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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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.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.GEIGER - Cybersecurity Solution for Micro- and Small Enterprises
An EU-funded project helping Europe's MSE's protect themselves against cyber incidents.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.Cyber Fairy Tales - Czech Republic
The Cyber Fairy Tales project was launched in 2021. It is the result of a long-term work of experts and enthusiasts in the field of information technology, security and cybersecurity, also engaged in the school education. The main motive and goal were to explain primary cybersecurity threats to young children, in an attractive, and positive way. As in the physical and cyber worlds, there are not only forces of good but also forces of evil; good people and people who have evil and nefarious intentions. Our modern societies are increasingly dependent on digital technologies. Digital technologies are good servants, but they can also be bad masters if misused, and we do not think about security. As in the physical world, there are many threats and risks in the cyber world.European Cyber Security Month (ECSM)
An EU institutional initiative that promotes the sharing of good practices in cybersecurity and brings together a variety of stakeholders in an annual campaign.Secure Hospitals EU
Upskilling courses and programmes on cybersecurity for professionals in the healthcare sector.Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)
DESI is a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on Europe's digital performance and tracks EU Member States' progress.