Aventura Marao Clube started to manage the local youth centre/hostel, Casa da Juventude de Amarante (CJ Amarante), a study case project as it was the first private body managing a public equipment in Portugal. CJ Amarante’s initial strategy was to support local youth initiatives to approach youngsters to our values, develop mobility and participation projects and offer accommodation and food services). AMC has recently received the quality label for ESC and Erasmus+ accreditation for Youth (that intends to systematize our performance in terms of mobility of young people and workers in the youth area) with regard to the themes that we defined in our strategy for the next decade: -In the view of SUSTAINABILITY, valuing healthier, sustainable and participatory practices and principles (responding to environmental and climate changes) -Within the scope of GLOBAL EDUCATION, promoting alternative approaches to individual development (personal, social and professional), collective (cooperation, dialogue) and global citizenship based on the values of our mission and activities -Stimulating LOCAL PARTICIPATION, supporting initiatives by young people who want to transform their way of being as producers, consumers, activists or citizens attentive to the decision-making processes and the functioning of democratic life.