University studies are becoming an increasingly important part of vocational training and education. As the number of university graduates increases demand rises for individual courses and degrees accessible online or after working hours. People in the knowledge age demand that the vocational training they pursue after completing initial vocational training is credited within the university system and that through lifelong learning students/workers can achieve a university degree over time. Increasing access to distance education and facilitating a coherent accreditation system between universities is a way to answer these demands as well as offering education outside urban areas or in the periphery. Another important aspect is that these students have access to supporting services of vocational counsellors and technicians in their region. The Net-university project objectives for the future are to:• Opening universities to the public as an essential part of continued vocational training and lifelong learning• Making university education accessible to adults and inhabitants of rural areas, as well as students everywhere to study on their own time parallel to their work• Create a common marketplace for distance education • Create a platform for cooperation both between universities/continuing education centres in Iceland and abroad in developing new courses and degrees • Create a platform for continuing education centres and institutions in rural areas to develop courses at university level related to vocational education• Develop methodologies and support to students in distance educationBased on already established relations with Iceland, Sweden, Scotland and Canada the partnership wants to set up a “transfer of innovation” project for 18 months to further develop the content and methodologies of their distance university education programmes, and set up a net-university network in Iceland. During the project the partnership will continue developing cooperation and pilot projects with universities and similar networks in other non-participating countries. The project will take 18 months with following phases and milestones:• 1st to 6th month - Definition phase• 7th to 10th month – Transfer of innovation • 11th to 15th month - Pilot actions and implementation in Iceland • 16th to 18th month – Evaluation period