The project ATOL: Advanced Training of Leadership is a mobility of youth workers from Croatia, United Kingdom, Moldova, Albania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Serbia, Netherlands and Romania, which will be held in Zagreb, from 1st to 6th of December. The total duration of the project is 6 months, and it will include 33 youth workers and youth leaders who will work together to advance their professional and personal skills. Youth work is demanding and takes a tool on youth workers, requiring a lot of their time, dedication, motivation and constant improvement of working methods. This is why we decided to organize this training. Trough 6 days of mobility activities we want to restore the motivation of youth workers, teach them new tools and techniques, offer them an exchange of good practices and establish lasting friendships and connections between different organizations. Trough this project we are promoting the principles of Servant Leadership. It is a type of leadership which requires leaders to cultivate humility and respect for others - according to this principle the leader is the caretaker of people. This is a very important trait in working with volunteers, because they require leadership but in the form of inspiration and mentorship. The objectives of the project are to: - facilitate the attainment of knowledge, skills and attitudes in the framework of non - formal and informal education - develop skills that can increase the productivity and professional competences of youth workers - increase satisfaction in their daily work - promote European cooperation in the youth field - promote active and European citizenship - increase the quality of youth work and support systems for youth activities - increase the understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity All methodologies and methods used will promote the participants' active participation and active learning. The emphasis will be on learning by doing, which means that the participants will learn about non - formal education by experiencing it on their own skin. Alongside that, information sessions/lectures will be incorporated in the activities, also in an interactive way. The main methodologies and methods used are: experiential learning, cooperative learning, participation and peer learning, brainstorming, buzz groups, team building and energizers, presentations, lectures, role plays, case studies, Open Space Technology, mid - term and final evaluations, etc. The expected impact on the participants of the ATOL project is a measurable improvement of their competences and motivation in their daily work. They will gain concrete methods, exercises and knowledges, and use them in their future work with youth. Alongside that, they will be acquainted with experiences and good practices of other organizations and practices of youth work in other countries. During the project, the participants will improve their linguistic competences and cultural awareness and be more prone to participate actively in the society. They will learn valuable information about Erasmus+, European values and projects, and be more likely to get involved in them in the future. They will have a greater understanding on non - formal and informal education and a greater sensitivity for social, cultural and language differences. The participants and partner organizations are expected to disseminate their knowledge, methods and experience first to their collages in their organizations and then to other local and national organizations and youth workers/leaders. This will be achieved trough workshops and seminars held by the organizations participating in this project, for other organizations in their local community. This practice will cause a snowball effect which will involve more and more organizations and bring long term benefits in the form of higher quality youth workers and better programs that the organizations are providing to the youth. It will also encourage other organizations to take part in different mobility and exchange programs. The other long term goal we are trying to achieve is the recognition and validation of non - formal and informal education results, trough promoting it and giving the adequate tools and knowledges to those who provide it.