diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/README.md b/baselines/fedvssl/README.md
index af0bd1651574..76f770a972fe 100644
--- a/baselines/fedvssl/README.md
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/README.md
@@ -90,28 +90,50 @@ cd ..
 ```
 
 
-Finally, we can launch the training:
+Finally, we can launch the training.
 
+### Federated SSL pre-training
+
+To run using FedVSSL:
 ```bash
 # run federated SSL training with FedVSSL
 python -m fedvssl.main pre_training=true # this will run using the default settings.
 
 # you can override settings directly from the command line
 python -m fedvssl.main pre_training=true mix_coeff=1 rounds=100 # will set hyper-parameter alpha to 1 and the number of rounds to 100
-
-# run downstream fine-tuning with pre-trained SSL model
-python -m fedvssl.main pre_training=false pretrained_model_path=<CHECKPOINT>.npz # this will run using the default settings.
 ```
 
 To run using FedAvg:
 ```bash
 # this will run FedAvg baseline
 # This is done so to match the experimental setup in the paper
-python -m fedvssl.main fedavg=true
+python -m fedvssl.main pre_training=true fedavg=true
 
 # this config can also be overriden.
 ```
 
+### Downstream fine-tuning
+To run downstream fine-tuning with pre-trained SSL model,
+we first need to transform model format:
+
+```bash
+python -m fedvssl.finetune_preprocess --pretrained_model_path=<CHECKPOINT>.npz
+```
+
+Then, launch the fine-tuning using CtP script:
+
+```bash
+bash fedvssl/CtP/tools/dist_train.sh fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101.py 1 --work_dir=./finetune_results --data_dir=fedvssl/data
+```
+
+Note that the first parameter of this script is the path of config file, while the second is the number of GPUs used for fine-tuning.
+
+After that, we perform the test process:
+
+```bash
+bash fedvssl/CtP/tools/dist_test.sh fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/test_ucf101.py 1 --work_dir=./finetune_results --data_dir=fedvssl/data --progress
+```
+
 ## Expected results
 
 ### Pre-training and fine-tuning on UCF-101
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/base.yaml b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/base.yaml
index a318b962985b..62f3641827ce 100644
--- a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/base.yaml
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/base.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pre_training: false
 exp_name: fedvssl_results
 data_dir: fedvssl/data
 partition_dir: annotations/client_distribution
-cfg_path_pretrain: fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
+cfg_path_pretrain: fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
 
 # FL settings
 pool_size: 5
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/model_r3d18.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/model_r3d18.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c65740375e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/model_r3d18.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+model = dict(
+    type='TSN',
+    backbone=dict(
+        type='R3D',
+        depth=18,
+        num_stages=4,
+        stem=dict(
+            temporal_kernel_size=3,
+            temporal_stride=1,
+            in_channels=3,
+            with_pool=False,
+        ),
+        down_sampling=[False, True, True, True],
+        channel_multiplier=1.0,
+        bottleneck_multiplier=1.0,
+        with_bn=True,
+        zero_init_residual=False,
+        pretrained=None,
+    ),
+    st_module=dict(
+        spatial_type='avg',
+        temporal_size=2,  # 16//8
+        spatial_size=7),
+    cls_head=dict(
+        with_avg_pool=False,
+        temporal_feature_size=1,
+        spatial_feature_size=1,
+        dropout_ratio=0.5,
+        in_channels=512,
+        init_std=0.001,
+        num_classes=101
+    )
+)
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41be3ba4b62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+_base_ = ['../model_r3d18.py',
+          '../runtime_ucf101.py']
+
+work_dir = './finetune_ucf101/'
+
+model = dict(
+    backbone=dict(
+        pretrained='./model_pretrained.pth',
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/test_ucf101.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/test_ucf101.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b485c54a5084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/test_ucf101.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+_base_ = ['../model_r3d18.py',
+          '../runtime_ucf101.py']
+
+work_dir = './finetune_ucf101/'
+
+model = dict(
+    backbone=dict(
+        pretrained='/finetune/ucf101/epoch_150.pth',
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/runtime_ucf101.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/runtime_ucf101.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25d7e694a3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/runtime_ucf101.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+dist_params = dict(backend='nccl')
+log_level = 'INFO'
+load_from = None
+resume_from = None
+syncbn = True
+
+train_cfg = None
+test_cfg = None
+evaluation = dict(interval=10)
+
+data = dict(
+    videos_per_gpu=4,  # total batch size 8*4 == 32
+    workers_per_gpu=4,
+    train=dict(
+        type='TSNDataset',
+        name='ucf101_train_split1',
+        data_source=dict(
+            type='JsonClsDataSource',
+            ann_file='ucf101/annotations/train_split_1.json',
+        ),
+        backend=dict(
+            type='ZipBackend',
+            zip_fmt='ucf101/zips/{}.zip',
+            frame_fmt='img_{:05d}.jpg',
+        ),
+        frame_sampler=dict(
+            type='RandomFrameSampler',
+            num_clips=1,
+            clip_len=16,
+            strides=2,
+            temporal_jitter=False
+        ),
+        test_mode=False,
+        transform_cfg=[
+                dict(type='GroupScale', scales=[(149, 112), (171, 128), (192, 144)]),
+                dict(type='GroupFlip', flip_prob=0.35),
+                dict(type='RandomBrightness', prob=0.20, delta=32),
+                dict(type='RandomContrast', prob=0.20, delta=0.20),
+                dict(type='RandomHueSaturation', prob=0.20, hue_delta=12, saturation_delta=0.1),
+                dict(type='GroupRandomCrop', out_size=112),
+                dict(
+                    type='GroupToTensor',
+                    switch_rgb_channels=True,
+                    div255=True,
+                    mean=(0.485, 0.456, 0.406),
+                    std=(0.229, 0.224, 0.225)
+                )
+            ]
+    ),
+    val=dict(
+        type='TSNDataset',
+        name='ucf101_test_split1',
+        data_source=dict(
+            type='JsonClsDataSource',
+            ann_file='ucf101/annotations/test_split_1.json',
+        ),
+        backend=dict(
+            type='ZipBackend',
+            zip_fmt='ucf101/zips/{}.zip',
+            frame_fmt='img_{:05d}.jpg',
+        ),
+        frame_sampler=dict(
+            type='UniformFrameSampler',
+            num_clips=10,
+            clip_len=16,
+            strides=2,
+            temporal_jitter=False
+        ),
+        test_mode=True,
+        transform_cfg=[
+            dict(type='GroupScale', scales=[(171, 128)]),
+            dict(type='GroupCenterCrop', out_size=112),
+            dict(
+                type='GroupToTensor',
+                switch_rgb_channels=True,
+                div255=True,
+                mean=(0.485, 0.456, 0.406),
+                std=(0.229, 0.224, 0.225)
+            )
+        ]
+    ),
+    test=dict(
+        type='TSNDataset',
+        name='ucf101_test_split1',
+        data_source=dict(
+            type='JsonClsDataSource',
+            ann_file='ucf101/annotations/test_split_1.json',
+        ),
+        backend=dict(
+            type='ZipBackend',
+            zip_fmt='ucf101/zips/{}.zip',
+            frame_fmt='img_{:05d}.jpg',
+        ),
+        frame_sampler=dict(
+            type='UniformFrameSampler',
+            num_clips=10,
+            clip_len=16,
+            strides=2,
+            temporal_jitter=False
+        ),
+        test_mode=True,
+        transform_cfg=[
+            dict(type='GroupScale', scales=[(171, 128)]),
+            dict(type='GroupCenterCrop', out_size=112),
+            dict(
+                type='GroupToTensor',
+                switch_rgb_channels=True,
+                div255=True,
+                mean=(0.485, 0.456, 0.406),
+                std=(0.229, 0.224, 0.225)
+            )
+        ]
+    ),
+)
+
+# optimizer
+total_epochs = 150
+optimizer = dict(type='SGD', lr=0.01, momentum=0.9, weight_decay=5e-4)
+optimizer_config = dict(grad_clip=dict(max_norm=40, norm_type=2))
+# learning policy
+lr_config = dict(
+    policy='step',
+    step=[60, 120]
+)
+checkpoint_config = dict(interval=1, max_keep_ckpts=1, create_symlink=False)
+workflow = [('train', 50)]
+log_config = dict(
+    interval=10,
+    hooks=[
+        dict(type='TextLoggerHook'),
+        dict(type='TensorboardLoggerHook'),
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining_runtime_kinetics.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/pretraining_runtime_kinetics.py
similarity index 100%
rename from baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining_runtime_kinetics.py
rename to baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/pretraining_runtime_kinetics.py
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining_runtime_ucf.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/pretraining_runtime_ucf.py
similarity index 100%
rename from baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining_runtime_ucf.py
rename to baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/pretraining_runtime_ucf.py
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_kinetics/pretraining_for_kinetics.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/r3d_18_kinetics/pretraining_for_kinetics.py
similarity index 100%
rename from baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_kinetics/pretraining_for_kinetics.py
rename to baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/r3d_18_kinetics/pretraining_for_kinetics.py
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
similarity index 89%
rename from baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
rename to baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
index c386ac0d7c65..1a532d0e74de 100644
--- a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/pretraining/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining_for_ucf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 """Config file used for pre-training on UCF-101 dataset."""
 
 _base_ = "../pretraining_runtime_ucf.py"
-# _base_ = '../pretraining_runtime_kinetics.py'
-
-# work_dir = './output/ctp/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining/'
 
 model = {
     "type": "CtP",
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_kinetics/finetune_ucf101_for_kinetics.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_kinetics/finetune_ucf101_for_kinetics.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f5832e68a882..000000000000
--- a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_kinetics/finetune_ucf101_for_kinetics.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-"""Config file used for fine-tuning on UCF-101 dataset."""
-
-_base_ = [
-    "../../recognizers/_base_/model_r3d18.py",
-    "../../recognizers/_base_/runtime_ucf101.py",
-]
-
-work_dir = "./output/ctp/r3d_18_kinetics/finetune_ucf101/"
-
-model = {
-    "backbone": {
-        "pretrained": "./output/ctp/r3d_18_kinetics/pretraining/epoch_90.pth",
-    },
-}
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101_for_ucf.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101_for_ucf.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f57454448f4b..000000000000
--- a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101_for_ucf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-"""Config file used for fine-tuning on UCF-101 dataset."""
-
-_base_ = [
-    "../../recognizers/_base_/model_r3d18.py",
-    "../../recognizers/_base_/runtime_ucf101.py",
-]
-
-work_dir = "./output/ctp/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101/"
-
-model = {
-    "backbone": {
-        "pretrained": "./output/ctp/r3d_18_ucf101/pretraining/epoch_300.pth",
-    },
-}
diff --git a/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/finetune_preprocess.py b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/finetune_preprocess.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a0c2affdb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baselines/fedvssl/fedvssl/finetune_preprocess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import argparse
+from collections import OrderedDict
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+from mmengine.config import Config
+from flwr.common import parameters_to_ndarrays
+from .CtP.pyvrl.builder import build_model
+
+
+def args_parser():
+    """Parse arguments to pre-process pre-trained SSL model for fine-tuning."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--cfg_path",
+        default="fedvssl/conf/mmcv_conf/finetuning/r3d_18_ucf101/finetune_ucf101.py",
+        type=str,
+        help="Path of config file for fine-tuning.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pretrained_model_path",
+        default="",
+        type=str,
+        help="Path of pre-trained SSL model.",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+args = args_parser()
+
+# Load config file
+cfg = Config.fromfile(args.cfg_path)
+cfg.model.backbone["pretrained"] = None
+
+# Build a model using the config file
+model = build_model(cfg.model)
+
+# Conversion of the format of pre-trained SSL model from .npz files to .pth format.
+params = np.load(args.pretrained_model_path, allow_pickle=True)
+params = params["arr_0"].item()
+params = parameters_to_ndarrays(params)
+params_dict = zip(model.state_dict().keys(), params)
+state_dict = {
+    "state_dict": OrderedDict(
+        {k: torch.from_numpy(v) for k, v in params_dict}
+    )
+}
+torch.save(state_dict, "./model_pretrained.pth")
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