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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SecurePractice4EU - Norway
Secure Practice offers interactive cyber exercises, where people with a responsibility for IT, security and preparedness (including management) will handle a simulated crisis in teams. 2500 participants during one year in Norway leads to scaling the initiative to ten European countries within 2026.Cyber 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.EPICO NextGen - Denmark
An initiative that connects recent graduates in IT in Denmark with companies struggling to recruit the right talents. NextGen aims to bridge the digital divide by acting as an intermediary between top graduates and companies in the field.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.GEIGER - Cybersecurity Solution for Micro- and Small Enterprises
An EU-funded project helping Europe's MSE's protect themselves against cyber incidents.DiversIT Charter
The DiversIT Charter is a 3-tier certification aimed at reducing gender disparity in IT roles. It serves as both a recognition of a company’s efforts in advancing gender equality in tech, and as inspiration for further diversity and inclusion policies.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.Girls Go Circular
Girls Go Circular offers an online learning platform that offers young girls the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the circular economy while acquiring digital competenciesYouth Work HD - Lithuania
Youth Work HD the first European online learning platform for the professional development of youth workers that gathers all in one place.