatory parental consent.People with fewer opportunities (with geographical and economic obstacles) will also participate in the activity. By participating in this project they will get the experience that they will be able to present to potential employers in the field of youth (civil society organisations), and will also be able to consider self-employment. After the training course is finished, participants will continue to cooperate with partner organisations in the field of CIVIC monitoring which will contribute to the sustainability of project results and strengthening of organisations in work with youth people.<< Results >>As the main result, we will present the CIVIC monitoring tool for youth workers and young people that they will be able to use in their daily work. Non-formal methods in the field of active participation for youth workers and young people, which we will present with the aim of strengthening the knowledge, skills and opportunities of young people’s participation. The result will also be the fact that through this project 27 youth workers will be trained and a total of 9 organizations that improved and strengthened their capacities in the CIVIC monitoring field.The impact of the project will not only remain on the participants, but the participants will use their acquired knowledge through exchange of experiences, tools, knowledge with other youth workers, and will also transfer what has been learned to young people, but also within their private relationships - partner, family, friends - to other people with whom they are in daily contact. Participants will be able to strengthen and increase the quality of learned tools and methods and improved competencies, the life of their own local community through:-transfer of acquired knowledge to other youth workers and young people - participants will hold a presentation of the project in their local community after the training, including the values that the project promotes. - practical use of the tool: measuring participation of young peopleAt the local level and regional level, the follow-up foresees the realization of local workshops and activities to empower youth workers in working with local youth. Competences gained and shared during the training course and after it, will support young people in their quest of active involvement or on becoming more self - aware of their strengths, capacities, and goals. The participants could decide to adopt the methods and tools to the local needs or they could create new tools taking inspiration from them.The project is also a great opportunity for many more stakeholders who can be involved in the project (other associations, individuals, joint activities, etc.). It should bring new energy for the community, i.e. new content in the community and it raises the possibility to start some new initiatives after this project on the principle (""this is a great idea, we can do that as well"").The desired effect at the national level is a greater influence on decision-making bodies, a membership in networks / associations dealing with inclusion, implementation of initiatives at the national level in accordance with the theme and tools of the project, participation in the development of strategies At the European level it will contribute to a greater opportunity to apply for new projects to the EU program and funds, to inclusion in international networks. It will raise the visibility of the project by publishing on the Erasmus + dissemination platform, the desired effect is that as many organizations as possible see our project and get acquainted with activities as well as to be their inspiration for further work.Besides the competences of participants, the project strives to strengthen capacities of every partner organisation and increase the visibility of partner organisation's work, which adds to the visibility of the whole civil society work. International projects are a window to the world (especially for the applicant organisation), while for partner local communities impact is expected through dissemination, promotion and local activities. Moreover, considering the profile and the experience obtained from the project’ fields by the vast majority of the partner organizations, the follow-up phase will be of extreme importance in our case because of the implementation of a new tool, Civic monitoring. This training course will improve the partnership between each partner and applicant organization, as well as among each other in order to create a stable partnership platform for implementing projects within the field of work of each organisation. As well as on the local level, it brings the opportunity for regional level stakeholders to be involved in the project."