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Background Data published by the European Union through Eurostat in 2020 explained that around 17.6% of the 20-34 years olds in the EU were neither in employment nor in education and training (NEETs). Also based on the OECD Education at a Glance 2021 report shown in 2020, the share of NEET young adults aged 18-24 years old was 15.1% on average across OECD countries. Particularly, during this COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for young people to have and create decent jobs, training and quality education became serious issues. This project is focusing on NEETs development through the lens of a green and circular economy model. The knowledge and skills development about this topic is a necessity to develop among young people to support them in tackling unemployment and low skilled employment rate which can weaken the human capital of the country. Circular economy is economic models where processes are actually cycles rather than linear. Circular economy is designed to produce things that are allowed to be reused through biological or technical processes, broken down into nature or returned to production - like cycles, and actually leaves less waste/discharges to the environment. This type of economic model can be one of the solutions of many aspects like sustainability, environment (i.e: waste management, etc), social, energy, etc. Economy and environment are major challenges which youth are facing nowadays and will face in the future. Green and circular economy models can be identified as a very important topic among the NEETs which can lead to growth and regenerative economic potential. The capacity building about green entrepreneurship and circular economy will be really useful especially for the NEETs to develop and improve their knowledge and skill to create better quality of lives, and as well build new opportunities that can be used to create decent jobs for all. Other than that, this project indirectly will support the European Union Green Deal plans below, as the NEETs will be encouraged to develop ideas and build it into the real business models and opportunities: -Transform economy and communities -Working with nature to protect planet and health -Boosting global climate action Objectives Youth NEETs is the main focus in this project. Their knowledge and skills development are the main concern for today's economy and human resource development. They can be one of the most vulnerable groups especially for today’s climate issues. If we take an example from some of our