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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Women in Tech: An education programme for 500 unemployed women aged 25-45
Women in Tech reached five hundred (500) unemployed women aged 25-45, registered with the Public Employment Service (DYPA), with secondary, post-secondary and tertiary education. It was implemented by the DYPA and Huawei under the Memorandum ofDigital Skills Partner Community for Latvian Regions
The Digital Skills Community of Latvia’s regions was established at the start of 2022 with the aim of fostering digital competence across the country's regions. with the common objective of promoting the growth of society’s digital skills.“Smart Latvia” - Supporting SMEs' Digital Transformation
The European Union's Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) indicates that Latvia's digital development is considerably slower than that of its neighbouring countries, and also under the EU average. Improving this requires a coherent approach thatAnnual Latvian ICT prize “Platinum Mouse Award 2023”: Best e-Teacher
The annual Latvian ICT prize “ Platinum Mouse Award 2023” has been awarded since 2007. It aims to identify the most successful digital solutions created in Latvia, to assess the top project creators and developers, and to raise awareness of theFutureLab50+ - The Netherlands
FutureLab50+ is an initiative launched by the JobOn Foundation, in collaboration with the municipality of Rotterdam and the municipality of Utrecht, that consisted in a varied, educational and inspiring online digital skills development program. It was targeted to citizens aged 50+ and has been successfully completed by 650 job seekers.BayCode by ReDI School of Digital Integration - Germany
BayCode aims at upskilling 5,000 Bavarian pupils with little or no access to digital education and/or migration background in digital competencies. Together with local schools, companies and volunteer IT-experts, it promotes digital participation and equal opportunities.Generation: You Employed, Ireland
“You Employed” is a project by Generation Ireland which aims to fill in the gap between the disproportionate levels of unemployment within specific groups in Ireland and the employer demand in the digital sector.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.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 ComputationalSkillsfactory - Belgium
The Belgian Skills Factory initiative is a government-supported programme aimed at improving the qualification of the workforce in the country.