In Kazakhstan and Russia the term “employability” is not listed in official documentation, such as legal regulations, reforms etc; not formulated as an strategic goal of the universities; not framed as an concept including a set of competences, skills and attitudes and no practical instruction or recommendations on how to implement it is given. Universities in KZ and PF are obliged to include certain key competence modules into the study programs which are predefined by the Ministries of Education, but normally do not pursue a holistic competence model integrated into the educational program and “running as a common thread through the university. Additionally no internal document about understanding, what employability is and how it can be developed inside the HEI taking into account all the variety and peculiarity of the university.Following the finding of the problem analysis the aims of the project were compiled as follow:•Development of an individual competence model and definition of employability in every PC HEI taking into account country specific and institutional peculiarities •Conceptualization and establishment of Centers for Competence and Employment Development (CCED) at PC HEI with offerings to different internal and external target groups •Provision of tested of trainings, modules, tools and instrument oriented to different target groups•Promotion of the CCED as well as the competence and employability approach inside and outside the universitiesBy pursuing these objectives the situation in the PC can be changed on the institutional and also in the mid-term perspective regional and national level, since* individual concepts for holistic competence development will be adapted to the external and internal specifics.* a definition and aim description of “Employability” as well as didactic concepts and concrete formats of measures and instruments will be suggested. * positioning of CCED as a regional expert for competence development