Companies will need to adapt their business models to respond to a power environment that could be transformed by changes such as decentralised power, technological changes and a very different customer outlook. The objective of the IBM+ project is to design an elaborate a Training Plan to increase the energy sector agents and future professional skills for the identification of new energy market requirements and the definition and implementation of new business models in an agile way, in order to increase the competitiveness of energy enterprises and entrepreneurs. Five participating organisations are involved in the project: ENERGY CLUSTER OF EXTREMADURA, from Spain: It involves all companies and entities of the Energy sector in Extremadura, including some of the main energy companies in Spain (international companies). The Cluster´s associates represent a complete value chain in the different energy subsectors. This entity knows perfectly the situation of this sector and the real market needs that have aroused recently due to the development of new technology, regulations, awareness and social demands. The Cluster will disseminate the project through associates and other energy Clusters in Spain and Europe with whom they collaborate regularly. FUNDECYT-PCTEX, from Spain: This entity will bring to the project its experience in the following fields: - Companies’ needs and training programs (Companies-VETs). - Development and implementation of training e-platforms. - Design and implementation of training programs directed towards entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship. - EU projects, mainly regarding training. - European networks participation. ECQA, from Austria: The ECQA is a non-for-profit association that provides a world-wide unified certification schema for numerous professions. ECQA will implement in the project its methodology for certification and validation of training quality in Europe. UEL, from United Kingdom: UEL design and implement training programs for business modelling and business management. The Centre for Innovation Management and Enterprise of the UEL (CIME) acts as a hub for applied research and also conducts ad hoc consultancy work with a number of organizations through various funded schemes and is lead researcher on a Project on E commerce modelling for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Currently development of business modelling lies at the heart of a good number of UEL projects, including FP7, Interreg IVC and ERDF Projects. AKETH, from Greece. Experts in training methodologies and design of training programs, they have implemented a good number of European and National certified adult training programs in collaboration with professional associations, chambers, NGOs etc. Also AKETH act as an advisor to prospective entrepreneurs and investors enterprises. This entity will bring to the project experience in the development of training materials and training courses, the development of ICT solutions for training courses, Leonardo and Energy EU projects and specific courses for Energy agents. The activities funded under the heading project management include all actions related to the management, coordination and dissemination. They can be summarized as follows: • Project management and coordination actions, formed by tasks such as partners communication management, project coordination, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of project results and development of reports on project progress. • Dissemination and awareness actions, formed by tasks such as dissemination and awareness planning, development of dissemination and awareness material (Newsletters, web content,...), publication of dissemination and awareness material and management of project website. The development of the project is organized on a 36 months basis, with the next main working phases: - Need analysis. - Development of the training contents and e-learning platform. - Testing and validation of training plan. As multiplier events, the next ones are going to be organized during the development of the project in order to disseminate the project outputs: - Event 1: actions for the testing and validation of the training plan and dissemination of outputs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. - Event 2: regional events on each partner region for the dissemination of project results and awareness on project topics. Dissemination of output 1. - Event 3: regional events on each partner region for the dissemination of project results and awareness on project. Dissemination of outputs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. - Event 4: final conference for the presentation of project results. Dissemination of outputs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. For a proper collaboration and communication between partners, 5 transnational project meetings are going to be celebrated during the project progress. Project participants will directly benefit from the exploitation of results, such as the training platform, innovative training contents and plans.