In 2015, dementia affected 47 million people worldwide, a figure that represents a roughly 5% of the world’s elderly population, and is predicted to increase to 75 million in 2030 and 132 million by 2050. Recent reviews estimate that globally nearly 9.9 million people develop dementia each year; this figure translates into one new case every three seconds.Worldwide, dementia presents a major cause of disability and dependency, impacting significantly on the diseased individuals, carers, families, communities and societies. Consequently, dementia is one of the fields where research is making great strides in identifying potential new ways to help diagnose, treat, and even prevent.EARLYDEM project comes to contribute from an educational point of view into this research by emphasizing on early diagnosis and early intervention as extremely important yet neglected mechanisms of the dementia treatment strategy Based on the above needs and assumptions, the main objective of EARLYDEM project is the training of formal and informal caregivers of elderly people through the development of an open interactive e-learning platform, on early identification of dementia in order to be alert and to act as prompting factors to timely diagnosis. Diagnostic process and time to diagnosis can be substantially improved by involving formal/informal caregivers as a source of support in initial stages of dementia or MCI. Direct target group are formal/informal caregivers and social care professionals (nurses, social workers, nurse aids) in elderly care. Their role is extremely crucial since a) they are the first ones that could discern the signs and initiate a process to diagnosis of MCI and dementia and b) they may impede the timely diagnosis due to lack of awareness and education. Indirect target group are professionals that have contact with elderly people and may initiate a beneficial intervention in terms of timely diagnosis of MCI and dementia (paramedical staff, police officers, fire workers, clerks etc).7 partners coming from Sweden, Italy, Greece and France, are involved: One academic institution (Lund University), four care providers (Trelleborg, ISRAA, AAADRD and FRODIZO) and two technical partner (Tech4Care and Interactive4d).The project is organized into 5 intellectual outputs:IO1. Baseline study of critical parameters that affect early detection of MCI and dementia. The scope of the baseline study is to analyze the basic parameters needed for the education and training of caregivers as a structural component of primary care in order to play an important role in recognizing the signs and overcoming the barriers affecting timely diagnosis. Timely recognition of worrying signs and trained avoidance of suspending factors will significantly decrease the time needed till a diagnosis is made, resulting in better quality of the life for people with MCI and dementia, better social inclusion and possible less expenses in medicines and institutional treatments.IO2.Methodology and development of the education and training content. The content development of EARLYDEM, based on the results from IO1, aims to provide a complete and well established training material in order to support early recognition of dementia through the development of new skills and new competences for older people and professionals, to contribute to lessening the burden of cognitive decline and to safeguard the wellbeing or older beneficiaries. IO3 Platform design The EARLYDEM e-learning platform will be an open educational resource environment under he format of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offering e-learning modules adapt for use of all formal and informal caregivers and relevant stakeholders. This task is dealing with the implementation of the online training platform that will provide trainers, learners and other stakeholder access to the training material, in appropriate forms that promote interactive and case based learning as well as the means to exchange experiences and opinions through a virtual community of practice.IO4.Piloting and validation of training materialPilots will be designed and applied in accordance to the training modules developed, thus can be used for validating learning, skills acquisition and transferability of the learner's new competencies and skills. In this context, the pilot courses will measure efficiency and the level of positive feedback from both the trainer experts and learner on the clarity, quality, and impact of the material provided. IO5. Sustainability and accreditation planThis output will plan the the sustainability of project outcomes and focus on providing an accreditation scheme for this who will participate in the train during and after the project. Sustainability plans will be produced for the online platform, the training content and the community of stakeholders supported by thes