This project starts from the premise that although there is a demand for labour, there is a skills and qualifications gap in the labour market in the outdoor leisure sector. The project intends to develop and validate an industry specific occupational map, individual job descriptions, an industry functional map for the whole outdoor sector across Europe. It will also sign off a competences framework with technical and non-technical competences for outdoor animators in Europe. Also, it will explore the feasibility for developing a verification process to validate qualifications of professionals – in line with EQF.