2 THE STEP SURVEY
2.1 Observing strategy of the STEP Survey
2.2 The VST telescope and OmegaCAM
2.3 STEP area coverage
2.4 STEP observations
2.5 STEP progress

3 DATA REDUCTION
3.1 Pre-reduction, astrometry and photometric calibration
3.2 Photometry
3.3 Completeness

4 THE STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND WING REGIONS
4.1 Tile 3 7
4.2 Tile 4 6

5 STAR CLUSTERS IN STEP
5.1 Surface brightness profiles of NGC 419 and IC 1624
5.2 The age of NGC 419 and IC 1624

6 SUMMARY