The introduction of the new Erasmus + Programme has not been an easy transition for NGO’s within the European Union. It is substantially more complicated than the previous programmes and it requires a high level of background knowledge to be fully understood.Once the organizations manage to acquire all the necessary information about the new programmes the next challenges rise when they intend to implement it in their organizations. It requires a strong organizational capacity with competent project managers with advanced project management tools. Although there is a lot of material on different project management approaches, they are all designed for organizations that don’t require a 3rd party to finance their projects. This lack of Project Management Standards for NGO’s (or for donor financed projects) causes difficulties for organizations in their efforts to successfully implement the new Programmes.The aim of this project was to strengthen NGO’s capacities to take potent/influential actions in the frameworks of the Erasmus + Programme.The project entailed the following objectives:-To enable organizations to easily understand the Erasmus + Programme, the Europe 2020 Strategy, the ET 2020 and other important EU Policies;-To strengthen the organizations ability to address successfully the objectives outlined by Erasmus + Programme, the Europe 2020 Strategy, the ET 2020 and other important EU Policies;-To enable organizations to satisfy the needs of all of their stakeholders;-To provide organizations with efficient Project Management methods and standards that focus on efficiently aligning the EU Policies with local needs.The project was implemented in cooperation with other 3 partner organizations from Denmark, UK and Italy. The partners had extensive experience with working with previous EU programmes for youth and education and project management. The project entailed the following activities:- 4 transnational meetings (a kick off meeting, Seminar to agree on project management standards to be developed, a Revision meeting and an Evaluation meeting)- Research upon about the best practices with the EU Programmes, the EU Policies, Project Management Standards conducted by each partner;- Output Development: video explanation of ET 2020, EU2020, Renewed Framework, Project Management Standards and a number of tools useful in the project design and implementation.- 2 Learning mobilities for youth workers: first to test the outputs developed and second to train youth workers in their use. - Multiplier events: Each partner had organised multiplier events in their countries, disseminating the intellectual outputs developed. The project has developed a VAP philosophy for the management of projects under Erasmus+, youth sector. The philosophy outlines the need of creating value for the beneficiary organisation, the end-users and donor (European Union). The philosophy also outlines the evolutionary approach in creating change, as opposed to the revolutionary approach. Based on this philosophy, the project has a created a number of project management standards that help organisations acting in the youth sector to create value with their projects. The user-friendly videos and tools allow organisations to better align their organisational needs with the Erasmus+ objectives. The user-friendly materials give a concise understanding upon the Europe 2020, Renewed framework and EU2020, allowing the organisation to better integrate their objectives in to their Erasmus+ projects.