The European Commission aims to tackle the digital skills gap and promote projects and strategies to improve the level of digital skills in Europe.
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About the programme
The DIGITAL Europe programme will fund the design and delivery of specialised programmes and traineeships for future experts in key capacity areas like data and AI, cybersecurity, quantum and HPC. It also aims to support the upskilling of the existing workforce through training in key capacity areas.
The actions under this Special Objective aim at supporting the excellence of EU education and training institutions in digital areas, including by encouraging their cooperation with research and businesses. The goal is to improve the capacity to nurture and attract digital talents.
During the first two years of the programme, actions on skills will focus on the following aspects:
The preparation of a European data space for skills will contribute to mapping and identifying needs and developments across the EU.
Cybersecurity Advanced Digital Skills
The Commission has published a new call under Digital Europe - Special Objective 4: Advanced Digital Skills (DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05). There are tree call topics under this call: Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas (DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-SPECIALEDU) - Lump Sum Grant Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas - Ad... read more
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