Confebask is the organization that represents and defends the general and common interests of Basque businesses.One of its strategic objective is the quantitative and qualitative adequacy between the training supply and the demand of the productive system, and this is the reason because it makes a firm commitment with the formation. An initial survey about Vocational Training in Europe came into being the project of Shared Vocational Training. Since then Confebask has worked actively in the processes of Training in Workplaces. Counting on an own methodology it has developed several tools that have worked out as a support for educational centers and companies that are involved in practices and the methodology becomes a referent, even nationwide.In the quest to improve Vocational Training there are two European projects promoted by Leonardo da Vinci, Textel and Proyect, in which Confebask had participated and in which the figure of the instructor were analyzed in depth.In Europe we have this situation:The EU has developed various analysis in recent years about the figure of the trainer and among them we have to note EUROTRAINER, conducted by the ITB of Germany.Between the main findings is highlighted the growing importance of key competencies and most trainers lack thereof. Apparently this is linked to lack of lifelong learning and train opportunities for the trainers and the lack of knowledge and access to innovative training methods.Therefore we believe that the self-assessment tool for instructors of Confebask can be the starting point to help improving that situation and with its transfer we are going to work to lay the basis of the trainers identity.The different features of the partnership and the fact that the instructor plays different rol, depending on the country we refer to, strengthens the European value of this project.Our project was conducted under the following guidelines:In the first phase we established the map of key competencies based on the self-assessment tool that we are going to transfer; we choose the most appropriate model of portfolio that allows trainers to measure their qualification in key competencies. After we tested the portfolio, in base of the results we obtained, we established the self-study courses that promote the acquisition of key skills previously identified as a weakness.When the trainers tested the courses we looked for measures to certificate the acquired skills. The project promotes the lifelong learning, the self-learning and the use of TICs to facilitate the training. After the validation of the tools, it is available and will be used by a long series of trainers of any educational process that requires practice.These tools aim to promote and improve the effectiveness of education and it is reasonable to consider that it will benefit many people from different geographic areas.Tangible indicators measured the impact under a management plan.