Background, objectives and activities: The Bruges Communiqué on enhanced European Cooperation in Vocation Education and Training 2011-2020 refers to the need that VET provides learners with both specific vocational competences and broader key competences, including transversal competences, that enable them to follow further education and training (within VET or in higher education). The knowledge, skills and competences which people acquire in VET should enable them to manage their career and to play an active role in society. These actions will positively influence in the promotion of equity, social cohesion and active citizenship. According to CEDEFOP (The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training), COMPETENCE is the ability to apply learning outcomes adequately in a defined context (education, work, personal or professional development). It is completed by a comment: ‘competence is not limited to cognitive elements; it also encompasses functional aspects (involving technical skills) as well as interpersonal attributes (social or organisational skills) and ethical values’. The implementation of transversal competences to educational systems is in constant development and brings important benefits. However, these benefits are accompanied by the difficult of the process of assessment by trainers. Based on their own experience, the participants of this project have concluded that the “assessment” of transversal competences is the core issue to be addressed in a competence-based training model. The annual Work Programme adopted by the Commission stress on the need to foster the assessment of transversal skills and promote the take-up of practical entrepreneurial experiences in education, training and youth work. With the main objective to contribute to the EU objectives in this field, the CompAssess project will firstly, establish a European network integrated by recognized organizations that already count with solid basis in the field of transversal competences and have made achievements in assessment methodologies, in order to share best practice experiences in such areas; secondly, the partnership will identify best practice cases in order to proposed assessment methodologies or tools able to be implemented at European level in the VET system; thirdly, it will develop implementation and assessment plans; and finally, the consortium will present new proposals and recommendations about methodologies and tools for competence assessment to education authorities to promote their implementation in the European VET System. The partnership will define a strategy for the establishment and operation of the Network, the best practice cases and definition of methodologies will be carried out through four workshops that will allow the interaction among the partners. Based on the results of the workshops, best practice papers will be drafted, which are crucial for the recommendations for EU policy makers dealing with the VET system. A final event will be held in Spain to present the project outcomes and the establishment of the Network. Participants: The partnership is integrated by universities, VET providers and innovation centers, all of them with vast experience in the implementation of transversal competences: 1. TKNIKA-ES 2. LIBERA UNIVERSITA DI BOLZANO- IT 3. AALBORG UNIVERSITET-DK 4. SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INOVACAO - -PT 5. NORTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE-UK 6. MONDRAGON UNIVERSITY-ES 7. EUC Syd-DK 8. TANGRAM-IT Intellectual outputs: O1) Set up of the Network and Network operational strategy, evaluation and monitoring methodology O2) Reference guide of key resources O3) Best practices cases on the field of competence assessment at EU level O4) Best practices implementation and assessment plan 05) Best practices assessment report, evaluating its impact. 06) New proposals and recommendations about methodologies and tools for competence assessment Target Groups: -VET providers -Pedagogical development centers -Curriculum design responsible teachers -Teachers/trainers -Trainees -VET authorities -Trade organizations EU level: EU policy makers dealing with the VET system All of them will be the future users and beneficiaries of the CompAssess outcomes. Impact: It is important to belong to a consolidated group focus on “assessment of transversal competences” and that such group counts with the support of education authorities. This is the main objective to consolidate the European network. The target groups will count with tools/methodologies of assessment tested and validated at European level, which will be available to be implemented at VET providers. The tools/methodologies proposed by the CompAssess project will represent a direct contribution for the achievement of the objectives of the EU education strategy 2020, and addressed by this call. VET education authorities will count with key recommendations on the field of assessment of transversal competences.