3 main activities are: Joint activity of Austrian NRP and Finnish NRP “Exchange and Development Group (EDG) with four other countries to involve teachers in quality management systems (QMS) and quality assurance (QA) procedures”; Strengthening communication and dissemination of the Austrian NRP; and Teacher training concept: Introduction in QM for teachers.The project will contribute to all of the three priorities defined in the EQAVET Strategic Plan 2016 – 2017. One of the main challenges of the QM implementation is the rather “thin” involvement of the teaching staff. VET teachers seem to be often reluctant towards QM work at the schools and do not easily perceive the benefits and advantages of quality assurance for their work with students. The project seeks better and deeper understanding of the phenomenon and to find functioning solutions for better teacher involvement in QM implementation by organising meetings of the EDG Group with other NRPs. Also participation in PLAs of other NRP is foreseen. Strengthening communication and dissemination of the Austrian NRP will be established during the project by the relaunch of the external communication and presentation of the NRP that addresses both the national and international stakeholders. The communication of EQAVET plus and its relevance to the work of ARQA-VET will be enhanced with a relaunch of the website (both German and English) and with two new information leaflets. Accordingly, we expect both to promote the topic of quality and quality assurance to stakeholders. A workshop design for teachers to give them an introduction in quality management in their basic education is planned. In Austria, teacher training with focus on quality management is rarely implemented in the core curricula of teacher training institutions. The project aims to develop a workshop design which could be integrated into the existing curricula of VET teacher training programmes. A detailed project plan will be designed.