NeedThe European Council has repeatedly stressed the key role of education and training for the future growth, long-term competitiveness and social cohesion of the Union. Of key importance in enhancing learners’ employability, entrepreneurial potential and familiarity with the working world are partnerships between education and training institutions and employers. Employers' knowledge and experience can be used to help each individual acquire the knowledge, skills, competences and positive attitude towards work that will support them find a suitable job or start their own business. To develop these competences, schools have called for a more flexible learning environment, such as new pedagogies and cross-curricular approaches to supplement single-subject teaching. The project will target these critical needs: adaptation, development, testing, implementation and dissemination of a new teaching pedagogy for use in the classroom and including the development of materials for use by pupils. The project will also find strategies for stronger cooperation among stakeholders in order to improve students’ skills.Proposed ApproachOne of the most successful methodologies for developing a partnership with industry and promoting creativity, competitiveness, employability and the growth of an entrepreneurial spirit is called ‘Learning by Developing’ (LbD). This methodology has been chosen as it directly addresses the problems of building close ties between education and the workplace and engendering creativity and innovation in both fields. LbD has been applied successfully in HE and this project will adapt it for secondary education. The LbD methodology will be adapted by pedagogic and implementation aspects, and for use across Europe, by addressing cultural, legal and localisation issues. Training courses and webinars will be created for stakeholders in the process of adaptation: teachers, administrators, business and government.