In the 2024 edition of the Digital Decade report, Austria has achieved 64.7% basic digital skills coverage, compared to the EU average of 55.6%. This puts Austria at 80.9% of the overall target for the EU 2030 goal, which aims to have 80% of the EU population possessing at least basic digital skills. The country has seen an annual growth of 1.1% from the previous year. Austria has implemented specific measures to explicitly focus on improving the gender balance by increasing the basic and intermediate digital skills of girls and women.

Austria has a National coalition for digital skills and jobs. The initiative consists of a collaborative effort led by the Austrian Federal Chancellery and four federal ministries, the Ministries of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Education, Women, Science and Research, and Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism, and represents an innovative approach to cross-governmental cooperation that ensures a unified and effective strategy. The effort is national as well, with all federal states signing the Digital Austria Pact, demonstrating a collective commitment to enhancing digital skills and literacy. 

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

The Austrian National Coalition, led by the Digital Skills Office at OeAD  - Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation (as the implementation partner of the Digital Skills Initiative, is actively involved in digital re- and upskilling.

Austria's other initiatives include investing in digital education, expanding broadband coverage, promoting Quantum Computing research, and implementing reforms for basic digital competence in schools. Digital basic education is now compulsory for students in 5th to 8th grade. Furthermore, the Digital Skills Initiative aims to enhance digital skills across different domains by 2030 based on the National Framework of Reference for Digital Competence.