The article focuses on the Collective Guidance Project (CGP) and its implementation with groups of long-term unemployed adults. The CGP has three main dimensions: action, learning and recognition, and a directionality towards training and work. The results support that the participants develop their empowerment by contributing to their community. They carry out learning and can benefit from the community recognition of their competencies. Transformation of the relation with the self and with the community during CGP can become a driving force for projects promoting social and professional integration.