The SUPREME project addresses student drop-out issues in VET institutes by setting up a mentoring program and ensuring intensive and continuous cooperation between VETs and SMEs. It's a practical interpretation of several EU and national priorities.The project has an innovative approach to drop-out prevention in VETs. It adopts a direct, practical mentoring approach based on the innovative award winning MentorProgramma Friesland (MPF: www.mentorprogrammafriesland.nl) and adapts/optimises this program with best practise from all partner countries to meet EU needs. Aim of the programme is amongst others development of talents of young people and support of students when necessary.Because of the proven success of the program, it needs to be expanded, optimized and implemented throughout the EU. To be able to implement MPF throughout the EU and to have direct impact on the target group, it is necessary to gain in-dept knowledge of the situation in the partner countries and to adapt the method to the different situations. Aim of SUPREME is to develop the talents of young people and to support them in their career, studies and/or private life, in order to prevent student dropouts in VET. The project will set up pilot sessions with VETs and SMEs in the seven partner countries. It is based on a combination of the best approaches to mentoring from the partner regions and their positive experiences in this field.A practical methodology will be developed that describes the mentor program and how to run it, how to find & bind world of work mentors and how to implement it in long-term strategy of VET institutions.