The project is concerned with improving adult access to further education for those who have basic or no formal qualifications but who have experience of paid or unpaid voluntary employment. With reference to established European common principles for the validation of non-formal and informal learning, the project intends to establish a framework for accessing further VET for persons with basic or no formal qualifications, specifically in the economically deprived regions of the partner countries. Project partners will undertake a needs analysis of the informal/non-formal VET situation in established and new EU Member States. Both possibilities and obstacles, concerning accreditation for informal/non-formal VET in central and east European countries will be outlined and tools will be developed to enhance accreditation in this area based upon successful practices elsewhere. Educational courses for VET advisors will be developed to enable them to deliver information about non-formal/informal learning. These courses will be piloted with those with basic or no formal qualifications. Pilot evaluation will feed in to the project's recommendations with regard to dissemination of project outputs and sustainability of the end results. An information brochure containing recommendations for recognition of non-formal/informal VET will be distributed across the partner countries. Dissemination will also include development of a dedicated project website, the release of articles to relevant press and the production of project information flyers and will be aimed at citizens in general, socio-professional counsellors, educational policy makers in addition to the target group themselves.