The Prešov Self-Governing Region (PSK), as a pilot region in Slovakia belonging to the group of so-called “low-income regions”, participated in the initiative of the European Commission to support catching-up Regions Initiative (CuRI).The CuRI initiative therefore agreed and proposed for PSK a component “Improving Secondary Vocational Education and Training (VET)” with the overall objective of helping the PSK Office and the PSK Education Department to improve the quality and relevance of secondary vocational education and training so that it can meet the labour market needs in PSK and effectively identify and use EU funds. The aim was to prepare the region for the implementation of the necessary reforms of secondary vocational education and training as a matter of priority through the implementation of pilot projects in the five selected CES. The main objective of the presented NP “Improving secondary vocational education in the Prešov Self-Governing Region” is, in particular, to connect the education system to the needs of the labour market and to increase the involvement of employers in the creation and innovation of the content of education, to support the establishment of partnerships between secondary vocational education providers and employers, to improve the formulation of strategies and educational policies at the level of the regional self-government of PSK. The plan is to implement the following professional activities at selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie of educational and professional staff, including masters of VET, innovation of school education programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the development of training strategies and education policies at the level of the regional self-government of the PSK. It is planned to implement the following professional activities on selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie of educational and professional staff, including VET masters, innovation of school education programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the creation of training systems and the strengthening of the training needs of the regional authorities, the development of the following professional activities in the selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie of educational and professional staff, including VET masters, innovation of school education programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the development of the training system of the region, the creation of the following professional activities in the selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie of educational and professional staff, including VET masters, the innovation of school education programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the creation of an improvement in the development of strategies and education policies at the level of the regional self-government of PSK. It is planned to implement the following professional activities on selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie teaching and professional staff, including masters of POs, innovation of school education programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the development of training and training needs of the region, the development of the following professional activities in the selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie of educational and professional staff, including the masters of education and training programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the development and improvement of the training needs of the regional labour market, the creation of the following professional activities in the selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie teachers and professional staff, including the masters of education and training programmes reflecting on the current needs of the regional labour market, the development of the training system in the region and the improvement of the training needs of the regional authorities, and the improvement of the following professional activities in the selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie of educational and professional staff, including masters of education, innovation of school education programmes reflecting the current needs of the regional labour market, the creation of training and training in the region, the development of the following professional activities on selected SOŠ:vzdelávanie