This project is for motivating students in vocational level to continue their studies into higher, 3rd degree level of studies, to enable them with better chances to work in a future, when low educated work is outsourced or replaced by machines. This project is about the exchange of practices, because this project combines both school levels (2nd -and 3rd degree) best practices of practical work and creative analytic work.Currently problem in vocational schools in Finland, Hungary and Slovakia is that students are not motivated to continue their studies into a higher level. The biggest reasons are; very low knowledge about the engineering level of possibilities which are usually not advertised or emphasized during vocational studies; and student`s low self-confidence for higher level working requirements. Objectives;Motivate young students to continue study in a higher level of education. To promote meetings for young people from wide spectra of educational levels (from high/vocational school students up to university graduate students) on the common ground of their interest; to promote an exchange of the knowledge and strategies in the qualitative development of education across the boardersto organize mixed intercultural workshop where promotion of skills exchange or enhancing the knowledge by “learning by doing” methods in solving real industrial tasks (product development, market strategy of real products, …)educating the participants in the field of wood science in general, and in the area of creating, testing and marketing modified wood in particularNumber and profile of participating organizations;A number of participating was six. Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Wood Science and Technology and University of West Hungary, Simonyi Karoly Faculty are institutions of higher education that offers bachelor, master and PhD. study programs in the field of wood science and technology and economy. Vacational schools, Secondary technical woodworking school in Spišská Nová Ves, Stredna odborna skola drevarska Zvolen and Lahti Region Educational Consortium Salpaus Further Education are providing high quality education in wood working, design, promotion of wooden products and wood as easy accessible material. Description of undertaken main activities. Cooperation was operated by workshops and virtual seminars which were hold in each partner country. Virtual seminars were enabled larger number of members to get involved by the action of project. Virtual seminars were recorded via webcast so they can be followed on live and this way commented by viewers by different partner countries. Webcasts were saved and shared within the partner consortium. The project consists of 4 workshops in each participant country. All workshops were aimed to wooden product development process that cover tests of a wood product made by 3D hot forming in laboratory. Students tested coating adhesion, colour, roughness, hardness and abradability, shrinkage/swelling, EMC, and mechanical properties. The process implemented also basics of launching a product to the market, product and price and new methods of brainstorming: Learning café in three groups. Students visited woodworking companies in Finland, Hungary and Slovakia. After each workshop students analyzed data and prepared reports and presentations. Finally, students learnt about marketing and trade of woodworking products.Results and impact attained;Because of diverse of different tasks completed into workshops, students are more relevant and qualified in labour market. Because of relevant combination of mindmap- groupworking and practical laboratory tasks, there was more reinforced link between education and training with the world of work which require both skills. With the diverse of learning methods, students improved their key-competences, including basic skills and transversal skills, particularly entrepreneurship, language and digital skills. Students applied for study in higher degree level during the project. This is applied in partner countries of Finland and Slovakia. Students involved into project are also achieving ECTS points from their courses, so there will be more students which are going to graduate faster than usual (because of extra courses completed) to replace the workforce needed when many professionals are retiring within few years. The cooperation between 2nd degree and 3rd degree will be much closer and this is also an objective of Board of education which requires long term cooperation project between different education levels and internationally, to produce internationally competitive workforce. On an international level, a new cooperation between UWH and LAMK/LUAS was made possible. Students were also motivated on both sides to participate in student exchanges between these two institutions, or with other European institutes of higher education.