The project members believe that the development of strategical competencies must already be started in the primary steps of employee training, i.e. during the person's university studies or professional training, by forming strategically significant competencies.

The third project meeting took place in Galway, Ireland, on 20-21 September 2007. During the session, eight European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, and Germany) presented results of a survey in which they queried over 2,000 managers about the competencies that are important and used by innovative managers.