New technologies, new jobs and almost an entire reingineering of the technological processes ask to put the labour force competence of ports in line with labour market demands.A survey of the existing competences of the labour force, the available qualification and training resources, the institutional framework and last but not least the labour force expectations has to be made. To cope market demands with labour force offer in terms of competence, a competency based training has to be set up in a supportive environment. Expected Results: This project will bring a deep analysis of ports labour market from three Danube countries and lay the foundation for a new project to elaborate a common model of a competency-based training system which can contribute to increase the quality of port services and to improve the perception upon and the accessibility of jobs in ports in order to facilitate labour availability and mobility in the Danube macroregion.