The European Neighbourhood Policy-East countries showed strong differences in the unemployment rate by age, which was also the case in the European Union.

The unemployment rate of people aged 15–24 years was at least twice as high as for persons aged 25–74 years in all ENP-East countries (ENP–East countries, Youth statistics, Eurostat, 2014).

In the EU-28, at 23.

4 %, more than one out of every five young persons in the labour force was not employed (Unemployment statistics, Eurostat, 2014).

As nowadays knowledge is the most strategic source and learning is the most strategic process, the Training Course will be carried out with the aim to provide youth worker with the ready-to-use methods on how to assist youngsters with the competences needed to become integrated into and empowered to the knowledge-based society.

As young people are a priority for EU’s social vision, and the current crisis compounds the need to sustain the young human capital (Eurostat), the Training Course’s vision of development of young human & social capital lies in unfolding creativity, entrepreneurial & innovative culture and “can-do” attitude.