The services of the Painter/Decorator are needed everywhere from homes to public buildings, factories and offices as soon as a construction site is set up. Painting/decorating is an essential and also creative job requiring skills and competences which have to be regularly updated, taking into consideration new techniques, environmentally friendly and safe products. Unfortunately, since the last decade, the sector is experiencing challenges for the future that UNIEP, representing the European Painting Branch of the Construction sector, has recently identified in the lack of young people entering the profession, of quality in education/training and of knowledge of market innovation by contractors and training institutes. These factors contribute to a negative perception of the sector which becomes unattractive for young but also (qualified) adults. Although the trade continues in investing resources for attracting youngsters, the necessity raises to draw the attention to the requalification of adults to ensure the sector’s survival. The recognition of knowledges, skills and competences gained through life and professional experience gives value to what people have learnt and should be used in the career and for further education and training. At this end, validation of non-formal and informal learning is essential. In this context, UPSPaint project objective is the recognition of prior learning of adults, migrants and refugees coming from all sector, to give to the painting trade the people with the right competences to fulfil the labour market needs. The goal is to develop a structured validation system, including methodology, processes, tools, guidelines to trainers to be tested with professionals working in the field.The project partnership (8), benefits from the exceptional complementarity of Painting Contractors Associations, VET Institutes and Companies from 6 countries with specific competences to develop a supportive work with targeted public. The role of the painting companies is essential to provide effective inputs on the needs of the sector and to validate the outcomes of the project. In order to fulfil its scope, UPSPaint will start updating the existing Painter/Varnisher qualification (EQF level 3 and 4) with new techniques environmentally friendly, eco-painting, lost techniques, specific products for different geographical areas. This will serve to design the methodology and the support tools to the validation procedure of non-formal and informal learning. A state of art on the migrants painting labour market integration will be also realised through a survey in Europe in order to map the good practices in the different countries. Research will also be conducted on needs/opportunities on informal learning in the sector to collect information and compare situations for producing the methodology and tools to set up a RPL system adapted to the painter qualification. Finally, to involve teachers/trainers in the implementation of the process, guidelines for them will be designed/validated at European level.The envisaged project’s results are: an Update of the Painter/Varnisher Qualification with digital and greening aspects; a Report on migrants painting labour market integration; a Report on needs on informal learning in the sector; a Scheme on a sectorial validation of non-formal/informal learning for the qualification (methodology, support tools) and Guidelines to teachers and trainers to apply methodology to the validation procedures. The expected impact of UPSPaint will be significant for better matching skills and labour demand, promoting transferability of skills between companies and sector and supporting mobility across the labour market. It will also contribute to fight social exclusion by providing a way for early school leavers, unemployed individuals and other groups at risk, particularly low-skilled adults, to improve their employability. UPSPaint will be the tool for adults either unemployed, unqualified, migrants and refugees to get a recognition of their prior learning and (re)start a career in the Painting sector. The methodology for RPL and the tools for teachers and trainers will have an important effect for the Painting Qualification system as it will be the only recognition system for the sector. The benefits of the results will be on a longer term for relevant stakeholders and society because they will improve the image of the sector, favour social inclusion and reinforce interaction between VET providers, Migrants associations, Companies and National authorities. At local, regional and national level, more persons with recognised qualifications will enhance their geographical and sectorial mobility potential, and companies will get more qualified workers. At European level, the results obtained with the project will be transferred to other UNIEP members countries and will be used as a positive model by other sectors, through UNIEP wide network.