The proposal with the title “Delopment of professional education standard, quality criteria and training tools pakcage on safe work with asbestos addresses the topic of safe work in the industrial sector which has to do with asbestos and its effects. The proposal refers to the EU dircetive on demolition, handling and storing of asbestos and on the need for information and training for employees on the directive, especially in the new member states. The target groups for the results to be developed are company health and safety specialists, workers, professional training organisations, employers and their representatives. The project aims at developing andtesting the following results: (1) a CD-ROM based training materials (160 hours) on safe work with asbestos, a handbook version, (2) a professional training standard, a video film and quality criteria targeted towards organisations providing training for specialists on safe work with asbestos. The materials shall be available in Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, German, Flemish, Danish, Spanish and English. Valorisation shall be undertaken by the following measures: the training tool will be disseminated among the SMEs of the target sector (building and construction, waste management, energy production). Training institutions will get the outcomes. The involvement of the social partners is forseen. Dissemination and networking shall take place also through the website of the European Health and Safety Agency in Bilbao. 20 companies from the target sector will do the testing. The impact of the project shall be an immediate support of the national vocational training systems. At long term the project shall make a contribution to the practical implementation of OH&S legislation and workplace standards.