Luxembourg - National Digital Decade strategic roadmap

The Luxembourg strategic roadmap for the Digital Decade developed by the Luxembourg Ministry for Digitalisation sets out the strategic goals to be achieved by 2030, monitoring their achievement, and the target paths and key measures have been developed.  

The report uses the data in the Digital Decade Report 2023 on the National Base Value of the Digital Decade Targets, the EU baseline value for Digital Decade Targets in 2023 and the EU target value for 2030. 

Luxembourg is performing well in view of the Digital Decade targets on digital skills, with 64% of the population possessing at least basic digital skills, above the EU average of 54%. The country also scores above EU average for individuals with above basic digital skills (32% of people in Luxembourg versus 26% of people in the EU) and at least basic digital content creation skills (80% of people in Luxembourg compared to 66% of people in the EU). The country is also well above the EU average for the number of ICT specialists represented in total employment (7.7% vs. 4.6%). The share of women among ICT specialists is, at 20.7%, also above the EU average of 18.9%. 

The Roadmap for Luxembourg consists of 4 chapters:

• Digital Skills
• Digital Infrastructure 
• Digital Transformation of Businesses 
• Digitalisation of Public Services 

Priorities for the development of digital skills

Luxembourg is currently implementing several measures intended to increase the level of basic and advanced digital skills. It is expected that the initiatives in the area of digital inclusion and those to support jobseekers will have the most substantial impact in the short run, while initiatives focussing on the educational system will have the potential to create solid long-term effects.

With demand for digital skills in both professional and private life, the strategy aims to foster more than just computational skills. It is based on five uniquely human competences: critical thinking, creativity, communication, cooperation, and coding. 

Measures contributing to the achievement of the target

• At least basic digital skills

  • Measure 1: Prepare students for evolving digital work environments

  • Measure 2: Safety for children in an online environment

  • Measure 3: Digital Skills Partnerships

  • Measure 4: Programmes for jobseekers

  • Measure 5: Methodology for monitoring the evolution of digital skills needs (skills data)

• ICT specialists in employment

  • Measure 1: Digital Learning Hub

  • Measure 2: University of Luxembourg as a prime provider of digital skills programmes

  • Measure 3: Short cycle higher education programmes (BTS)

  • Measure 4: ICT START

  • Measure 5: Educate future digital leaders

  • Measure : ElementsofAI.LU” (EoAI): MOOC with online study accompaniment and extensive targeted in-person support

  • Measure 7: “Google certificates” personalised and accompanied upskilling offers for jobseekers

  • Measure 8: ICT specialists and gender convergence: addressing gender differences in digital upskilling

  • Measure 9: ICT mentoring programmes for female students

Key challenges to overcome

To reach the ambitious EU target by 2030, Luxembourg has to continue working to overcome challenges related to skills shortages, a significant non-resident workforce, housing issues and language barriers affecting the attraction and retention of skilled labour.