The current COVID-19 crisis hit certain sectors very hard. One of these sectors is Small and Medium Sized companies around the world. The financial support provided, SMEs are in difficult situation. Now, more than ever they need well educated, skilled owners, managers and employees. They need to keep learning in various areas in order to be able to last in this new, difficult and turbulent environment. But the pandemic has taken away even the possibility of training as many training providers are not ready to provide education online. The addendum says that now more than ever there is “the need for modernisation and digital transformation of education and training systems across Europe”. In order to do this, education and the case of SME, VET education, needs to be ready for delivery of high quality inclusive digital education. The pandemic deepened the situation, but even before it the digital revolution influenced the way people live every day. The technology surrounding everybody everywhere requires the society to acquire at least basic digital skills. Those without even a basic level are unable to benefit from the advantages that the ICT brings. “An estimated 90 % of jobs nowadays require some level of digital skills and one significant threat is that Europe will lose its most competitive edge - a highly-skilled and educated workforce - should we fail to teach digital competences to Europeans of all ages.” (Digital Education Plan, EC, 2018). This quote underlines how important it is for people to acquire the digital skills. This also or rather especially refers to the SMEs and even more to those VET trainers who are responsible for educating this sector. VET trainers in order to teach, should have the skills themselves.As rightly pointed in the “Use and benefits of ICT in education” report (Kennisnet, 2015), “You won’t change education just by digitizing it”. There is a need to equip VET trainers in the right digital skills and competences, so that they are able to take advantage of available technologies to further supporting their learners. To this end the “Digital Education Action Plan” (EC, 2018) says that “Digital readiness in education requires knowhow and involves adaptation and change”.Taking the above into account together with partners experience and knowledge about SMEs’ education in their regions, the project wants to make a meaningful contribution to the upskilling VET trainers in response to the growing need to improve digital competences of VET trainers around Europe. In addition, the DIGI4SME project aim is also to promote the DigCompEdu framework (EC, 2017) which was created to be used at all educational levels and is a response to the emerging need observed in many European countries that educators can only use the potential of digital technologies for delivering innovative education if they are, themselves, equipped with a set of digital competences that matches their profession. The aim of the DIGI4SME project if extending digital competences of VET trainers providing training to SMEs in line with the DigCompEdu will be achieved through development of:IO1 – Training needs detector IO2 – Training e-course The primary target group are VET trainers with either no or basic digital skills working in VET centres particularly those that deliver various trainings to SMEs connected with effective functioning of a company. They will benefit directly from project activities and will be able to gain or improve their digital skills. The secondary target group can be defined as employees of SMEs, learners of the above-mentioned VET trainers that that through digitally enabled learning methods will improve their own digital skills and skills needed to successful business operations.The DIGI4SME project is expected to impact participants, participating organisations, target groups and relevant stakeholders. The most important indicator of success of the DIGI4SME project will be positive impact on VET trainers and VET and SME sector as a whole.In general, it is desired that the project will contribute to improving teaching methods and tools through effective use of innovative solutions and digital technologies among them and in the long run to raising the digital skills of Europeans.