During the last years in the Baltic States development of Work Based Learning (WBL) is a priority topic within education policy. It derives from the need to bring closer vocational education and training (VET) to the world of work to ensure preparation of the skilled workforce with skills, knowledge and competences relevant to the labour market needs and the national economy, to enhance attractiveness of VET, to increase number of skilled graduates with VET qualifications and to improve youth employment overall. This project will act as a facilitator for national reforms in the 3 Baltic States, and as a tool for enhanced cooperation, exchange of information and experience, as well as for peer learning on implementing VET reforms, and especially developing further and promoting WBL and apprenticeships. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia each will implement their own activities, and within this project mutual cooperation and coordination will be ensured.The main problems addressed in this project are incomplete legal framework to accommodate WBL needs, insufficient WBL availability due to tradition of school-based VET, insufficient involvement and awareness of stakeholders, in particular employers. At the same time, there is increasing pressure from the social partners and policy makers to improve quality and labour market relevance of VET. In particular, the following activities and results have been planned: - In Latvia, background research will be carried out, moderated discussion of all key stakeholders will be organised, in order to agree on evidence-based development of legal framework to accommodate WBL needs. The national campaign will be organised to promote WBL and to collect and share examples of good practices. The final international conference will be organised in Latvia to agree on common Baltic challenges, solutions and areas for cooperation to develop WBL;- In Lithuania, objectives of activities are: elaboration and agreement among all key stakeholders on concrete immediate key actions; improving awareness about benefits of WBL/apprenticeship; ensuring participation of all key stakeholders to raise their awareness, involvement and commitment. The main outputs will be: country background report and action plan, round tables, awareness raising campaign and a conference. The envisaged impact - national agreement on concrete key actions and procedures for strengthening of WBL;- In Estonia, it is planned to analyse existing practices among different employers and VET institutions and different local project outcomes to identify best practices and possible motivation schemes for employers. Also to improve awareness about the benefits and possibilities of participating in WBL among employers by organizing international conference for WBL and study trips for employers for peer learning from enterprises in different EU countries who have a long term experience in implementing WBL.In all three Baltic states, the social partners will be strongly involved in these activities. National activities will be coordinated between the three Baltic countries through the Policy dialogue of the ministry representatives. The project aims also at launching the Baltic Alliance of Apprenticeships in order to set concrete actions for Baltic cooperation in the field of VET..