More and more countries in Europe and neighboring regions are developing, redeveloping and improving national, regional,local youth policies. Youth problems haven't been so high on the political agenda- youth unemployment, youth unrests, broken path from education to employment... Strengthening Youth research(ers) could be one of the ways to improve the situation, since they can help identifying underlying causes and possible solutions. Youth researchers and youth work practitioners from 6 countries (UK, Norway, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania and Turkey) will meet to upgrade their competences and update research tools. The project aims to use synergy of formal and non formal education settings.