: This paper shows how Model Driven Engineering (MDE) and Business Process Management (BPM) can be combined when generating executable BPEL processes out of BPMN models. By adding appropriate meta-data information to the BPMN models, business patterns like model fragments or reference process building blocks and technical patterns are applied during the BPMN to BPEL transformation phase. The proposed solution offers a common modeling environment and facilitates collaboration between the business analysts and the technical team. A practical use case in the context of a research project realized by the Centre de Recherche Public