1.A professional Technology programme (DUT equivalent to BSc) conforming to the first cycle of LMD established in Aeronautical Maintenance (Options: Airframes & Engines and Avionics) established for the first time in Lebanon.2.Six Flexible Learning Centers set up in the Middle East under the control of UOB to deliver certification courses in Aeronautical Maintenance to the aeronautical sector.3.An intelligent web-based system established permitting interactive distance learning of PART-66 modules.4. UOB certified by EASA as a PART-147 institution to deliver ab-initio AMP formations and become a test centre. A first in the Middle East.5. A framework for the flow of aeronautical information, technology and expertise established between Europe and the region.6. Solid, proactive & sustainable partnership between Euro-Lebanese academia and enterprise established to support needs of the regional aero-industry & advance subject in the region (interpartner R&D & MSc/PhD programmes).MAIN FEATURES:SF-HEAT will lead to the establishment of an LMD compliant and EASA certified structure in Lebanon. This structure should cater for the urgent needs of the regional aero-industry. The collective efforts of the Euro-Lebanese partners should enable the Lebanese and regional situation to improve at different levels:1. Generation of young and appropriately qualified graduates ready to join the sector2. M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes at partner institutions ready to provide opportunities to graduates from (1) above and to support the industry through R&D3. Modern, efficient and cost effective Flexible Formations based on the powers e-learning and distance learning available for the Middle East4. European experience and know-how in subjects relating to the project imparted to Lebanese academics and instructors.5. The seed of a professional Euro-Lebanese Aeronautical Educational Network is sawn and should grow to develop the sector, the economy and the society in very many ways.