Tech Time 2 Skill: Courses on cybersecurity and AI

The Tech Time 2 Skill project aimed to develop digital talent in Europe and support the digital transformation of European SMEs in a sustainable way. Co-funded by the European Commission’s European Digital and Health Executive Agency (HaDEA), it aimed to support the acquisition of AI and cybersecurity skills by SME staff and job seekers. Several training courses helped develop workers’ digital skills in 2 key areas: cybersecurity and AI. The project was launched in January 2023 and ran until January 2026, developed in three countries: France, Belgium and Spain.

Tech Time 2 Skill is led by a consortium of 3 training organisations: Simplon.co in France, Becode in Belgium and Factoria F5 in Spain, and by partner companies and business networks (PIMEC, Agoria, Agence du Numérique as part of Digital Wallonia, Microsoft).

The partners

Agoria and Agence du Numérique in Belgium and PIMEC in Spain aim to promote training initiatives and, more specifically, to identify the organisations in their networks that wish to participate first in the acculturation and capacity building workshops, and/or that wish to participate in the training courses for employment as professionals to talk about their profession.

Becode, Simplon.co, and Factoria F5 organise and deliver the training courses.

The trainings 

Training 1: Unleash the potential of AI

This one-day training course will help participants acquire knowledge to boost their company’s productivity. The course will be delivered to groups of 12-20 participants, targeted towards Directors, decision-makers and managers of small and medium-sized businesses in all sectors. The course is available in a hybrid format and no prerequisites are required. 

The objectives of the course are to: 

• Master the appropriate AI vocabulary
• Discover the main applications and use cases
• Identify the right roles and solutions for each stage of a data / AI project
• Take account of strategic, ethical, and cultural issues when implementing an AI project
• Draw up an initial action plan for your SME

The target audience of this course is executives, decision-makers and managers from small and medium-sized companies in all sectors, in groups of 12 to 20 participants.

Training 2: Leading SMEs towards cybersecurity resilience

The objectives of the course are to:

• Understand your cybersecurity obligations
• Identify major threats
• Develop appropriate responses
• Implement best practice and cybersecurity strategies

The target audience of this course is executives, decision-makers, and managers from small and medium-sized companies in all sectors, in groups of 12 to 20 participants.