The project “Youth Ambassadors of Non Formal Learning” is a Capacity Building activity involving 11 partners from program countries and WB countries, aiming at promoting participation in Non Formal Education activities and the power of validation and recognition of competences acquired outside the formal education environment through an innovative methodology.On 20th December 2012 the Council of the European Union issued a recommendation (2012/C 398/01) urging the member states to develop and empower ways of recognition and validation of Non Formal Learning. Since then, a lot has been made in the different member states, but such work has not followed the same path when it comes to the neighboring countries of the Western Balkans.With our project, we want to take into consideration what has been done so far within this area, research for best practices and successful stories, and get ready to go on the field to reinforce the importance of Non Formal Learning. Within this actions, we want to involve youth NGOs (responsible for developing NFL activities), public institutions (responsible to design dedicated policies), private business companies (aiming at increasing the knowledge and recognition by employers of NFL competences) and, most important, young people. The participants will take on a journey lasting for 2 years to get to know already existing best practices to be transferred in their local realities, to know all the important features of Non Formal Learning and their practical applications, to collect inspiring success stories, to develop dedicated tools and methods, and to get trained to directly work on the field.Following the recommendations developed in the 5th cycle of Structured Dialogue, this will lead to them becoming “Youth Ambassadors of Non Formal Learning”, acting in their local realities but also able to work transnationally through the creation of a specific network of youth ambassadors working in synergy in a sustainable way.The project will start on the 1st October 2019 and end on 30th September 2021, involving partners from Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia.