The project New Horizons aimed at addressing the needs of a relative large and heterogeneous target group - people who have acquired disability after an accident or illness which affected severely their personal and professional life. While a comprehensive quantitative analysis of employment situation of people with various types of disabilities has been published by Eurostat in 2015, the qualitative analysis of the concrete needs of people who have lost their job or are at risk of losing it due to some accident or long-standing illness, are still insufficient.One of the main aims of the current project was to explore in details the challenges this broad target group is facing in the process of re-integration in the labour market and society as whole. This was the preparation part of the elaboration of a customised training programme for career counselling counsellors of people with acquired disabilities. The programme was first piloted with a small group of experienced adult trainers/career counsellors at EU level and then disseminated with broader groups of adult educators/counsellors/social workers at national level. The training programme was also accompanied by a Career counselling manual which described the holistic methodology of the counselling process following the principles of the existential counselling - focusing first on fostering the self-awareness, self-esteem and self-motivation of people with disabilities, and thus enhancing their career perspectives, improving their employability skills and empowering them for full participation in the society.The Empower yourself career kit summarised at the end in a visual way the most important steps of the programme, with concrete activities, advises and motivational stories for the long-term unemployed people with disabilities. Mutual exchange of experience, ideas and support was made possible through the Online Social Tool which was evaluated as a very useful and well-structured e-learning platform.Another innovative element of the New Horizons project concept was the possibility for assessment and validation of concrete skills and competences acquired by the counsellors in the course of the implementation of the New Horizons Career Counselling Programme which aimed at fostering their personal and professional development.Last, but not least, the project results will presented and discussed with relevant stakeholders as ministries, agencies, employers, NGO’s working with people with disabilities within the frame of round tables in each partner country in order to raise awareness about the needs and the potential of this disadvantaged target group.The direct target groups which took part in the the project training activities and outputs are 110 trainers and counsellors in the participating partner countries, who are working actively with unemployed people with different (physical or mental) disabilities acquired after an accident or a long-standing illness. The indirect target groups which were reached through the various training and dissemination events as well as through the partner networks reached beyond 500 at international level.The New Horizons Methodology, that was applied in the current project, has the following key values:• Holistic approach closely following the principles of the existential counselling which starts with exploring and understanding the context and specific needs of the counselled person before defining together the concrete steps and measures about personal and career development. • Involvement of all partners and distribution of tasks corresponding to the concrete areas of expertise of each partner• Orientation towards Competence Oriented Learning in the development and implementation of all educational and training materials• Promotion of Validation of Formal and Informal Learning for all target groups and final beneficiaries • Impact on EU level: Project management and training/research experts in each partner country Beside the long-term impact on unemployed people with acquired disabilities, other directly linked target group also could benefit from the project results in the short- and long run:• Career counsellors and adult trainers experienced in working with disadvantaged groups• Patients’ associations and other NGOs who support people with varies types of disabilities • Health and psychological staff in hospitals/rehabilitation centers.For a widespread impact of New Horizons project outputs, awareness raising among the following stakeholders as well as closer cooperation between them were fostered in the short and long run:• HR-Managers and Managing Directors of companies that are socially responsible• Policy makers such as ministries (Labour and Social Affairs, Health), agencies such as Agency for Social Assistance, etc.• Labour market authorities such as Employment Agencies, Job centers etc.• General Public