Career management skills combine elements of several transversal competences, highlighted in the European Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong Learning such as learn to learn (setting and following learning goals related to career choice made, investing efforts and maintaining discipline for continuous development in the professional area of one's interest); digital competences (applying ICT to process career relevant information, develop electronic portfolio of one’s professional and personal development, market oneself in social media and the web in general); social competences (ability to communicate effectively own strengths in the context of working life relations).The promotion of „career management skills“ is part of basic competences that are indispensable for young people in order to independently take decisions about their future job or further vocational training program. The role of a career counselor is to assist individuals in making career decisions that suit their needs best. Currently existing career guidance systems are not entirely related to the world of work. As a result, young people do not have a clear insight what professional field/career to choose. This is very much valid for the VET sector, where students have already made their first choice and are even in greater need for someone to either strengthen their confidence that they have taken the right decision OR help them make an informed decision to “change direction”. Teachers in VET schools are currently regarded as the key stakeholders in this process, due to their direct everyday contact with students and high potential to influence their attitudes, motivation for further development and attainment levels. Our proposal builds on the profound knowledge base and policy recommendations of ELGPN – European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network on providing accessible guidance for learners, which calls for more active involvement of VET teachers in the process. Currently, VET focuses predominantly on developing competences for a specific profession/occupation and is not offering enough guidance for learners to yield the so called horizontal skills that increase adaptability to different occupational settings. Therefore, the CARMA project will be aiming at empowering teachers to deliver career guidance and foster the development of career management skills among VET students in order to prevent early school leaving, increase motivation and attainment levels, as well as employability.To achieve this, five organisations from three countries (Hungary, Finland and Bulgaria) are joining forces – a leading education materials publishing house, two VET schools, a renowned university and a best practice career guidance provider. Among our key objectives are:- to develop a comprehensive manual for VET teachers to support VET learners in developing career management skills; - to enhance VET teachers competencies in career guidance through structured training, thus allowing for multiplying the innovative approaches among their peers and other relevant stakeholders;- to engage VET students in pilot career guidance sessions with trained teachers;- to disseminate project activities and results across teachers’ communities across Europe.The CARMA project foresees the development of innovative Manual for VET teachers, as well as Policy recommendations targeting high-level decision makers in the field of education and training.Our methodology involves maximum exploitation of existing expertise and plans for realisation of project activities within eighteen months to ensure prompt response to a pressing need. The CARMA project very much relies on testing and piloting of envisaged core product (manual), as well as focused and extensive dissemination campaign to employ various means and channels, thus ensuring wider exploitation and sustainability of results. Impact is foreseen at several levels and could be summarised as follows:- improved competencies of VET teachers to deliver high-quality and relevant career guidance;-enhanced career management skills of VET students to increase attainment and motivation for learning and further professional development;-increased awareness of the importance to introduce career guidance at all levels of VET, as well as employing available resources and stakeholders in the process. Longer term benefits relate to raising the quality and relevance of VET and employability of young people.