The project You(th) Will Be Free aims at improving the quality of youth work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the goal of turning it into a tool for social rehabilitation for young ex-offenders or those at high risk of offending. The project offers them the opportunity to pursue a career as youth workers, thereby facilitating their access to decent job.

The project will focus on three specific objectives:

• Enhancing the specific skills of 24 youth workers from 8 partner associations in psychology, deviance pedagogy, and cultural mediation.
•  Introducing the profession of socio-educational animator, its objectives, career prospects, and the necessary skills and competencies to young ex-offenders or those at high risk of offending in the Mediterranean and MENA regions.
•  Developing a pilot training program for 9 young ex-offenders to become youth workers and role models, empowering them to train other young individuals in a cascading fashion. On a smaller scale, this pilot program will be replicated in all partner countries, involving 30 young people from 8 countries (Italy, Greece, Malta, North Macedonia, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia).