Our research highlighted that-qualifications are not as important as competencies to an employer when recruiting a young adult; use of informal/non-formal learning and the role of organisations supporting young adults to develop competencies is critical; supporting progress, by having a system that assesses distance travelled is vital; employers find difficulty in measuring and assessing key competence when recruiting; young adults found difficulty in presenting their achievement of key competence. We will develop products that will enable young adults to (a)understand the key competencies that employers require when recruiting; (b) develop those competencies, specifically recognising competence acquired via informal and non-formal learning with organisations supporting young adults; and (c) demonstrate to employers, the achievement of those competencies. Products include:• A European research document defining the essential key competencies which employers look for in young adults when they are recruiting.• Workbooks, on-line tools etc. for use by organisations working with young adults to enable them to (a) understand what competencies employers are looking for (b) develop those competencies in young adults (c) incorporate the validation of non-formal/informal learning and (d) provide examples of action planning and distance travelled • A certificate of proof of achievement of competence (CoPAC) to enable the young person to prove key competence knowledge skills and attitudes, achieved in a non-traditional way, to an employer. • A DVD, aimed primarily at employers, which will prove (through case studies) how useful the CoPAC will be to them when recruiting young people.The impact will be for youth organisations to support young adults in achieving key competencies that employers require; young adults to achieve key competence and prove achievement to an employer; employers to have confidence in the CoPAC as definitive proof of achievement of competence.