WP1 is targeted at the Capacity building on Policy and practices of Doctoral Education and will set out sound bases for the successive WPs. This target will firstly be achieved trough development of capacity building training package on EU approaches and policy of doctoral, regulatory framework by the EU partners: during the workshops the agenda on DE, Salzburg Pprinciples and recommendations, as well as EU best practices will be presented. The role of all EU partners is significant here, as they will be actively involved in the capacity building activities, will develop the training pachages based on the EU best practices and deliver the workshops.

The AM parntners will provide the Synopsys to EU partners on the national developments and challanges, which will also be utalized in the development of capacity building trainings and adapting to national peculiarities.

The workshop will take place in Porto, where 53 staff will be trained from AM HEIs, SRIs, MESA. The partners will start the procurement and purchase of the equipment for the 5 Doctoral Schools (training rooms/PHD student offices) to be established in frames of the project.

The WP will start with the Kick off meeting, where Management methodology and structure will be peresented, the GB and Project Management team will be formed and QA mechanismsm will be presented by WP5 leader.

Purchased equipment is inventoried at HEIs/SRIs and available for the use of staff and doctoral students