AILEEN addresses the shortage of skilled personnel for the Aerospace & Defence Sectors by setting up CoVEs for Advanced Manufacturing (AM), supporting the recovery of the Aerospace sector, developing innovative methodologies and tools, with the nomination of the first Centres of Vocational Excellence in AM, to guarantee specialized sectoral training, and the transfer of excellence knowledge and activities in the field of education and training.With a bottom-up approach, AILEEN will disseminate its results European wide, testing its products at National level at a first stage, ensured by the implementation both within the consortium VET’s but also of VET’s from outside the consortium (that already demonstrated their interest by means of letters of support). The approach will be then transferred to the European level by means of partners networks.Project target groups cover current and future welding and additive manufacturing professionals (adults and youngsters); Welding and Additive Manufacturing VET providers; teachers, trainers & guidance professionals; aerospace & defence experts; relevant national stakeholders; policymakers and/or decision makers; National Qualification Agencies; Aerospace and Defence Industrial stakeholders and the relevant standardisation Bodies.The main expected results are:–Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing Aerospace & Defence CoVEs –Identification of existing CoVE best practices–Development of methodologies to nominate & award of CoVEs–Perform Advanced Manufacturing CoVEs’ Nomination–Creation of mechanisms to transfer best practices among VET & HE institutions–Perform a capacity building workshop for consortium VET partners –Pilot several approaches for training delivery: Apprenticeships, Applied Research and Competence Units –Mobility of staff program among partners