CONTEXT European society is demanding a greater voice in decision-making in order to ensure greater equity and prosperity in their communities and to contribute to a more biodiverse and healthy environment. Some municipalities are responding to this demand by launching citizen participation processes and promoting sustainability projects. In spite of these initiatives, climate change continues to confront us with challenges that are difficult to overcome. However, the UN Sustainable Development Goals may provide an administrative framework and the concept of community resilience may provide the socio-ecological framework to overcome these challenges. DEFINITION OF TERM Community resilience refers to the capacity of a community or society to overcome great social, economic, political and / or ecological challenges and to get ahead with even more strength compared to its initial state. PARTICIPANTS AND NEEDS ADDRESSED This proposal of Community Catalysts for Regenerative Development is driven by the social and global need to promote citizen participation and contribute to community resilience. We have seen that this need can be effectively addressed through ecological regeneration practices and strategies, and we believe that this requires the participation of the following actors in order to have a long-term impact: · Youth leaders; · Community leaders; · Technicians from the private sector and the public sector MAIN GOAL Create a pioneering training aimed at youth leaders, community leaders and technicians so that they can become community catalysts of regenerative development in their rural regions, through tools and activities of participatory action research, citizen participation and the co-creation of public policies. SPECIFIC PHASES AND OBJECTIVES PHASE 1: Participatory Research-Action in Regenerative Development Specific goal: Collect the knowledge, strategies and good practices of youth leaders and community leaders in promoting regenerative development in their rural regions. Activities: · Conduction of participatory research in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Hungary · Collection of good practices and identification of conclusions and recommendations within a report PHASE 2: Creation of a Guide for trainers and a Toolkit for participants Specific goal: Create a guide and didactic material for trainers and a toolkit for youth leaders, community leaders and technicians in regenerative development. Activities: · Preparation of a guide for community catalyst trainers · Preparation of didactic material for the training of community catalysts with a regenerative development focus · Preparation of a toolkit in regenerative development for leaders and technicians PHASE 3: Formations Specific goal: Conduct a series of pioneer training in regenerative development for youth researchers, trainers, youth leaders, community leaders and technicians. Activities: · Training of community researchers (mainly young people) in a transnational formation · Training of trainers in a transnational formation · Pilot training for community catalysts on regenerative development CONTINUOUS PHASE: Communication and Dissemination Specific goal: Share the achievements, results and lessons learned from this project with local and European audiences. Activities: · Create a website for the project · Create teaching capsules on ecological regeneration · Conduct multiplier events in each participating country · Conduct a high profile transnational multiplier event CONTINUOUS PHASE: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for Organizational Learning Specific goal: Ensure organizational learning and continue through participatory monitoring and evaluation activities. Activities: · Participatory monitoring throughout the project · Participatory evaluation at the end of the project REASONS FOR TRANSNATIONALITY Transnationality benefits the CC-REGENERATION project mainly because it fosters co-learning among partners and includes a wider selection of good practices in regenerative development. In addition, it encourages formal and non-formal exchange between participants of the two transnational formations and inspires the creation of projects and networks.