Estonian NGO Continuous Action partners up with the leading design organization INDEX (Denmark), an inspiring example of youth volunteering–Bakul Foundation (India), and NGO CHILDREN-Nepal to explore together how design thinking can be employed in youth work and social innovation by youth. The main objective of the project is to increase youth participation and cooperation in the youth field in The Baltic Sea region and Southern Asia by building the capacity of young people from marginalized backgrounds and youth organizations to use design thinking and tools in addressing challenges in their communities and empowering them to act as multipliers. Design is seen as a process to develop sustainable solutions to global and local challenges and its results can be products, but also systems, networks, services, projects, businesses, social initiatives etc. Main activities are: training of trainers in ESTONIA, workshop in INDIA, local projects in all partner countries and dissemination of project outcomes. As a result of the project: 5 youth educators trained in Design to Improve Life method and able to act as experts in their countries;28 young people and youth workers have acquired the new skills and the experience of developing solutions in multicultural teams to social issues in a local community in India;They act as multipliers in their own communities, carrying out their projects resulting in at least 12 local project involving at least 360 participants;Project book, website and 6 short documentaries are the products that summarize the method and provide case studies to spread the experience of employing methodology by youth and in context youth work; The capacity and cooperation of organisations is increased, they have acquired new tools to develop and implement projects with greater impact and greater participation. The young people directly involved are empowered and inspired to act as social innovators, initiating change in in their communities and beyond.