Background The issue of quality and quality management in VET constitutes one of the major fields for development for the last 40 years and in European Union a lot of resources have been devoted to increase the quality of VET. More than 50 different models have been developed within LLP-program, focusing on different aspect of Quality management in VET. Despite all the effort, the experiences show that it is difficult for VET-organization structuring evaluation into new improvement initiatives. The available QA guides and kits are based on a fairly traditional model which focuses on “evaluation” rather than engaging the teaching staff on incorporation of evaluative ideas into practice. The experiences of the partnership, CEDEFOP and available research shows that the perceptions of the leadership and teaching staff concerning quality initiatives is one of the main barriers. They have different answers to questions such as need for QA, suitable QA-model, implementation, evaluation and review. (CEDEFOP Leadership in VET, “The factors that matter for Quality Assurance in VET by Adrie Visscher & Maria Hendriks and LdV-project REVIMP - From Review to Improvement in European Vocational Education and Training)Overall objective The overall objective of the project “Promoting quality culture in VET “ is to support VET leadership to motivate and engage VET-teaching staff in implementation of quality initiatives at VET-institution by improving prior elaborated guidelines. AimThe aim of the project is to further develop the elaborated guidelines for VET leadership for facilitating participatory approach to ensure involvement of teachers. The guidelines will cover following aspects according to EQAVET quality cycle; how to: a) create awareness of quality assurance ideology and benefitsb) engage staff in selection of Quality assurance modelc) plan the evaluation process of QA finding with the teaching staffd) review and plan for improvement of the VET-activitiese) promotion of a shared vision on VET-educationThe above guideline will be complemented by best practises from participating countries and from the 39 best practise projects from QALL network, complemented by checklists. Result The project “Promoting quality culture in VET” aims to further develop prior elaborated guidelines for VET-leadership which enable them engaging and motivating teaching staff regarding quality initiatives 4 different cycle phases (planning, implementation, evaluation and review). The guidelines will be developed on the bases of EQAVET quality cycle in an interactive form and also in printed and electronic form in languages. It will be supplemented by best practises, practical advice and examplesThe impact The impact of the project will be a) empowerment of teaching staff with regards to quality initiatives in VET-organisation b) enabling VET-organisation in overcoming the present barriers in utilization of evaluation result of QA-initiatives in review and improvement c) facilitating the work of EQAVET in monitoring the impacts of their quality models and indicators in VET-organisation at EU-level.