The MOTIVATE project transfers innovatory practices and developments to benefit the two Hungarian higher education institutions in the partnership. The innovation is twofold: the introduction of Masters level modules into the vocational and technical teacher education programmes, and the use of new and emerging technologies in the implementation of the developed curriculum. The other partners of the consortium have the necessary expertise to provide this innovation. The UK partner, with considerable prior experience of development and delivery of Masters level professional development courses in the VET field, will be the main provider of the innovation. All partners have a wide experience of VET curriculum development and technological innovation in its delivery.Currently, VET teacher training in the UK is designated as ‘postgraduate’ but has not previously been delivered at Masters level, being postgraduate only in the sense that it is seen as progression into teaching for those with existing graduate status. This anomaly is being addressed by a current initiative to develop the Post Graduate Certificate in Education to be delivered at Masters Level. The development of Master Level modules in the UK has been identified as an opportunity to facilitate concurrent development in partner institutions across Europe. Tangible outcomes will include development of common quality criteria for the qualifications and professional development of VET teachers and trainers in different learning environments and common core criteria for identifying their learning needs. This project will also contribute to the development of the European credit transfer system for VET to facilitate transparency and comparability of qualifications, transferability, validation and recognition of learning outcomes achieved by individuals in different learning contexts in different countries and at different levels.Innovative solutions for sharing aims, objective and criteria will include the use of social software and collaborative Web 2.0 technologies which will facilitate the creation of a new online community of European partners. Platforms for the community will include Associate Online, Second Life and Edufilter (formerly known as elgg). Intangible outcomes include the potential to disseminate the expertise gained in order to widen this community so that it can encompass new partners or involve trainee teachers across different institutions and countries in similar collaborative efforts. One particular advantage would be the development of Subject Specialist communities for VET teachers that, because of the reach of internet based technologies, can facilitate much larger groups of subject specialists than are possible in face to face contexts. The main impact of the project is to enhance the professional status of teachers in vocational and technical fields by the provision of a coherent programme of initial teacher training and continuing professional development, incorporating Masters level elements.