Let’s meet all the finalists of the European Digital Skills Awards 2025!

As the European Digital Skills Awards 2025 approaches, we are thrilled to announce the finalists!  

This edition of EDSA25 received a total of 195 applications across all five categories, highlighting the impressive efforts of organizations from across Europe to strengthen digital skills for every citizen.  

The EDSA25 projects are united in helping Europe get in ‘digital shape’ – from building basic digital skills to advancing upskilling in every job sector and educational level, promoting inclusion, and increasing women’s participation in the digital world – and they’re showing great success!

The European Commission and the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform's team selected the 25 finalists for this edition. Let’s get to know them!  

Cybersecurity Skills

• ICT ACADEMY of the Office of the Commissioner of Communications  
  (Cyprus)
• Law Enforcement Assistance for Disaster Prediction and Recovery Optimisation (LEAD-PRO) 
  (Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland)
• Digital Angel 
  (Germany)
• ENIGMA Programme 
  (Spain)
• Acronis Cyber Safety Education for Children 
  (Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland)

Women in ICT Careers

• Women Engineers For A Day 
  (Portugal)
• Digital Girls 
  (Italy)
• Wikiesfera 
  (Spain)
• The SHE@CYBER project 
  (Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland)
• Girls in STEAM Academy 
  (Cyprus)

Digital Upskilling

• eFundae  
  (Spain)
• Level Up 
  (Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Poland)
• Digital Highfive 
  (Denmark)
• Digital Academy of Public Administration 
  (Latvia)
• EBU Academy School of AI 
  (All EU and EU candidacy countries)

Inclusion in the Digital World

• Cyber Safety 
  (Ireland)
• Digital Überall (Digital Everywhere) 
  (Austria)
• PREPARADAS  
  (Spain)
• Digital Compass 
  (Germany)
• No One Left Behind 
  (Lithuania)

Digital Skills for Education

• Escape Fake 
  (Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Hungary, Italy)
• Girls Go Circular 
  (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, Moldova, Georgia)
• European School Radio 
  (Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Poland)
• Skills Upload Jr 
  (Albania, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey)
• Unbeelievable – Protecting Bees through Coding and Robotics 
  (Romania, Spain, Turkey, France, Lithuania, Czehttps://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/inspiration/good-practices/skills-upload-jrch Republic, Netherlands) 

Now it is time for the jury, Kamakshi Rajagopal, Erlend Andreas Gjære, Demetrios Sampson, Riina Vuorikari, and Jonatan Castaño Muñoz, to choose the final winners and announce them.  

Save the date: 12 November 2025!

The winners will be announced on 12 November 2025 during the EU Skills Day. The DSJP team and the European Commission will celebrate the European Digital Skills Awards 2025 (EDSA25) Ceremony, shining a spotlight on outstanding initiatives that are closing the digital skills gap across Europe. Five winners will be revealed across five award categories, recognising exceptional impact, innovation, and inclusion.

Register here and select “European Digital Skills Awards” from the drop-down menu.

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