REASON FOR THE PROJECT AND IMPACT: The idea for this project, submitted to the Erasmus+ National Agency in the UK, arises fromthe fact that there is a lack of qualified personnel on the car body repair sector. Following a report from Boston Consulting Group,"The European Aftermarket Landscape", which says that "the total market volume for the five analyzed focus markets (Germany,France, Great Britain, Spain and Poland) is approximately 115 billion euros", it is easy to understand the dimension of the impact weare hoping to achieve with CARBOREP. From that very same report, it is worth mentioning that "The introduction of new vehiclematerials such as aluminium, carbon and UV paint require special tools, instruments and increased training requirements as well."Once more, it is clear the need for the ECBRT professional; this calls for a harmonized training solution for all the personnel workingin this sector: the European Car Body Repair Technician.AIMS & OBJECTIVES: The project aims at avoiding the skills mismatch of the employers of companies involved in car body repairprocesses. This will be done by developing an harmonized training course of personnel involved in this activity, focusing on largeenterprises and SMEs in different European countries, and to create the European Car Body Repair Technician curriculum, associatedtraining materials and examination scheme.CONSORTIUM: The consortium is constituted by 4 partners. TWI will act as Project Coordinator, in direct contact with theNational Agency from the UK. EWF is the European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting, with a Training and Qualificationnetwork covering 31 member countries that will be essential in the implementation and dissemination of CARBOREP results. Theremaining partners are the welding and quality institutes of the UK (TWI), Portugal (ISQ), and Spain (CESOL), which have strongknowledge and expertise in training and qualification at a sector-based level.OUTCOMES: The objectives will be achieved through the creation of a harmonized curriculum for the training of personnelinvolved in car body repair. For this purpose, at the start of the project, an analysis will be carried out in order to understand thespecific requirements in terms of qualifications in different countries and in different industries. This will allow the development ofan harmonized European training curriculum.