This European Conference "Competence Modelling for European HR and Policies: Bridging Business, Education, and Training" (COME‐HR) is focusing new ways and approaches for the vocational training by competence models, E‐Learning and social communities. The "Competence Modelling for European HR and Policies: Bridging Business, Education, and Training" (COME‐HR) 2011 continues the discussion developed at the first four related European conferences in Vilnius (Lithuania), Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania) and the planned European conference "Innovations in the Environmental Sector" (INES) which