"A circular economy is a sustainable economic model in which the usefulness of products and materials is sought to be maintained for as long as possible. This means that, unlike alinear economy, where the flow of raw materials is unidirectional, the materials that would become waste at the end of the process are sorted and, if possible, reused in other process(EC, 2020).According to projections of current trends, our energy consumption (biomass, fossil fuels, etc.) is expected to double in 2040, with the result that waste can increase by as much as70% by 2050. To prevent the black scenario, the European Commission has drafted a Green Deal. The European Green Deal is a strategic priority first outlined in the politicalguidelines of Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. On 11 December 2019, the Commission presented a communication on the European Green Deal that sets out a detailedvision to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, safeguard biodiversity, establish a circular economy and eliminate pollution, while boosting the competitiveness ofEuropean industry and ensuring a just transition for the regions and workers affected. The project aims at promoting and raising the awareness of youth and youth supportorganizations across EU countries about circular economy fundamentals and zero-waste economy thinking building the circular economy youth networks in project countries. At thecurrent stage circular economy is just becoming a ""buzz"" word in Latvia, Portugal, Slovenia and Italy and young people are keen to follow zero-waste philosophy in sorting trash,changing purchasing habits and recycling, reusing and reducing waste. Zero-waste trend is having actually a good ground for building society thinking about circular economy as basisfor environmental change.By activation of youth and youth support organizations internationally this project will help to open new thinking paradigm nationally and internationally thatwould be beneficial to local communities in partner countries. International dimension will help participating organizations and youth to learn international experience in circulareconomy."

There is growing evidence that health and education are closely linked and influence other parameters such as poverty and income levels. It is known that education has the power to improve not only prosperity, but it has a huge effect on health outcomes. Despite the immense benefits, health literacy remains a challenge for the European public health. Research findings refer that more than a third of the EU population face difficulties in finding, understanding, evaluating and using information to manage their health (Sørensen et al., 2015). It is also important to emphasise that nowadays, the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading around the world. Health literacy must carry a significant impact during this pandemic in order to combat the faster spread of the virus. Considering these global pandemic developments, one of the main challenges is to provide appropriate healthcare and education to migrants and refugees throughout Europe. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warns that the new wave of refugees arriving in Europe are living with very poor sanitary conditions, which are especially vulnerable to the pandemic. Therefore, difficult access to education and health literacy make this population extremely vulnerable. UNESCO recommends that education for health literacy should be learned in the same way as all other fields, both in formal and non-formal learning environments. Just as youngsters learn social habits that will enable them to face problems on their communities’ daily life, they must also learn and acquire the knowledge and habits of health that will enable them to achieve the highest possible degree of physical, mental and social health (Sanmarti, 1988). Health Literacy is a powerful strategy to contribute to the improvement of the population’s well-being, promoting citizenship in health, making people more autonomous and responsible for their own health and of those who depend on them and their community.For this reason, Health Without Borders project is to improve health literacy skills in young migrants, refugees and marginalised youngsters in an embedded learning perspective, while promoting a set of socio educational innovative approaches for front-line youth workers to raise awareness with young migrants and refugees about the importance of health literacy in their daily lives. Target-groups are:a) Young migrants, refugees and marginalised young people;b) Youth workers, social work specialists and non-formal educators.The key actions to achieve the aims of the project are:- Develop an innovative user-friendly Health Literacy Toolkit of Resources (IO1), which aims to foster Health Literacy skills, competences and attitudes by facilitating the access to audiovisual health information and improve their availability, while providing embedded learning opportunities. The main topics of the Health Literacy Toolkit of Resources are: (1) Digital Health Information & Social Media; and (2) Health Communication in Health Care Services, which will be embedded with (a) Multilingualism, (b) Science, technology, engineering e mathematics, and (c) cultural awareness. The resources will be built on Comics, Video Storytelling and Infographics.- Develop a front-line In-Service Training Programme (IO2) which aims to (a) present the educational resources on health literacy developed in the project; (b) better understand the principles of health literacy; (c) understand the importance of a cohesive communication strategy while working on health literacy with marginalised youth; (c) understand the principles and benefits of embedded learning environments with youth; (d) understand the principles and benefits of using comics, storytelling and gamification strategies while working with marginalised youth. - Develop a user-friendly Online Portal (IO3), aiming to (a) enable the access to all educational materials of the project in bite-sized units, according to the target-group learning needs, (b) establish a Health Literacy Repository, which will selectively disseminate projects and instruments that configure good practices in health education and literacy in the countries of the consortium; (c) facilitate peer-to-peer learning through a collaborative platform.-100 young migrants, refugees and marginalised youngsters will fully use the Health Literacy Toolkit of Resources (IO1);- 50 youth workers, social work professionals and/or non-formal educators will complete the In-Service Training (IO2)- 10 youth workers, social work professionals and/or non-formal educators will complete the short-term joint staff training event in Romania;- 20 representatives from the education and health field will be involved in the Local Working Groups;- 200 representatives from the main target-groups will attend and participate in Health Without Borders Workshops;- A minimum of 200 representatives from the main target-groups will be registered in the Online Portal.