Taking into consideration reforms in the energy sector and new business opportunities, it is imperative to provide knowledge and skills to participants embracing new roles and responsibilities. The idea is not just to educate, but also to promote new business models and intensify future market activity. Therefore, a co-operation between Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. (HEP), the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb (FER) and the Norwegian company Technor Energy AS (Technor) initiated a project with the objective to establish a centre for education and training of personnel for Energy Trading. The project has been named "Training Centre for Energy Trading" (TCET) and is partly financed by Norwegian Authorities (86%) and partly by HEP (14%).

By bilateral co-operation a platform was established for transferring and producing knowledge and skills required for management, planning, and operation related to Energy Trading. Special attention was given to the development of curricula for training 1) trainers and 2) market participants. Based on continuous analyses and feedback, new paradigms will be constantly incorporated in the TCET curricula in order to develop skills by which companies may further develop as competitive market participants.

The project started on 1 November 2004 and is completed with the official opening of the Centre on 30 June 2006.

In brief, the results of the projects are five books with theoretical background of energy markets and a laboratory with MASI market simulator software (max. 20 persons) for familiarizing attendees with the trading process (bidding and acting on the market).

TCET is intended for different types of market participants who will act on the Croatian and Regional/European energy markets: eligible customers, suppliers, traders, system operators, etc. The workshop will be organized two or three times per year according to specific needs of attendees and their future role.

After organizing and creating the Centre (in the implementation and operation stage), a workshop for future Teachers was held in Zagreb. Teachers are in fact contributors in the TCET project.