The CESSIT project is needed because innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship are increasingly important in the current job market, particularly in today’s rapidly changing society with the demand for more flexible workers, and it is necessary to support adult trainers in improving these aspects in trainees because many trainers have not received target training in these areas. Creativity is a driver for innovation and a key factor for the development of personal, occupational, entrepreneurial and social competencies. This requires a lifelong learning (LL) approach as defined in the European Commission (EC)’s article designating 2009 as the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. Hence its inclusion in the main project outputs of CESSIT (Best Practice Handbook, Workshops & Guidebook for Adult Trainers and Managers). A fundamental quality underpinning creative and innovative capacity is motivation and a sense of initiative. The foundations of such qualities are laid in the early phases of personal development. However, in 2007 15.2% of the EU-27 population were early school leavers (ESLs). The EC Adult Learning and Action Plan aim to address this problem with the Grundtvig Programme (GP) as an important implementation vehicle - a solid reason for CESSIT to target trainers of ESLs returning to adult education. CESSIT responds to GP objectives and priorities including: support to developing key transversal competencies such as innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship (EC Recommendation 2006/962), and improving pedagogical approaches by promoting learner-focused approaches to reintegrate disadvantaged citizens into society and the job market. This support means that CESSIT will positively impact on the quality and effectiveness of training, and indirectly on trainee's employability, European competitiveness and social cohesion through its effective dissemination and exploitation - an innovative combination of key competencies, target group and methodology.