In recent years, factors such as restrictions in environmental legislation, the release of standard guidelines for incorporating ecodesign, and specially the appearance of emerging markets very demanding with the product sustainability, have created new needs for furniture manufacturers. The lack of an official curriculum on ecodesign and sustainable production directly affects the traditional manufacturing furniture industry, which is dominated by microenterprises (86% of EU enterprises have less than 10 workers). The size and structure of these EU furniture companies do not help adapting the workers to these new requirements (legislation, environmental, market). Furthermore, taking into account the recent consolidation of ISO 14006 regarding ecodesign, it is necessary to address the training needs of the different enterprises that want to implement it.ECO4VET will develop a novel curriculum and innovative VET materials to train furniture sector professionals, students and unemployed in Ecodesign and Sustainable Production in the Furniture Industry. The main outputs will be: definition of training path, common curriculum and learning contents; development of training materials and e-learning platform. A Pilot Test and Quality Assurance Plan will be implemented to ensure a high quality. ECO4VETwill benefit the furniture sector.The consortium is composed by 10 partners from 7 different countries (Spain, Poland, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, Romania and Greece). This geographical balance is a guarantee for the successful project objectives and results dissemination and exploitation, covering a big European area. ECO4VET will benefit the overall European society by training the furniture industry to in the design and sustainable production of ecofriendly furniture.