Leonardo da Vinci is an European Community programme which aims to support national training strategies through funding a range of transnational partnership projects aimed at improving quality, fostering innovation and promoting the European dimension in vocational training. The programme promotes transnational projects based on co-operation between the various players in vocational training - training bodies, vocational schools, universities, businesses, chambers of commerce, etc. - in an effort to increase mobility, to foster innovation and to improve the quality of training. The Leonardo da Vinci programme aims at helping people improve their skills throughout their lives. “the European automotive industry is losing competitiveness as challengers from lower-cost economies have increased their share of world automotive markets” (CLEPA, European Association of automotive supplier’s White paper 2005) . A European solution is required to this problem. EADIS will therefore develop training and infrastructure to enable European companies to operate more innovatively and efficiently. This project is executed in partnership with: Coventry University (CEPAD), UK Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Munster University of Applied Sciences , Germany Turin Polytechnic , Italy Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands