News about Digital Skills

EU Code Week has just launched a series of videos to help kids and parents learn basic computational thinking concepts while having fun together. The videos target everyone with a curious mind above 5 years old and are available in 29 languages.

The Commission has released the results of the 2020 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which monitors Europe's overall digital performance and tracks the progress of EU countries with respect to their digital competitiveness.

National Digital Skills and Jobs Coalitions from 8 European countries will receive in total more than €900.000 to upgrade their web presence and connect to the European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs.

Since the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition launched their call for pledges at the beginning of April, they have received a remarkable response with over 70 new pledges being submitted in a short period.

The EU Code Week Icebreaker massive open online course is back for the second year to respond to the popular demand. The course will take place from 11 May to 15 June.

On 8 April 2020, the Ministry for Technological Innovation and Digitalization launched the Italian National Coalition for Digital Skills and Jobs. The coalition builds on ‘Repubblica Digitale’, a multi-stakeholder initiative that promotes digital skills at all levels of the Italian economy and society.

The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition encourages National Coalitions and their members to identify and share good practices in meeting the growing demand for digital skills.

The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition is coordinating sessions with the National Coalitions and their members to identify and share good practices in meeting the sudden demand for digital skills.

The circumstances surrounding the coronavirus have demonstrated the importance of organisational agility: working and learning remotely is the new reality for many and using digital solutions is essential to preventing prolonged blackouts in activity, be it in education or business.

With the current COVID-19 crisis, many Europeans have been suddenly thrown into conditions demanding the use of digital technologies. The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, supported by the European Commission, is calling for organisations to pledge to support the sudden need for digital skills and digital solutions in the current circumstances.