Three College of West Anglia staff members at King’s Lynn along with staff from three other regional colleges took part in a fact finding and partnership building trip to Lithuania. This may result in links with the progressive Baltic state, adding to the 15 countries in Europe with which CWA already enjoys links for its students and staff. The trip to Lithuania was thanks to the Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region, European Vetpro programme, a training programme. The visiting staff were Carole Gallagher (Programme Manager for Hair and Beauty), Penny Sulley (Programme Manager for Visual Arts) and Tom Griffiths (European Projects coordinator). Their destination was the Vocational Training Centre for Business service specialists in its capital city of Vilnius. The college was established in 1961 and provides the vocational and academic training for qualified specialists to enter the modern working society of both Lithuania and wider Europe. They have an established skills base in mainly Hair and Beauty, Photography and Floristry, which allowed Carole and Penny to share and compare techniques and practices within their own fields of expertise. It further underpinned the potential to create a future working partnership, especially as they all shared a common high achieving and successful skills competition records. Observation of teaching practices, course materials and employer engagement, were all discussed, questioned and noted by the CWA staff, and shared with their respective teaching areas on their return. During the visit, Tom Griffiths, as EU coordinator, held further partnership discussions with his counterpart and management at the Vilnius College, which has resulted in a planned visit to CWA by Senior Management and staff from the Lithuanian college. The visit by the Vilnius team will underpin on-going discussions to develop further student and staff exchange projects. Having been under the control of Polish, German and until 1991, a second Russian government, it is now a thriving and independent country. Approximately 75 per cent of the population of Lithuania speak English, with many also speaking a second and third language, making it the fourth most educated country in Europe. As part of the ACER Vetpro programme, coupled with CWA’s own EU initiatives, further opportunities to develop links, compare teaching and learning techniques, and to interact and discover the culture of our European partners will become available. Tom Griffiths said the outcomes are positive and inspiring, with staff and students sharing new diverse and exciting experiences to compliment and enrich their teaching and learning at CWA.