The trAEce project is aimed at providing training tools for farmers and trainers to adapt their agricultural practices to incorporate agroecological (AE) principles. We believe that the transition will contribute to the regeneration of agriculture since farming activity based on ecosystems is fundamentally different from industrial production that may be considered unsustainable. Agroecology - as a discipline - examines agriculture from an ecological point of view, keeping in mind the stability and optimization of the whole agricultural system. Agroecology - as a practice - based on traditional farming knowledge, is more forward-looking in terms of sustainability and energy efficiency in the long run. The practice of agroecology encourages farmers to become part of the ecological systems in order to strengthen and apply in practice the natural processes that are beneficial also for production. Accordingly, our project, trAEce is a new initiative that intends to take further this concept by pooling together the experience and expertise of 7 prominent institutes with different institutional structures from 5 European countries (Hungary, Romania, Austria, Czech Republic, Portugal). The common feature of all partner institutions is the belief in holistic approach of AE that can be reflected in practice. However the implementation of holistic solutions requires thorough analysis of the situation regarding AE in each partner countries. Therefore the project partners will make their own country-specific situation analysis that will assist to gain a comprehensive view of the level of knowledge and opinion of farmers regarding AE-based activities and to identify related political discourses, regulations, actors, practices, networks, etc. It will contain useful information for those who want to manage their farm based on AE and want to get acquainted with practical solutions.These solutions are the main focus of the AE vocational training that will be elaborated by the trAEce project team. The training will embrace topics that help farmers to design or transform their farms in line with the AE principles. The training with its carefully selected 6 modules (AE awareness shaping through practice; Permaculture farm design; Economic strategy and business; AE in action; Added value creation and marketing; Social benefits) strives for social and environmental sustainability and at the same time keeps the agricultural activity profitable. Each module can be delivered to groups of 15 farmers and multipliable as a series on farm sites in different regions of EU countries. The curriculum will be accompanied by learning materials including user manual and short films designed for farmers. The user manual will facilitate the learning process in the subject of the training modules. The films made at different locations will represent biodiversity as one of the basic elements of AE. Practical techniques will be filmed to use them during the training as visualization facilitates the learning process. The main target group of our project is the farmers, but we also consider it important that the opinion leader farmers - who will may carry on AE trainings as trainers - should also have educational methods in their hands. Accordingly, a methodological guide for trainers (opinion leader farmers) and educators (teachers of farmers) will be created during the project duration. A Methodological Guide will contain methods and tools for each modules of the training to facilitate the knowledge transfer towards the farmers.During the project lifetime 7 pilot training events will be organized for farmers and trainers that will provide the opportunity to test out the synthetized solutions before they are incorporated into the final project outputs. The structure of the pilot trainings will allow us to test out the full vocational training. Target group for the pilot training will have the same profile as the expected future target group for the planned licensed vocational training.Localization mechanism will be supported by 4 focus group meetings that will provide systematic feedback throughout the project about the relevance and applicability of the intellectual outputs of the project to key stakeholder groups, as well as a means of communicating the progression and the results of the project. The diversity of participants in other project-related events (5 events including final project conference) ensures the multiplication of the project results at international level and the opportunity to collect feedback.Our vision with the project is to provide tools to farmers and trainers to implement AE practice with its social dimension during their daily work and disseminate this knowledge and experience to reach the wider farming community. Thus the AE approach in farming which is quickly gaining traction globally, can reach farmers on the ground across Europe, to systematically address problems of social and environmental unsustainability.