1) CONTEXTUALIZATIONThe COVID-19 pandemic has created new problems, needs and challenges for the population, which intensify when we talk about young people. Increasingly, it is essential that this group - the future of society - is prepared to deal creatively and entrepreneurially with the challenges it faces, namely through the exploration of creative areas of interest.Therefore we have prepared a project based on the concept of “Creative Youth City”, with the intention to transform the city into a space for sharing, empowerment, experimentation and construction through creativity. Thus, through the implementation of different dynamics in different areas of the city, we will promote the creative and entrepreneurial potential of young people and equal opportunities among young people from different contexts.Based on that, the problem that we want to resolve is: lack of development of the creative and entrepreneurial potential of young people and their motivation, which tends to promote their social exclusion and the difficulty of entering the labour market.2) OBJECTIVES- Develop the creative and entrepreneurial potential of young people, as a way of motivating this group and amplifying their voice, inviting the public to pay attention to what young people have to say (through their own creative projects);- Develop a program to support young people to find sources of motivation, to undertake, to get their creative ideas off the ground and to enjoy contexts of application of what they learn at school (namely through the exploration of creative areas);- Promote international and collaborative dialogue about youth, creativity and entrepreneurship, based on the identification and sharing of good practices, for the creation of a methodology based on the concept of “Creative Youth City” throughout Europe.3) PARTICIPANTS3.1) Youth Workers (YW)- Age = or> 18 years;- Experience:-- Working with young people, namely with minorities, migrants and NEET (or other less opportunities);-- In the training of young people;-- In transnational projects;-- In the application of non-formal dynamics (or interest in learning);- Interest and motivation to work on the topics of creativity, social inclusion, youth work, motivation and employability (namely through creative areas) and/or with experience in the areas;- Ability to share, transfer and incorporate knowledge and experiences, practices and diverse (and creative) intervention methods;- Ability to generate the expected results and impacts;- Awareness with the context, problem, needs and defined objectives;- Preferably, in a situation of fewer opportunities (namely economic, geographical and cultural).3.2) Youth- Between 15 and 26 years (transition to adulthood);- Preferably with fewer opportunities (minorities, migrants, NEET, etc.);- With interest in creative areas and motivated to develop their creative and entrepreneurial potential;- With the ability to absorb results and incorporate them into your post-project day-to-day;- With the ability to transfer project results to their peers.4) ACTIVITIESThe number of participants per activity must be defined by organisations based on their capabilities. The activities with a specific number are identified.Planning and Preparation:- Internal meetings;- External meetings;- Transnational meeting (TM) 1 (2 YW);- Preparation.Implementation:- Development of content and materials (DCM);- Virtual cooperation;- Analysis of the State of the Art;- Local diagnosis;- Seminar (3 YW/organisation + 1 trainer);- Local Creative Dynamics (general reference of 15 youngsters);- TM2 (2 YW);- TM3 (2 YW);-Blended Mobility (6 young people/organisation + 1 facilitator);- OI1/2.Monitoring and Evaluation:- DCM;- Monitoring;- Evaluation.Dissemination:- DCM;- Divulgation and communication;- Dissemination and exploitation of results;- Multiplier Events;- Booklet.Closure:- TM4 (2 YW).5) METHODOLOGYThe project will be developed based on the methodology of non-formal education, with informal and formal education being complementarily used.6) RESULTS- Manual Creative Youth City;- Platform Creative Youth City;- Booklet;- Creative projects (developed by young people);- Contents and materials;- Development of learning and 8 key competences, particularly entrepreneurship and creativity.7) MAIN IMPACTS- Implementation of Creative Youth City throughout Europe, through the exploration of the project's Intellectual Outputs;- Improving the prospects of employability, sustainable development and social inclusion of young people, through the development of their creative and entrepreneurial potential and their motivation to explore creative areas;- Promotion of the active role of young people in the city, through the exploitation of their talents and creativity, contributing to agitating the cultural, artistic and creative sector.

The yearly award of European Youth Capital (EYC) provides title holders with an opportunity to not only present their existing initiatives targeted at youth but also an outstanding and utmost crucial platform to improve their programmes and policies for and by young people on various levels. Whilst locally addressing youth-related aspects, municipalities implement the frameworks of mutual European youth policy goals. Thus improving and strengthening a common European youth agenda as well as creating spaces and opportunities for youth participation and enhancing a sense of European, national and local citizenship. IIt is the goal of the project to facilitate the sharing and exchanging of best practices between Youth Capitals to ensure that whilst the title of European Youth Capital is duly transferred from city to city so are the lessons and knowledge associated with it. The basis considered is that, an awareness of the complementary nature of municipal, national and European levels amongst young people allows for a sustainable implementation and understanding of European policy dimensions. The project is specifically targeted at youth workers, leaders of youth NGOs, practitioners working on youth-related programmes within the municipalities as well as local authority representatives, all as the target group identified to be directly involved in the implementation of EYC related programmes as well as the youth agenda and activities of cities. The following objectives are intended to be met: - The exchange of best practices and lessons learned amongst past, present and future European Youth Capitals;- Identifying and analysing successful approaches and projects developed by past European Youth Capitals in order to understand the structures implemented to achieve this and therefore their applicability in other Youth Capitals;- Capacity building of practitioners within the partner cities to strengthen and ensure outstanding outputs and implementation of activities related to the awarded title of European Youth Capital;- Assessing the impact of and current link between activities locally carried out within the framework of the award and youth programmes at national and European level;- Developing a handbook including the outcomes of the knowledge transfer between the Youth Capitals, showcasing strategies and recommended successful practices that will support future title holding cities in the improvement of the quality of their youth programmes.During the project, a training course, a seminar, conference and the mapping of successful strategies and best practice activities will shape the outcome of a manual of best practices whilst building capacities of participants and partner organisations. These concrete outputs will serve as a support for the improvement of the quality of EYC youth activities and enable efficient achievement of positive and sustainable programmes. Also, municipalities interested in applying for the EYC award, through the documented outcomes of the project, have the opportunity to review methodologies that have proven successful and understand processes that have been optimised by past EYCs. Reducing the hurdle for municipalities to prepare themselves for an application and ensuring that the quality of outcomes continues to improve. The project will have an impact on over 5000 individuals and its outputs (e.g. manual of best practices) on even more. There will be an impact on the awareness amongst young people of the European dimension and its role and home on local level youth policies which will in turn lead to a society of young people aware of the meaning and outcomes of their European citizenship as well as their role at their local level.

The project of partnership between 6 organizations from Poland Portugal, Belgium, Romania, Slovenia and Macedonia consists in collecting and exchange of best practices of municipalities to make their cities youth friendly. In the project partners are reaching out to municipalities in their regions and countries to examine various dimensions of youth friendliness. Partners will collect detailed knowledge, hands-on examples, implementation methods and strategies of those municipalities to support those various dimensions of youth friendliness. Collected best practices we plan to exchange during 1 learning mobility (for youth workers and municipality representatives) and put together in a publication to be delivered to a network of municipalities in our countries. At the end of the project we plan to put together various criteria for municipalities of how they can become more youth friendly.The project will impact concrete municipalities engaged in the process, as well as partners and networks. Ina longer run we plan to continue a mission of supporting municipalities in transition to youth friendly cities. Aims of the project thereby are:1) To collect best practices of friendly youth cities implementation in various dimensions, e.g infrastructure, youth participation and co-management, education and youth opportunities, youth rights protection. health and information, as inspirations and incentives for youth policy making at a local level,2) To bring together youth workers, young people and decision-makers from our municipalities to initiate debate stimulating political decision making in the field of youth friendly cities.3) To stimulate urban development with the special focus on youth and enagage young people into urban planning.The project is directed to municipalities, youth workers and civil society actors from our regions (min. 20 actors), as well as young people - final beneficiary of youth friendly cities. assessed impact will embrace minimum 200 public officers and municipality employers and over 20 000 young people living in targeted municipalities. The project structure will consist of 2 transnational project meetings and 1 training course for staff on implementation methods of collected best practices, as well as research at a national level identifying best practices. The product of this project will be a publication collecting all best practices together with recommendations on their implementation.

<< Background >>We believe that the topics of youth and cities are connected organically as the concern of urban areas for their young generation is basically about the future of that urban area in 20-30 years. So, shaping cities today together with young people will stay at the core of the future of that same city in the long-term future.We aim to put youth volunteering at the epicentre of urban resilience and long-term urban development based on equity, participation and shared vision by creating and delivering an urban transformation process made of a theory framework, practical tools and digitally integrated volunteer management mechanism regarding the active civic engagement of young people in urban life through volunteering.THE NEXT CRISISThe coronavirus crisis will change our lives for good. Although countries were the ones to respond to this threat firsts, there are two main complementary directions unfolding. First, the European Union emerged as an actor being able to mitigate this huge health and economic threat. At the same time, cities and local communities emerged as key catalysts in taking care of the most vulnerable and in finding local solutions to local challenges. Urban volunteering for urgent causes effectively spiked. During 2020, a broad survey was conducted in several European cities. Over 7,700 young people provided insights and answers on how they perceive the crisis. Besides the fact that their sense of happiness decreased by an average of 2.6 points from a 10-point scale, young people provided feedbacks such as how broken their social interaction became.Active community participation through volunteering is a strong way forward in getting through this crisis. It brings young people out of lethargy and it rebuilds the social fabric in urban settlements and their metropolitan surroundings.WHY VOLUNTEERING?Among answers provided by young people, a large majority underlines the willingness to be part of community activities, but they do not know what exactly to do. They are looking for opportunities. On the other hand, while there is no detailed information from each city, the LEAP study (leapcluj.ro) conducted during 2020 in Cluj mapped over 720 stakeholders of all kinds who provide services and opportunities for involvement for young people. Hence, we believe there is a disconnect between the offer (young people and their free time) and demand (organisations who are looking to involve young people).EXISTING MODELSEven before the COVID-19 crisis, the overall concept of the project took birth already during a preparatory meeting which took place in Novi Sad in December 2019. During the meeting, our hosts presented their local NVS volunteering system which was put in place for their OPENS 2019 European Youth Capital programme. NVS was considered as one of the best practices of the programme, however, local coordinators highlighted the need to make it more professional and to enhance it with the use of digital technologies which could make the user experience and management much easier. Those who attended the meeting agreed to take this initiative further and agreed to align efforts in developing a strategic cooperation in the Balkans as the social fabric in this region is relatively similar.SOLUTION – A DOUBLE SIDED PLATFORMAnalysing models and tools for value proposition planning, we identified that the model we need to create is one of a double-sided platform, a tool and framework which connects young people who aim to do volunteering and providers of volunteering opportunities. YouVol 21 as a concept was identified as a tool which would be able to provide a broader approach to volunteering where all actors could be supported to find the best opportunities for volunteering and volunteer hosting while being empowered in having a better learning experience with the support of an integrated validation and certification mechanism.<< Objectives >>GOAL AND OBJECTIVESWe aim to put youth volunteering at the epicentre of urban resilience and long-term urban development based on equity, participation and shared vision by creating and delivering an urban transformation process made of a theory framework, practical tools and digitally integrated volunteer management mechanism regarding the active civic engagement of young people in urban life through volunteering.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES* SO1: to enhance the work of 7 cities South-European cities in supporting volunteering as a key tool for enhancing the solidarity of citizens in a European spirit,* SO2: to empower over 10,000 young urban citizens and 350 organisational stakeholders in being an active part of their communities and in assuming a non-material contribution to social interactions and community development, capping over 100,000 volunteer hours before the conclusion of this project,* SO3: to develop a scalable model of urban youth volunteer management (white paper, delivery tools, support platform model, 7 delivered functional platforms and actions),* SOD (organisational development): to create a working cooperation platform and network of 7 starting cities in the field of volunteering, a platform which can be enhanced later in further domains concerning youth, too.<< Implementation >>MANAGEMENT SERVING THE OVERALL PURPOSE ON SHORT-TERMThe overall management structures within the coordination organisation and partners, completed by the cooperation and co-creation mechanisms serve breaking down overall objectives and achievable results at the level of each activity as an intermediate step towards these outcomes. PROJECT MANAGEMENT MEETINGS SERVING THE INNOVATION PROCESSWe are planning 7 project meetings, each taking part in a different partner hosting city. They mark key moments which are closely related to the timing of delivering intellectual outputs. M1 and M7 are opening and closing meetings, M3 and M5 are transition meetings between intellectual outputs connected to multiplier events, while M2, M4 and M6 are progress monitoring meetings at half-way point in delivering intellectual outputs. M2, M4 and M6 are also connected to capacity building learning activities. INTELLECTUAL WORK DELIVERING CONTENTEvery activity evolves around delivering 3 intellectual outputs in the project. Each output is built around key stages of the Design Thinking method. EMPATHISE and DEFINE (O1) takes inspiration from existing models of cities and existing volunteering frameworks such as P.A.V.E. The second one focuses on creating an integrated framework and platform (dubbed YouVol 21 for now as a working name) through a creative process focusing on the IDEATE and PROTOYPE stages of Design Thinking, while the third output takes Design Thinking further, creating seven practical adaptations of the framework and platform at local level (TEST and IMPLEMENT).LEARNING ACTIVITIES SERVING INTELLECTUAL WORK AND OUTPUTSEach learning activity serves one intellectual output. C1 supports the capacity building and co-creation of and with key stakeholders from each partner city (municipality, youth sector and youth support sector) within O1, starting from the current situation in the 6 partnering cities regarding volunteering, C2 supports the creative process within O2 involving the same stakeholders creating a strong ownership in the results of this output, while C3 serves the practical deployment of the new urban youth volunteering framework and platform with the support of local Connectors, who are trained during this learning activity.MULTIPLIER ACTIVITIES SERVING DISSEMINATIONMultiplier events are foreseen at the end of delivering each intellectual output. The third event will refer to present not just the results of the last output, but also preliminary results of previous outputs. The size of the third event is planned to be bigger than the events happening during the intermediate phases of the project. Additional multiplier actions at local level will enhance the visibility of the project and the awareness about achieved results and the practical utility of the innovation process.MONITORING AND EVALUATIONMonitoring will be conducted by the management team of the coordinating and partner organisations based on a set of key indicators while conducting management actions, too. Evaluation will be conducted by a layman, an expert contracted from exceptional costs who will deliver 2 interim and one final report capturing on how the work of partners made results possible and how achieved results are relating to original plans, assumptions and forecasts.DISSEMINATION SERVING THE OVERALL PURPOSE ON LONG-TERMA wide range of dissemination activities is foreseen for the final 3 months of the project targeting a wide range of stakeholders from local, national and European level.INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABILITYAll these actions and measures will be reinserted into the DNA of the 6 urban youth ecosystems. Additionally, the coordinator will integrate the acquired expertise in its work within the Citizen Y Resource Centre, an institution which will provide availability and accessibility to the projects outputs and will work on maximising the medium and long-term impact of results on European level.<< Results >>We achieve the deployment of 6 new urban youth volunteering integrated mechanisms based on which we understand the working mechanisms of the newly developed framework in practice, too, capturing value.We connect 6 South-East European cities in co-creating a working urban youth volunteering mechanism enhanced by an overall philosophy, methodology and tools.We involve over 10,000 young urban citizens and 350 stakeholders in consulting and co-creating the new urban youth volunteering mechanism and platform.We improve the learning, acting and feeling perception of young people by 15% (measured through levels of satisfaction measures by ratings) and their perception about connectivity, access to resources and integration in the community through the activity of institutional stakeholders.We cap the first 100k volunteering hours organised and monitored through the newly deployed urban youth volunteering mechanism.We involve over 1000 young people with fewer opportunities in the consultation and co-creation process and in the first stage deployment of new urban youth volunteering mechanisms.We develop, consolidate and validate the YouVol 21 philosophy which builds on two key target groups and six key components: ME (the volunteer) through learning, acting and feeling and US (the ecosystem) through connecting, supporting and integrating. We create a complete framework made of 6 elements (concept, white paper, tools, platform, quality label, pool of connectors) combining theory (philosophy), practical tools and digital integration and management through which all actors of youth volunteering can interact.We demonstrate how the model can be adapted to practice by deploying new urban youth volunteering mechanisms and capturing their value through 6 practical study cases.We create the conditions for other European cities to adopt, adapt and implement similar local urban youth volunteering networks (scaling and multiplying) while becoming youth volunteering friendly cities (quality label).The network of initial 6 cities will provide the conditions for further improvement of cooperation between them in the South-East European region with the possibility to extend this cooperation further.A newly developed expertise and methodology regarding urban youth volunteering mechanisms will be added to the work and resources of the Citizen Y Resource Centre, which will provide a sustainability regarding the availability of services and solutions.The coordinating city of Cluj-Napoca will define its strategy for applying for the European Volunteering Capital title of 2025, as a way to achieve further performances in the field of volunteering.PRODUCT INNOVATION: We develop a full framework based on 6 systemic elements (concept, white paper, tools, platform, quality label, pool of connectors) with the help of which urban areas can develop local youth volunteering mechanism and can cap an additional pool of human resources in serving the needs and shared future of the community.PROCESS INNOVATION: We innovate how a young person can engage in volunteering while gaining practical skills and enhancing a sense of belonging to a local and to the European community.We innovate how cities empower and support youth volunteering efforts on local level, connecting relevant actors and integrating efforts in policies and strategies serving a shared vision of the future.POSITION INNOVATION: We put volunteering at the core of integrating young people in developing a shared future of a city while sharing common values, enforcing civic engagement and participation.PARADIGM INNOVATION: We shift the perception on how human resources of a city can serve the co-creation of the future without financial resources (money) or material transactions while serving societal needs.

<< Background >>THE CHALLENGEHUMANS“In learning processes, as machines become better at rote tasks, humans will need to focus on the skills that remain unique to them: creativity, collaboration, communication and problem-solving” - Karen Hao (Taught by AI) CURRENT PERFORMANCEWe believe our project is closely linked to the ability of young people for critical thinking and connecting theory with practice. With its format and MO, INNOVATORY aims to tackle the reversal of this trend through creativity, collaboration and communication which develop skills of young people that allow their performance to improve in the key. Students from Romania, Portugal, Serbia, Greece and Slovenia are on a descendent trend in the PISA 2018 tests compared to both 2015 and 2012 results, Lithuania being the only exception to this scenario. Most of the countries are being classified as level 2 in all three domains.(see detailed PISA performance in the 6 partner countries attached)Complementary, data showed youth aged 15-17 wish they were also equipped with life skills and better training of their teachers in order to transversally help in developing these skills. The consulted stakeholders shared this view, along with the impression that schools are not equipped with the proper methods and tools to stimulate creativity and critical thinking. (LEAP Cluj 2020)SKILLS, TODAY AND TOMORROWDebates regarding the future of work resound through society in the light of the emerging AI or what knowledge will be valid in one or two decades. However, there is no debate on the fact that critical thinking, ability to work in teams, problem-solving skills, creativity and new ways of applied learning won’t lose their relevance and utility.CRISIS AND RESILIENCEResilience was already becoming a theme of interest for urban areas, and the COVID-19 pandemic provided an additional argument. Communities around the world need to adapt, find new ways of dealing with crises and provide solutions to capital challenges. While the focus now is on short term solutions, the long-term sustainability through resilience lies in a widespread of skills through which crises can be managed. And this perspective starts with today’s teenagers as the key decision-making generation.<< Objectives >>GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND TARGET GROUPSWe aim to create European Innovatory, a European movement of 840 high-school pupils, 70 teachers, 50 experts and decision-makers involved in a creative and collaborative learning process identifying needs and problems in society and providing creative solutions on local and European level based on the method of Design Thinking until 2024.We aim for:• involving high-school pupils (aged 14-18) and their teachers from 7 urban areas in developing their critical thinking, creative and problem-solving skills and proactive attitude in a creative and collaborative environment, in a safe space where they can try themselves out while receiving proactive feedback while also improving teacher-pupil working relationships through the creation of 210 creative teams,• developing a creative way of promoting the creative and proactive problem-solving potential of young people towards local stakeholders and decision-makers involved in urban development locally, and overall community development at European level,• creating a Europe-wide proactive scalable learning movement based on social innovation and Design Thinking as key aspects of building individual and community resilience leading to a sustainable transformation in society, involving 840 pupils, 70 teachers and additional 150 experts, mentors and stakeholders,• creating sustainable cooperation, management and decision-making platform involving 7 starting cities and 10 additional European stakeholders aiming to take care of the results of the project including its consolidation as a European programme and movement and a scalable model in Europe and the world.<< Implementation >>A1 General management – full project periodProvides the general management activities and the monitoring of the progress. It also refers to organisational costs of the coordinator and each partner (office costs, stationary, partial salaries of administrative personnel, delegations and trips for the dissemination of the project in the country and abroad).Coordinator: project coordinatorA2 Accounting – full project periodFilling and financial management, according to the clauses of the financial agreement and its annexes.C: accountant/partner, supervised by the financial coordinatorA3 Project launch communication – 1st monthA special activity focusing on announcing the start of the project (objectives, timeframe and expected results), in 7 languages for enhanced acces. C: communication coordinator with partner coordinatorsA4 Dissemination on O1 and the launch of Local Innovatory actions – 6th monthWhen concluding O1, we will conduct a detailed, mostly institutional campaign, presenting the overall framework and next steps, aiming to raise interest towards the process, including local and European action. The public call for teachers will be launched.A5 Intermediate evaluation 1 – 8th monthIntermediate evaluation is conducted before and during the 3rd project meeting and it sums up activities and performance for the first 6 months, especially concerning the creation of O1 and the selection of teachers for the second output. The intermediate evaluation is conducted by a layman involved in the project.A6 Dissemination on O2 – 11th monthE1-E7 (happening simultaneously) are concluded with the dissemination of O2. We will address a wide range of audience and will focus on the simultaneity of the processes and the 200+ generated solutions by the teams. C: communication coordinatorA7 Intermediate evaluation 2 – 12th monthIntermediate evaluation is prepared during the 4th project meeting and it sums up activities and performance, especially concerning the creation of O2. It is done jointly by all partners. C: project coordinatorA8 Dissemination on O3 – 20th monthDissemination of O3 occurs in connection with the European SpeakOut Day and comes as a completion to the third multiplier event of the project, to be held in Cluj-Napoca, city hosting the overall project coordination. The dissemination uses a set of tools and targets a wide range of audiences, as it is presented in the special section dedicated to dissemination activities. C: communication coordinatorA9 Institutional dissemination – 21-23rd monthThis dissemination activity will focus on presenting all intellectual outputs and other results of the project through institutional channels. In this process, we will use institutional e-mail communication, but the management team will also organise a dissemination tour to Brussels and Strasbourg in order to meet key stakeholders. Visits to our associated partners will also be deployed during the last three months of the project.A10 Final evaluation and sustainability planning – 23rd monthFinal evaluation is conducted during and after the last project meeting. We will use the reporting period to enable a broad debriefing among partners and to plan future action and scaling of project results. Final evaluation also sets conditions for impact monitoring and draws up a sustainability plan for the results of the project.A11 Final communication on the project and results – 23rd monthA summary communication of the project’s results is published which provides a summary of all outputs and outcomes and it also reflects on the impact, continuation of the project and the sustainability of results. This communication will be done mostly through online tools on the internet, through e-mail and social networks.<< Results >>CAUSES OF THE CHALLENGELACK OF SOFT SKILL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLSIf one takes a glance at a weekly class schedule of European pupil in the countries involved in this project, it is shocking how any soft skills curricula is missing. Although these skills can be gained through involvement in non-formal learning activities, the burden of a school programme hardly allows a real chance in acquiring these skills without impacting one’s grades. OLD WAYS OF TEACHINGTeaching knowledge is still a mostly one-way process while validation is done with grades based on reproducing memorised information. However, the growing number of teachers trying to bring additional non-formal methods into their work is an opening. OPPORTUNITY IN DIGITAL, FOCUS ON HUMAN SKILLSAs Karen Hao expresses it quite simply, no matter of advance in technology, humans will need creativity, collaboration, communication and problem-solving skills. As Internet is relatively cheap and accessible, quality is good, there is an opportunity to deploy creative learning and collaboration processes supported by up-to-date digital solutions. There is a real opening for enabling a creative and collaborative environment focusing on problem-solving and enabling communication towards stakeholders.We aim to achieve the following results:AT OUTPUT LEVEL* the creation of an overall European Innovatory Framework comprising of an overarching context, a resolution on the needs of skills development, an open methodology for implementation at local level, an open platform supporting overall awareness, dissemination and enabling, recording and tracking of cooperation between teachers, young people, mentors and stakeholders,* the delivery of 7 Local Innovatory actions resulting in the creation of a total of 210 creative solutions developed by young people to problems and needs in their surrounding and society in general,* the delivery of 14 innovative solutions developed by young people, improved to the level of business cases ready for implementation on European level,* the formation of 210 working teams in which high-school pupils and teachers work together in developing their skills and competencies through Design Thinking,* the formation of Local Innovatory support networks involving teachers, stakeholders, decision-makers, their working ways being captured in 7 specific city-level study cases,AT OUTCOME LEVEL* 840 young people involved through 210 teams in innovative ways of developing skills and competencies regarding creativity, problem-solving, collaboration and communication,* (at least) 84 young people from fewer opportunities provided with an equal chance of developing they skills and competencies in a similar way to their peers involved in Innovatory,* 70 teachers with developed skills and competencies regarding creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, communication and facilitation involved in a pool of teachers supporting the skill development of young people, organised in local networks but also as part of a European movement,* 150 experts, mentors and coordinators are involved in supporting teachers and pupils themselves in developing new ways of collaboration in education processes aiming to develop skills and competencies of young people,* 7 local networks of stakeholders are created in support of young people’s skills development.* sustainability conditions are met for the continuation of the 7 initial Local Innovatory processes from 2024 on,* 30 more cities express their intent to adapt and deliver Local Innovatory starting from 2024.* a European Innovatory model and open movement is created for the support of skills development, able to extend and involve other cities and their local communities,* an enhanced cooperation of cities in the framework of the Network of European Youth Capitals and including a renewed commitment considering youth as a key priority in shaping the future of these cities in the long term.