News about Digital Skills

From 6 to 21 October, "EU Code Week" will again help make digital skills and innovation come to life for citizens across Europe and beyond. This year schools of all levels and teachers of all subjects are especially invited to participate. Teachers are encouraged to give their students a first look into the world of programming and "tech" and to inspire them by incorporating hand-on on-line and off-line activities in their classrooms.

Tomorrow, 18 September, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, and Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, will attend the very first meeting of the High-Level Group on the impact of digital transformation, set up by the Commission in May 2018.

Living Schools Lab carried out practical research into the best uses of ICT in education.

The ProsocialLearn project devised games to help children, especially those in danger of social exclusion, improve their social skills.

On 7 May 2018, the European Commission (Directorates-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology – CONNECT and for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion – EMPL) announced the creation of the high-level expert group on the impact of the digital transformation on EU labour markets.

Anja Monrad, Senior Vice President of Dell Central and Eastern Europe, has been appointed the chair of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Governing Board. The Governing Board provides strategic leadership and gives high-level advice to improve the functioning and the impact of the Coalition as well as monitoring its overall progress.

There are so many ways in which we can foster digital skills among EU citizens. It is important that we share information on the many good practices across Europe, to see what is working well in one country and replicate it in others, adapting to the specific local needs and demands. The European Commission, with the contribution of the Digital Champions, has identified some great projects that could be an inspiration for other similar initiatives, that could also be supported by the European Social Fund.

Journalists interested in the thematic areas and eventual outcomes of the Digital Assembly 2018, can find relevant materials in this page. This major annual forum brings together more than 1,000 stakeholders to discuss about the Digital Single Market policies and recent technological developments.

The European Commission is proposing to create the first ever Digital Europe programme and invest €9.2 billion to align the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027 with increasing digital challenges.

The Commission's Digital Europe programme, launched on 6 June 2018, proposes €9.2 billion of investment to meet the digital challenges of the future. Find out more about how EU funding is making a difference to projects in key areas, including supercomputing, Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity.