Nowadays we face a lot of environmental concerns. The environmental problems like global warming, acid rain, air pollution, waste disposal, ozone layer depletion, water pollution, climate change and many more affect people in every country. Over the last few decades, the exploitation of our planet and the degradation of our environment have gone up at an alarming rate. Consistent, proper education and support of common people and citizens may result in raising their ecological awareness, changing their every-day practice, influence their neighbours, and pressurizing politicians into changing countries’ green policy. The Eco-Active for Planet project aims for inventing and disseminating a new model of eco- and climate adult education which will be focused on enhancing active citizenship for preventing climate changes and protecting the environment. It empowers and equips trainers and other education activists in necessary knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to make citizens active for the planet's wellbeing. The project is to give the set of practical nuggets to professional adult educators and activists for the environment. It also aims at shaping their eco mindest and developing their professional competencies related to environment protection and supporting citizens in being active for Planet on the local level. Regarding all identified needs, the Eco-Active for Planet project’s specific objectives are as follows:- Identifying and describing the basic and advanced environmental competences consisting of knowledge, practical skills, and attitudes that adult learners need as citizens in everyday life to reduce their environmental footprint and have a positive impact on changes in their local societies/ groups- Elaborating the Planet Friendly Educators’ code of practice that will take into account European, national, local cultural aspects and implementing it among project’s partners- Elaborating the manual for trainers and education activists which will guide how to develop the eco competencies among adults learners and enhance civic activism for Planet on an individual and local level.This set of educational nuggets that is to be elaborated for trainers and education activist will focus on taking advantage of any opportunities to provide new environmental competences to adult citizens, to reduce the negative environmental foot-print that every person makes in everyday life.The Eco-Active for Planet will take into consideration following environmental concerns:- Climate change - Global Warming- Increased Carbon Footprint- Pollution of air, water and soil - Deforestation- Loss of Biodiversity- Household and Industrial Waste- Ozone Layer Depletion- Natural Resource Depletion- Acid Rain- Agricultural Pollution- Light and Noise Pollution- Littering and LandfillsPlanned Intellectual outputs: IO1 – Competences for the PlanetIO2 – The Code of Conduct of Education Activists for the PlanetIO3 – Toolkit for trainersIO4 - The Active Citizenship for the Planet manual for education activistsIO5 – “How it works” video-publicationThe project approach is be based on the UNESCO Climate Change Education (CCE) for Sustainable Development program (CCESD), and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The UNESCO Climate Change Education (CCE) for Sustainable Development program (CCESD), aims to help people understand climate change by expanding CCE activities in nonformal education through the media, networking, and partnerships. It is grounded in the holistic approach of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which incorporates crucial sustainable development issues such as climate change, disaster risk reduction, and others into education, in a way that addresses the interdependence of environmental sustainability, economic viability, and social justice. It promotes participatory teaching and learning methods that motivate and empower learners to change their behavior and take action for sustainable development. The program seeks to help people understand the impact of global warming today and increase ‘climate literacy’, and aims to make education a more central part of the international response to climate change. The project aims are also in line with Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, especially with the goals: 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 12. Sustainable Production and Consumption (in the theme of zero waste), 13. Climate Actions and also goal 4. Quality Education

“emPOWERing the informal” is a project that has as main objectives:1.To increase the capacity and professionalism of youth workers in managing informal groups byunderstanding, adapting and implementing of existing EU tools for assessment and development of youth work competence and management competences.2.Mapping existing legal framework and practices that focus on informal groups through research and analysis of the evolution of informal groups as a social movement, aiming to making suggestions at national and international level on how policies can be improved to favor the growth of informal groups and the impact they have upon youngsters and the community they are based in.3.To promote to the public and private sector the missions of informal groups in the youth field and their skills and knowledge acquired by the young people in informal and nonformal contexts, and to favor their implication in the support of youth towards their first and/or stable employment.4.To create working synergies in the process of promoting a more active participation in societybased on collaboration, accepting and encouraging diversity and equal opportunities of youngpeople, promoting active citizenship and a non-discriminatory behavior.In order to reach the objectives mentioned the project proposes several activities among which we mention a few:1. Creating tool that has as a starting point the Council of Europe Youth Work Portfolio and comes insupport of youth workers to manage and involve informal groups in the youth field2. Creating a tool with examples of activities and non formal education and social intervention methods that help youth workers and informal groups to implement activities in their communities3. Developing a Good Practice guide of practices in managing informal groups of people andempowering them to become active citizens4. Developing www.theinformals.com -an online platform for informal groups from all the countries involved.5. Conducting one Research done on defining the informal groups of young people and also inidentifying the existing legal framework that focuses on informal groups.6. Involving 70 young people in activities planned in each partner community with the aim ofpromotion active citizenship, social inclusion, equal rights and non-discrimination 7. Organizing 11 multiplier events in order to promote and disseminate the results and resources build inside the project.8. Organizing 1 Youth Mobility for informal groups and 1 Mobility for Youth WorkersThe expected impact is: (1) a better acknowledgement and recognition of informal groups and the role of youth workers in managing them, (2) a better interaction with local authorities responsible with youth policies, (3) promoting EU good practices in the youth field towards local relevant actors and facilitate a cross-sector collaboration at a national and international level, (4) to improve the efficacy of youth worker’s support tools, and, finally, (5) to enhance the importance of the learning processes and learning outcomes that occur in informal and non formal contexts and have an impact upon the professional development of young people and, therefore, an impact upon the insertion of youth on the labor market.