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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CODE.FUSION: IT Qualification for Asylum Seekers
The CODE.FUSION of CODERS.BAY trains asylum seekers in programming and increases their chances of finding employment in Austria.Digital education and inclusion: the SAID project
The Erasmus+ project SAID (School Assistance – Inclusive & Digital School Assistance for Digital Education) aims to promote the digital skills of people with disabilities and learning difficulties.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.Digital Seniors - Austria
The "Digital Seniors" initiative is a service point, designed and operated by the non-profit association ÖIAT (Austrian Institute for Applied Telecommunications). Its aim is to promote improved access to the benefits of digitalisation to all AustrianA1 Senior Academy - Austria
An Austrian initiative for those over 60, who want to learn to navigate the digital world.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.ABZ*Digi Cafés in Austria
Digi Cafés is an initiative which promotes peer-to-peer learning and digitalisation training for women in Austria.DigiLernSicher: Digital acquisition of security know-how
More than learning The main focus of the project is the provision of basic digital skills for apprentices in electrical engineering through a specially developed VR app. During design fiction workshops involving trainers and apprentices, VR learningSocial 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.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.