409 natural disasters marked 2019 around the world. Roughly 11,000 people lost their lives in the tragic events, and numerous families were left without a roof over their heads due to floods, earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, fires, landslides or drought. With the global warming and climate change being more real than ever and our humanity being constantly put on a test, there is a need to reshape the approach towards disaster management: to engage the active young citizens in building the community resilience and to support creation of a global society founded on solidarity as one of the key EU values. Serbia itself, has been in focus of the global attention within the Southeast and Central Europe floods of 2014, resulting with lives lost, landslides and ca. 1.55 billion euros worth damage. Numerous studies have shown the importance of early engagement of young people in planning and preparedness efforts for disasters. The high numbers of fatalities, among them many children and youth, are yet another evidence that educational approach is not enough and additional education and training in emergency and disaster management is undeniably necessary. Through the project Youth PURPOSE: Preparedness of YoUngsters, ResPonse, RecOvery, Solidarity, and VoluntEering in Times of Crises, we, partners from Serbia, Italy, Vietnam, Indonesia, North Macedonia, Ethiopia and Namibia support a creation of an ecosystem based on solidarity and volunteering for management of disasters and hazards, thus, strengthening the resilience of the youth and the communities. Strengthening youth resilience will be achieved by building the capacities of youth and youth organizations for: education and empowerment on disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery; usage of digital tools and new technologies for disaster management; youth volunteering and volunteer management and relief efforts; as well as supporting know-how exchange and skills sharing. Providing education and training of youth and youth workers on the topic through developing appropriate non-formal educational curriculum on volunteer management in times of crisis, we would strengthen the quality of youth work and inspire active citizenship among youth. PURPOSE goes in line with the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SG 11 & 13), UN Youth Strategy (strategic priority in resilience building), the EU Youth Strategy (Connect & Empower) prioritizing to “Encourage young people to become active citizens, agents of solidarity and positive change of communities”, as well as the CoE youth sector strategy 2030, with thematic focus on youth work development. Nonetheless, it also addresses the aims of the Erasmus+ Guide 2020, such as fostering cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Programme and Partner Countries (from Europe, Asia and Africa), but also promoting transnational non-formal learning mobility between them, especially targeting young people with fewer opportunities.