CHANGEMAKER is a series of 2 interrelated training courses, taking place in Hollókő, Hungary, with a duration of 10 days each. Partners are 7 NGOs form 7 countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Turkey and HungaryThe aim of CHANGEMAKER is to improve the quality and efficiency of local youth work, in order to promote volunteering, increase participation and entrepreneurship of young people. The target group is youth workers: trainers, coaches, mentors, NGO staff, peer educators, facilitators of non-formal learning, both professionals and volunteers, active in grassroot NGOs and initiatives and/or working with target groups at risk. The project involves 74 participants.The partners of CHANGEMAKER come from networks and long-term partnerships in 2 fields: international training of youth workers and local projects involving international volunteering. The project matches needs and expertise among us. CHANGEMAKER brings these 2 fields together in order to contribute mutually our quality improvement and develop strategies to face common challenges of community-based and international youth work. We facilitate sharing of local and international project results and integration each other’s practices into our own activities and new common projects within E+. Our objectives are:- to improve youth worker competences, self-assessment and learning process design - to share techniques of self-coaching in order to prevent personal and professional burnout- to introduce YouthPass as a tool for self-assessment, design, facilitation, evaluation and recognition of learning processes- to provide practical tools and skills to support volunteering and entrepreneurship of young people, to strenghten the learning dimension in volunteering and support the growth of entrepreneurship of young people - to encourage best-practice sharing and the creation of international projects among local- youth NGOs within E+The project is a series of 2 training courses (A1, A2). Each one is a 10-day TC, taking place in Hollókő, Hungary.- 1st: 28.04-07.05.2016, Hollókő, Hungary- 2nd: 11.08.2016-20.08.2016, Hollókő, HungaryA1 trains youth workers’ professional skills and introduces tools to improve key competences of youth. Participants of A1 return and deliver the 2nd TC as part of the trainers team and/or support the participants of the 2nd TC in their preparation and follow-up activities. In A2 we share tools and methods of volunteer management with a learning dimension in short and long-term EVS and international voluntary camps. Working methods are based on non-formal, experiential learning, highly participatory in both TCs as well as their local level preparation and follow-up:- structured exercises from outdoor, dance, theatre, art, problem solving activities- self-directed learning of participants according to their own learning goals and the YouthPass process: goalsetting, daily reflection on progress in „dialogue groups”, mid-term and final evaluation- interactive presentations, case studies, facilitated debates and discussions - information about YouthPass and the Erasmus+ Program- workshops on learning process design, human resources and volunteer management, planning and organising and mentoring techniques, teamwork and communication, body language, interpreting advertisements, self-assessment, tools of coaching, mentoring and counselling- volunteer project simulation- field visits to successful small business run by young people- 3-day outdoor trainingAs a result, youth workers improve their skills in working with local and international groups in EVS, volunteer camps and entreprneurship-focused projects, become more capable to design and facilitate learning processes with non-formal methods. They become more effective in creating and supporting volunteers in learning. Using the newly acquired methods and skills, youth workers can improve the entrepreneurship, employability and local participation of young people. Young people understand responsibility and become more successful in creating their own living and participate in community initiatives. Partners become able to reach and involve more young people, especially the ones at risk. The recognition of non-formal learning through YouthPass and the value of international mobility will increase, more and higher quality international projects will be organised.