Reports and Studies about Digital Skills

The Digital4Her conference ended with useful conclusions and suggestions via the message board and the various panels and speeches from inspiring men and women.

Skills for digital marketing, social media, cybersecurity, web development and data analytics are what small and medium enterprises (SMEs) most want to improve on. These are the interim findings of a European pilot project which will now pilot training courses in these areas for SME employees and unemployed in Murcia, Spain and in Lithuania. The final objective is to develop “blueprints” to upskill small businesses all over Europe.

The general report gives an update on how the EU is delivering on its 10 priorities, including the Digital Single Market.

Digital skills are not only required in the ICT sector, but increasingly across all sectors. Knowledge of cybersecurity, data analytics and machine learning for example are needed in fields as diverse as banking and manufacturing, farming and health. A computer-literate workforce is also vital to maintain Europe’s global competitiveness in a fast-changing world.

Digital Opportunity Traineeships – an EU-funded training initiative – aims to help companies fill vacancies with digitally competent candidates. Despite high levels of unemployment in Europe, 40% of enterprises looking to fill ICT specialist jobs say they have difficulties finding the right people.

The demand for ICT specialists is growing rapidly in all sectors of the economy. This flyer aims to inspire members, pledgers, or potential actors of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition to make their own commitment in developing high-level digital skills of ICT professionals.

Develop digital skills through on-the-job training abroad! Did you know there are more than 350,000 vacancies for ICT specialists in Europe today?

Digital Opportunity Traineeships – an EU-funded training initiative – aims to help companies fill vacancies with digitally competent candidates. Digital skills are not only required in the ICT sector, but increasingly across all sectors. Knowledge of cybersecurity, data analytics and machine learning for example are needed in fields as diverse as banking and manufacturing, farming and health. A computer-literate workforce is also vital to maintain Europe’s global competitiveness in a fast-changing world.

This new study on Women in Digital Age reports that there is a growing gap between men and women's participation in the digital sector in education, career and entrepreneurship.

The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition conference took place in Brussels on 7 December 2017. Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, outlined her vision for future digital skills policy in Europe, launched the Digital Opportunity scheme for traineeships in digital and awarded the European Digital Skills Awards 2017 to five outstanding projects that have boosted the digital skills of Europeans. Read the report here.