General objective of the project – to increase the quality of human resources in the retail/trade field by participating in continuous training programs. Through the activities proposed by the project, it has a long and medium beneficial effect on the retail sector in Romania mainly through the participation of employees in this sector in professional training programs organised within the project for the occupations of Casier, Trader, Trader-seller of food goods. By developing knowledge and competences for 660 (of which a minimum of 30 % are over 40 years old and/or come from rural areas and/or a low level of qualification) retail employees participating in CVT courses, correlated with the fact that they participate in professional counseling activities for the target GT in order to encourage participation in CVT and career development, the project contributes to the specific objective O.S.6.12 – Increasing participation in continuous vocational training programmes, with a focus on those adults, with a low level of qualification and people over 40 years old, from disadvantaged rural areas, including the recognition and certification of the learning outcomes acquired in non-formal contexts. Through the general objective and activities the project contributes to social innovation if we consider that it is the first project to organise CVT courses for retail employees in the form of an integrated program. The innovative elemen is that in this way very effective exchanges of good practices can be made, which in the case of courses organised individually by each large retailer was not possible.