COMPENER project aims at developing qualification and certification schemes for professional skills in the energy sector, in line with the provisions of the Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and with the Directive 2010/31/EC.In particular, the article 14 of the Directive 2009/28/EC requires each Member State to ensure by 31 December 2012 the availability of certification or equivalent qualification schemes for installers of building-integrated biomass stoves and boilers, small-scale solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, shallow geothermal systems and heat pumps.COMPENER stimulates innovation transferring both ENEA e-learning contents (developed in the framework of previous European funded Projects) and the Italian expertise in the professional qualification and Renewable Energy Sources (RES) certification schemes to Spain and Romania.