This list offers an overview of good practices in digital skills by regional, national and European stakeholders. Explore successful approaches, upskilling initiatives and projects with a proven impact on bridging the digital skills gap that have the potential to be replicated in other countries and different contexts.
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Digital Skills for All
According to Statistik Austria (2023), 63% of the Austrian population aged 16 to 74 have at least basic digital skills. Digital skills vary among different population groups: while 60% of individuals with a maximum compulsory schooling diploma lackCyber Skills - Ireland
Cyber Skills offers online, part-time courses co-designed by industry and academia for working professionals, providing immediate, practical cybersecurity knowledge to enhance skills and meet sector demands.HackerStop: a Danish IT security tool
Make IT security a common concern, and not something employees are reminded about with HackerStop, the Danish initiative that kicked off in 2022 but has already reached more than 400 companies throughout the country.Latvia - Riga TechGirls
Riga TechGirls is a community created by women in the IT sector with the goal of educating and inspiring girls and women to pursue careers in IT.Social Warning - Italy
Social Warning is a project that brings the topic of digital awareness to schools through a network of young volunteer trainers, all professionals who work with digital technologies on a daily basis. The aim is not to alarm or reassure, but to inform.Accessia - Belgium
Accessia is an innovative springboard that aims to getting people with disabilities who have difficulty accessing employment into work and improving the digital accessibility of online services.Austria - digitaleberufe.at Career Guidance Platform
The platform digitalberufe.at provides information and orientation about digital professions and contains a wide range of job profiles as well as a multimedia insight into the world of digital professions and its future.Digital Pioneers - Austria
The Digital Pioneers Programme offers young women insights into digital and technical professions to encourage them to start a career in STEM fields.Digital Pioneers
As part of the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), the 2021 Women in Digital Scoreboard shows that there is still a gender gap in specialised digital skills. Only about 19 % of ICT specialists and just over a third of female STEM graduates inCyber Security Quiz Austria
The Cyber Security Quiz raises awareness of relevant security issues on the internet, helps to reflect on one’s own behaviour on the internet and at the same time build up operational competences for everyday web use.