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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A1 Senior Academy - Austria
An Austrian initiative for those over 60, who want to learn to navigate the digital world.3rd e-age: Digital Empowerment of the Elderly
The initiative of National Academy for Digital Skills in Greece “Third e-age: Digital Empowerment of the Elderly", aims to tailor individual training and customized support to the elderly provided by Digital Assistants-Trainers, in order to perform basic digital tasks. The elderly get the opportunity to habituate to the use of their personal ICT equipment, to create and exchange information and data, to build capability to request and receive digital services and to enjoy communication and sharing with their loved ones at a basic level of security and a fair amount of digital citizenship. This action is aligned with national strategy of digital transformation of the country (Digital Transformation Bible 2020-2025) and EU policy (Digital Decade 2030 for reducing the digital divide in digital basic skill of citizens.Women in IT Career Day - Poland
Women in IT Career Day is a free online conference for women who are interested in new technologies and want to develop in this direction. The event is attended by leaders of the Polish IT industry and experts in motivation and development.Engineers for a day (Engenheiras por 1 dia) - Portugal
A Portuguese program to promote gender equality and equal access to engineering and technological courses for all.The Blue Ant Code - Spain
Context Learning to program at an early age is a vehicle for the development of 21st century cognitive and digital skills that must be acquired from an early age in order to adapt adequately to today's computerised society, such as ComputationalFemale Engineer of the Year - Slovenia
In Europe, only about a quarter of girls study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), compared to one in three in Slovenia. Why don't girls choose engineering careers? For us to narrow the gender gap in STEM and Computer Science'Become a Maker' Project & MakerHUB Technobel - Belgium
The MakerHUB by Technobel & overall project support innovation and experimentation with state-of-the-art technologies and get guidance by experts.Katapult.eu - the Netherlands
An open-source toolbox for SMEs and VET providers, with guidance on a range of topics from tackling gender disparities within a company, to digitalising a product or service.Girls Code it Better - Italy
The Italian initiative aims to tackle gender disparities and encourage more girls to go into ICT and STEM careers.Explore Programme - Ireland
A regional skills initiative of the Irish government to support lifelong learning and digital skills for all, and especially those employed in manufacturing.