Italy has achieved 45.8% basic digital skills coverage, compared to the EU average of 55.56%. According to the Digital Decade report 2025, the percentage of ICT specialists in employment has decreased from 4.1% in 2024 to 4% in 2025 comparing to the recent EU average of 5%. The share of female specialists in 2024 was 17.1%. Italy has made remarkable progress in digital infrastructure and digital public services but continues to face challenges in AI adoption and startup growth, while having a leading role in strategic technologies, such as quantum and semiconductors.

Italy's National Coalition for digital skills and jobs, part of 'Repubblica Digitale', promotes digital skills, uniting over 180 organisations. The Italian Strategy for Digital Skills focuses on bridging digital divides, boosting e-skills in education, developing key competences, and increasing ICT specialists in emerging technologies. Goals by 2025 include equipping 70% of the population with basic digital skills, doubling advanced digital skills in various groups, and enhancing public digital service usage to 64%, including older citizens.

Italia Digitale 2026 is the most recent national strategy on digital skills. It was adopted by the Italian Government and it is embedded in Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). This strategy aligns with the European Commission’s Digital Compass 2030 but aims to achieve its goals on a more accelerated timeline, leveraging the substantial financial resources provided by the PNRR.

The Italian National AI Strategy published in June 2022, was developed by Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy in cooperation with group of experts. The Strategy has been developed for a 3 year period from 2022 to 2024. The primary goal of the Strategy is to define a coherent and holistic framework of initiatives to support the development of a national AI ecosystem. 

The National Strategy for Digital Skills aims to bridge the digital divide and enhance digital competencies by 2026. Key goals include increasing basic digital skills in 70% of the population, doubling advanced digital skills, and tripling ICT graduates. The strategy involves education, workforce training, and public sector transformation through a collaborative, multi-sectoral approach.