Linking education with innovation is a necessary step towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in terms of increasing labor market relevance of VET and promoting a more resource efficient and competitive economy. The standards are crucial part of any activity on nowadays life. The necessity of education about standardization is already recognized at European level. The main objective of ISTRA project is the development and piloting of two sets of innovative training approaches and contents for VET and C-VET training on two widely applicable series of standards (ISO/IEC 27000 and ISO 31000). The educational materials about the standards will be developed by experts from National Standardization Bodies of the countries involved in the project. These materials will be integrated in e-learning courses designed by e-learning experts. The e-courses together with an e-course for training the VET trainers will be piloted in the ISTRA Virtual Learning Environment /VLE/ developed through the use of cutting-edge ICT-based educational technologies and innovative approach towards delivering theoretical knowledge and practical skills in applying standards in various spheres. The project target groups are secondary VET school students, professionals needing C-VET and trainers in topics related to standards and standardization. The project beneficiaries are:- internal beneficiaries – staff of the partner organizations not involved in the implementation of the project activities and outputs and NAVET experts;- external beneficiaries –stakeholders at national, regional and international level, policy makers and representatives of umbrella organisations responsible for education, BDS member organizations, colleges and universities, European standardization organizations and European national standards bodies, chambers and employers organisations, etc.The project's aim and objectives will be achieved by the following activities:- Designing of the technological educational model and setting up the ISTRA VLE based on the contemporary ICT-based approaches and contents and in line with the modern trends in the digital education;- Development of e-learning course addressed to VET trainers of standards and standardization aiming at improvement of their digital skills and enhancement their pedagogical competences introducing contemporary ICT-based teaching approaches and techniques;- Development of e-learning courses of standards ISO/IEC 27000 and ISO 31000 aiming to improve theoretical and practical knowledge and skills of VET trainees about the standards and their application in different situations and contexts.- Piloting of the developed courses in the ISTRA VLE and collecting feedback from the users considering future improvement and enhancement of the methodology.- Development of a system for transnational cooperation between VET and C-VET organizations from EU aiming the exchange of experiences and best practices in VET education.The main ISTRA Project results are:- ISTRA Virtual Learning Environment – modern educational environment were the lecturers/ VET trainers as well as students/VET trainees will be able to follow flexible learning paths in order to improve their key and transversal competences in accordance with the needs of modern digital education will be developed.- Training curriculum on standards for information security management systems - series ISO/IEC 27000. - Training curriculum on standards for risk management systems - series ISO 31000. - Training curriculum on learning and teaching in virtual learning environment. - Contact Database of Key Stakeholders – the contact information for the identified project stakeholders in all countries involved.The direct impact shall be as follows:- On the educational organizations: elaborated modules ready to be included in their educational curricula, innovative training content to the needs of the business;- On the Standardization organizations: The benefits from applying standards will be promoted, innovative knowledge on standards will be provided, the courses will be easily adapted to their training programs;- On the direct participants and representatives of the target groups: innovative competences to respond to the modern requirements, better knowledge on the management systems and on two of the most popular standards for management systems, adaptability in online training environment and better quality of the training to be provided.Long-term impacts:- Promotion and awareness on standards and standardization among VET students and C-VET learners;- Raised competence of staff in elaboration of VET training programs in cooperation with educational institutions;- The trained VET students and C-VET learners are expected to keep their interest in standards and standardization and some of them to be more actively involved in the future as professionals in the national and European standardization activities.