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Digital skills for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

Digital skills for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

Start date 01/01/2017
End date 31/12/2025

Our pledge

The Amsterdam Economic Board aims to sustainably enhance the prosperity and well-being of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area so that the area could become the most adaptive and appealing labor market of Europe by 2025. We plan to work together with industry, governmental agencies and educational institutes to focus on collaboration, innovation and growth in order to make the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area the most adaptive and appealing labour market in Europe. 

 

Our initiatives

We commit to providing training, placements and funding to support the access of young people to the jobs market through the acquisition of digital skills.

Pledge duration

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Digital Skills in Education New initiative
Investing in education and infrastructure
Initative name
Pillar
Type
Methodology
Investing in education and infrastructure
.
Honorary Pledge
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Initiative status
Initiative status
Quantity
Target
Place
10%
600000
6000000
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Digital Skills for Labour Force New initiative
Developing digital skills for the digital economy, e.g. upskilling and deskilling workers, job seekes; actions on career advice and guidance.
Digital Skills for ICT Professionals New initiative
Providing work experience in Cyber security
Initative name
Pillar
Type
Methodology
Providing work experience in Cyber security
.
Placement
-
Initiative status
Initiative status
Quantity
Target
Place
100%
400
400
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Upskilling technology talents
Initative name
Pillar
Type
Methodology
Upskilling technology talents
.
Training
-
Initiative status
Initiative status
Quantity
Target
Place
100%
550
550
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Digital Skills for All Citizens New initiative
Developing digital skills to enable all citizens to be active in our digital society.