Annex attached: Full Promote WBL final report.European challenges need to be tackled with a European approach with expertise from different stakeholders of different countries, with different expertise in WBL. Our collective objectives have been:•To promote entrepreneurship skills in VET to help students maximise their learning experience and increase their employability•To provide training opportunities and tools for teachers to promote effective WBL and prepare their students for it•To promote effective WBL in Europe, focussing on apprenticeships and WBL stimulating entrepreneurship •To foster a tradition of communication and enhance collaboration between key players in WBL (Vet providers, learners, business mentors, businesses in general, social partners) Partners: Creative Alliance from the UK are a training company that specialises in work-based learning and apprenticeships and so provided expertise in terms of content. Cognita from Croatia are a e-learning / on-line learning company and provided expertise in course design & construction. Innogate from Spain are an intermediary body that provided expertise in terms of project management and how to best deliver the Intellectual Outputs. MateraHub from Italy are an entrepreneurship development agency and provided expertise in the content & approach towards the core entrepreneurship training that ran through the whole programme. SEGE from Greece are a social enterprise. Syntea from Poland are a specialist ICT training company and provided specialist support in the design of learning resources. EfVET from Belgium are the European Forum for Technical and Vocational Education and Training and provided specialist support in terms of dissemination. Activities undertaken: production of 7 intellectual outputs(handbooks, website, e-learning platform, peer to peer learning groups, reports), 2 multiplier events, 1 training event, 4 transnational meetings, monthly steering committee meetings and extensive project management and dissemination. Impacts: From internal minor meetings to the successful multiplier event in the UK & the far-reaching dissemination of the project - promotion of effective WBL has been key. The LinkedIn is a space where case studies, best practice & latest news/articles are shared and discussed. The Promote WBL project has used its collaborative voice to spread the benefits of work-based learning to a broad range of connections directly resulting in employers engaging with new learners. The support manual for VET Teachers is for those VET teachers who carry out / are interested in carrying out entrepreneurship education. Alongside all contents of the online training course, it contributes to achieving the project’s objective, that is to “promote effective WBL in Europe, focusing on apprenticeships and WBL that stimulates entrepreneurship” by providing specific support to VET teachers. The manual is to function as a support and information tool that is complementary to the training course for the VET teachers involved in the support and promotion of WBL. The manual is integrated into IO4 and serves as a tool for the VET teachers to apply their skills by helping their students and by engaging in collaborations with business partners for WBL. The manual provides VET teachers with a set of tools and guidelines on how to create success stories to promote WBL; extra resources and links to support WBL; tips, hints and tricks for effective communication with businesses and students; additional information (such as on-going events of interest to them or their students); case studies / further readings; information on external support and events that can contribute to effective matchmaking between students and companies. The notion of ‘improving VET teachers’ skills to act as catalysers’ has been interrogated by the project and systems developed to find new, better ways. VET is such an integral aspect of the educational system enabling people to be trained for work, it also begins to improve other aspects of our society such as social inclusion. VET teachers need to balance a knowledge and experience of the industries they specialise in whilst also developing their own teaching skills to manage learner needs and teaching environments. This project has created a community of VET teaching providers – like the LinkedIn group and the social media platforms. In creating a space for shared experiences and best practise, these passionate professionals can work together – beyond the boundaries of borders – to achieve the best. In order to act as effective catalysts, VET providers need to know that they can access the tools and resources to support them in the work that they undertake – all of the outputs created by this project seek to act as foundations for our VET providers, to support them and be points of reference to call upon as needed. They are there to provide insight and confidence, and a confident catalyst is an effective catalyst.