Promoting inter-connected higher education systems: this is the aim of the Erasmus + PROMENHANCE project. Partners from five EU countries are cooperating within this 30-month project. Their common goal? Analysing practices, identifying the pivotal skills that are needed to lead and support community engagement and participatory development initiatives, and then designing and developing new training paths and opportunities aimed at optimising the curricula of who is determined to make a difference in society by promoting engagement at a community level.