In the EU the following binding targets for 2020 were defined: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% and ensure 20% of renewable energy sources in the EU energy mix; a plan to reduce EU global primary energy use by 20% by 2020.In order to realize these objectives the EU is in need of well trained technical staff. Since 2002 there has been the training for „Assistant for regenerative energy and energy management“. This is a full time school vocational training which is recognized by the KMK (Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic) officially all over Germany. It contains many elements which are also part of the training to become an electrician, but there are of course also very special elements which lead towards future. In view of the development on the labour market also European partners are interested in introducing a comparable vocational training and would like to have Europe wide recognition. Although all systems of vocational training are different, there are comparable requirements for technical staff. All project partners train in the field of electricity and can develop the AIRE training on these grounds. As a basis for a European/internation vocational training we developed standards which are easily transferable and which can be recognized everywhere due to transparent assessment methods. Through the implementation of the transparency instruments of the EU the comparablility is easier and this is a good starting point for mobility and cooperation. The ideal objective was to define a common European AIRE standard which can be applied all over Europe, similar to the European computer driving license, the European entrepreneurship license or EuCoCo.