BackgroundTalentjourney partners from Italy, Germany, Finland, Estonia and Slovenia aim to narrow and close skills’ gap in IOT in smart manufacturing, to innovate and improve the responsiveness of VET system to the needs of industry 4.0 and new era society. We also want to bring VET stakeholder collaboration to the excellence in content and ways of VET provision. All developed Talentjourney services focuses on user-oriented, user-friendly and eco-friendly solutions.Objectives To achieve the aims of the project the partners have defined the two following main objectives: establish the Talentjourney Platform of VET excellence in the field of IIOT that will provide user oriented, user- and eco-friendly solutions; and develop trans-national curricula and life-long trainings in the selected field.ImplementationThe two-year project was launched in November 2019. To get the necessary data on skills needs and gaps in the IIoT field and to get directions for the development of Talentjourney services we have performed interviews in companies and made global desktop research. Obtained information allowed us to start establishing fundamentals of a joint curriculum, lifelong training, trainings for professional development, ecosystem mapping.Results The developed deliverables are: IIOT skills data collection; joint curricula ideation; 8 training and 4 masterclass training for the professional development of trainers; starting points for the EQF 4 and EQF 5 modules of joint curriculum and life-long training in the IIOT field which connects holistically: AI, cybersecurity, data science, robotics and production process development; regional ecosystems mapping, personas and user journeys; project website, media channels for Talentjourney.