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Digital Skills and Jobs Platform

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What is the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform?

The Digital Skills and Jobs Platform (DSJP) is a one-stop shop for high-quality information, initiatives, and resources on digital skills in Europe. It also hosts an active digital skills stakeholder community, with participants from across Europe.

Aligned closely with the Digital Europe Programme, the Platform directly contributes to the goals of the European Digital Decade strategy: 80% of Europeans with at least basic digital skills and 20 million employed ICT specialists by 2030, and aims to help individuals find relevant training opportunities to upskill and reskill in digital technologies; it also promotes knowledge-sharing and collaboration between European organisations and companies. 

The Platform supports the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition (DSJC) and serves as a hub where 23 National Coalitions can exchange experiences and good practices, and helps community users to navigate through national and EU initiatives, offering a space for community discussions, interactions, and match-making. The main pillars of the DSJC are the National Coalitions and the pledgers.

Since April 2023, the Platform has become the home of the Cybersecurity Skills Academy, a European policy initiative (part of the 2023 European Year of Skills), that aims to coordinate of existing cyber skills initiatives to close the cyber security talent gap, strengthen the EU cyber workforce, and boost EU competitiveness, growth, and resilience. 

What types of information can I find on DSJP?

On the Digital Skills & Jobs Platform, you will find... 

How does DSJP support Europe’s digital goals?

The Platform contributes to the EU’s Digital Decade objectives and supports initiatives under the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) by helping strengthen digital skills, workforce readiness, innovation, and digital competitiveness across Europe

What are National Coalitions?

National Coalitions are multi-stakeholder partnerships that bring together a range of partners with the aim of developing concrete measures to deliver digital skills to every level of society in their countries. They are one of the two pillars of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition (DSJC).

National Coalition partners include ICT and ICT-intensive companies, training providers, education and employment ministries, public and private employment services, and organisations from local civil society.

National Coalitions play a key role in fostering digital skills not only at national but also at European level. They are among the key content providers of the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform. They share key information about national digital skills policies and initiatives, best practices in digital skills area, as well as training opportunities, events and digital skills resources.

National Coalitions are currently established in with many funded under the Digital Europe Programme. Since 2021 many National Coalitions have been enriching their websites using a two-way information flow system with the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform. 23 National Coalitions are currently connected to the Platform, contributing new and relevant content on digital skills connected to their countries, while also disseminating Platform content at national level.

What is the Digital Europe Programme?

The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is an EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens, and public administrations.

DIGITAL provides strategic funding in key capacity areas, such as supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and ensuring a wide use of digital technologies across economies and societies. It supports industry, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and public administrations in digital transformation with a reinforced network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH). The Programme enhances cooperation between EU Member States and stakeholders in digital skills and jobs through:

  • Specialised education programmes in key digital areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, quantum and High Performance Computing (HPC), provided by networks of higher education institutions, research centres and businesses (€120 million contribution over the first two years of the programme).
  • Short-term training courses, tailored to the needs of businesses, with an emphasis on SMEs in Europe, as well as jobseekers and citizens looking to reskill (€25 million contribution over the first two years of the programme).

These actions have 3 common goals:

  1. Increasing capacity and excellence of EU education and training institutions
  2. Encouraging cooperation between higher education, research, and businesses
  3. Sparking interest of Europeans in digital careers and attract the best talents

 Projects funded under the Programme are showcased on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform.

What are Pledgers?

Pledgers are organisations (private, public, or non-profit) that make a voluntary commitment to going beyond their core activities to help reduce the digital skills gap in Europe. By pledging, organisations contribute to bridging this gap through concrete actions like training, courses, or awareness-raising initiatives, aimed at equipping people of all ages and professions with the digital skills they need to thrive in the digital age.

What is the Cybersecurity Skills Academy?

The Cyber Skills Academy is an EU initiative aiming at addressing the growing cybersecurity skills and talent shortage in Europe. It aims to bridge the cybersecurity skills and talent gap in Europe by bringing together and improving the coordination of existing training, upskilling, and reskilling initiatives for cybersecurity professionals.

The Academy builds on four areas of action:

  • Knowledge generation and trainings: This section provides information on cybersecurity training opportunities, campuses, academies, certifications, and skills frameworks across the EU. It includes resources from national and European cybersecurity academies, tools for developing cybersecurity curricula and role profiles, EU-wide frameworks supporting digital and cybersecurity skills, professional certifications, cyber ranges, and links to higher education and training opportunities to help strengthen the EU cybersecurity workforce.
  • Funding and projects: This section provides information on funding opportunities and EU-funded projects related to cybersecurity skills. The Cyber Skills Academy aims to improve visibility, coordination, and impact of investments supporting cyber skills development across Europe by showcasing public and private funding opportunities, highlighting existing projects, and encouraging stakeholders to share relevant initiatives and programmes.
  • Stakeholders and academia: The Industry-Academia Network under the Cyber Skills Academy brings together businesses, universities, European Universities alliances, and training providers to help address the EU cybersecurity skills gap through collaboration, training initiatives, and concrete commitments.
  • Businesses can join by making a pledge through the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform, while higher education institutions and training providers can apply to become members of the Network and engage in joint projects, curricula development, training programmes, and mentorship initiatives. Information about this action can be found in the Get Involved page of the Cybersecurity Skills Academy
  • Measuring progress: This section focuses on measuring progress in cybersecurity skills development through data, indicators, and monitoring frameworks. It highlights current challenges such as cybersecurity skills shortages, recruitment difficulties, and limited workforce training, while supporting the development of methodologies and indicators to track progress, identify gaps, and better align training and funding initiatives across Europe.
  • Additionally, the Cybersecurity Skills Academy features the Diversity & Inclusion section, which highlights initiatives and activities promoting diversity, inclusion, and gender balance in cybersecurity across Europe. The Cyber Skills Academy supports collaboration, upskilling, and reskilling initiatives — particularly for women — and showcases EU-level programmes, networks, and resources aimed at increasing female participation, visibility, and leadership in the cybersecurity workforce.

How can I get in contact with DSJP?

You can contact the Central Support Service by email at info@digitalskillsjobs.eu or by filling out the form on this page.

DSJP account

How can I create a DSJP account?

Click here to create your account. You can shape your own journey with tailored content and opportunities through our new recommender feature. Tick the boxes in your profile to receive insights matched to your interests.

  • If you are already registered with EU Login, simply log in to the site with your EU Login credentials to add an account on DSJP.
  • If you do not yet have an EU Login, you can create one from this page. After you have filled out the form, you will receive an email to confirm your registration. If you cannot find the e-mail, remember to check your spam or junk folder.

Once you have completed your registration request to DSJP, please remember that your account needs to be validated and activated before accessing the site, and this process generally takes a few days. You will receive a confirmation e-mail when your account has been approved. If you have any problems, send email info@digitalskillsjobs.eu.

How can I set up my profile?

When registered, you can customise your profile. You can upload a photo and add a short description of yourself (optional). Your profile is what community members see, so the more complete it is, the more chances you have for networking opportunities and connections with others. Please ensure all mandatory fields are filled in (marked with a red asterisk*).

Where can I find my dashboard?

From the DSJP menu, hover over your profile name and then click on My account in the drop-down menu to access your dashboard. On the same drop-down menu you can access your private messages to and from other Platform users.

How can I become a member of an Organisation?

Once you are logged into your account, go to your personal profile, which is a link in the top left bar of the Platform when logged in. Click on the My Organisation tab.

You will see this message:  

You are not a member of an organisation yet. 
Check if your organisation is available in the list here or create a new one.

  1. First, search the list of available organisations. If your organisation exists, click on “Subscribe to this group”- and wait for your request to be approved.
  2. If your organisation is not on the list, create a new profile for it. Go back to the Profile/Organisation tab and click on “Create a new organisation”. You will be redirected to the form. Fill in the form and submit the profile for approval by clicking on Create organisation and Become a member at the bottom of the page.