During the project a joint training program will be developed focusing on three main fields: health management within the frame of the European Union; needs for and conditions of trans-border healthcare in the region and health/public health and mental health aspects of the assistance of disadvantaged groups like ethnic minorities and migrants.The workshops, training of trainers’ program and pilot trainings will be equally hosted and run by the staff of two leading academic institutions of the cross-border region. The project also plans the design and delivery of regular and distance learning courses: an optional undergraduate module and a two-semester postgraduate program. Achievements: With the aim of harmonising the health care system on a cross-border level through human resource capacity building, the project focused at designing and delivering regular and distance learning courses covering the fi eld of health management. The developed course focused on the subject of cross-border health-care in accordance with WHO EURO and the European Commission’s new strategy, the health assistance of ethnic minorities and migrants, as well as public health services addressing the new challenging health threats related to migration.