The project main sector of interest is the training and certification of agricultural advisors concerned with different economical and national contexts in Europe; the partner countries show specific conditions deriving from political, social and economical transformations in the last decades of past century: agricultural consultancy has therefore evolved differently. Emblematic examples are the cases of agricultural employment in Czech Republic (once collectivized, with the presence of big cooperatives; privatisation and transformations left most part of land and 90% of production to large private companies, and led to free market principles) and Poland (with small enterprises), where it respectively concerns the 3.4% and 22% of active population. This means that all the final users of the advisory service have different requirements on its contents and aspects. The challenge of the European Union policies ask for a multifunctional development, a strong responsibility in agricultural consultancy, effective national advisory systems. Certifications, recognition, validation, definition of key skills and competences are the main aims and contents of the project partners: the promotion of specific training methodologies and strategies is linked with the elaboration of a European general standard curriculum, to be used from 2007 on. Transferability, sustainability, interaction are the main characteristics of this project, based on a work programme concerned with the smallest details of the specific profession: the tasks and the key competences of advisors are studied, analysed and defined.