On 31 March, our VET4DATACOOPERATION team met online to align on the road ahead. Five months into the project, we are full steam ahead with developing hands-on, practical training for manufacturing SMEs in Europe to enable secure data sharing.
After concluding the needs analysis survey with almost 100 participants, we got a clear picture of the status quo. While there is a strong interest in data cooperation across the European manufacturing industry, implementation is lagging behind. This is why we are now developing five training modules to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to engage in industrial data cooperation.
Thank you very much to everyone who participated in our survey. Your insights are crucial in helping us to develop relevant training content in order to strengthen Europe’s manufacturing ecosystem with the skills, tools and confidence needed to participate in data‑driven collaboration.
A productive session with great energy across the partnership!

