The first problem to be addressed, before dry stone heritage can be a driver of local economic development, is the loss of, or decline in, the skills of dry stone building. The increasing abandonment of traditional farming activities and, as a result, dry stone structures, has led to a loss of knowledge and skills. Their recovery is essential since it is increasingly important to have professionals capable of restoration work and who have the necessary level of skill. It is, at the same time, a means of creating work for the young unemployed and long-term unemployed who lack qualifications.

Given that the traditional methods of transmitting the skills have been lost, it is paramount that the experiences of the partners in matters of training, research into new methods of apprenticeship and a system of qualifications for new professionals.