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Applications for the European Digital Skills Awards 2025 are now closed, and the numbers are in! After the resounding success of the past two editions, this year’s call attracted a total number of 195 applications, reflecting the growing momentum behind digital skills initiatives across Europe. As in previous years, the Digital Skills for Education category …

Every month, Innovative Initiatives highlights important news in digital in Luxembourg but also elsewhere in the world. The trends for August 2025 are as follows: €44.3 million in tax credits for digital transformation – 68 companies, mostly in AI, benefited from a 18% tax credit on their digital investments. Source: Luxembourg Times 70% of residents …

A new report published under the Connecting Women in Digital (WIDCON) project, titled “Overview of national actions”, sheds light on how EU Member States are promoting gender equality in the digital sector. Now available via Zenodo, the report presents an overview of national initiatives, funding mechanisms, and programmatic gaps related to the Women in Digital …

The Agency for the Development of Employment (ADEM) has published the third edition of its Employment Zoom, a series of thematic studies on major labour market developments. This new analysis focuses this time on the IT sector, which has been historically dynamic but is currently in a slowdown phase. An unexpected decline in a sector …

Every month, Innovative Initiatives highlights news for the information society in Luxembourg. Here are the highlights of July 2025: Mistral AI opens office in Luxembourg – Partnership with the government for digitalisation and AI projects in the public sector, focusing on data sovereignty. Source: Paperjam Call to postpone the implementation of the AI Act – …

The last 2 years of the European Digital Skills Awards (EDSA) have been nothing short of a success. With over 500 applications and a total of 11 winning projects from both editions, the Digital Skills & Jobs Platform is thrilled to announce the 2025 edition of the awards.  Europe’s digital skills in 2025: 5 distinct …

The Digital Learning Hub is celebrating its third anniversary today. Since its official launch on 16 May 2022, the initiative has grown remarkably, with more than 8 000 registrations for training courses totalling several thousand hours of courses. The symbolic milestone of the 1,000th course published on the platform should be reached in the next …

Join the Women4Cyber CTF adventure, an online event to promote cybersecurity to girls and women. Organised by the non-profit organisation LetzPwn, this competition is a great opportunity to take your first steps into the exciting world of ethical piracy. What is CTF? CTF stands for Capture The Flag. It is a widely used exercise format …

In a world undergoing a digital transformation, Luxembourg chooses ambition, coherence and responsibility. Through three complementary national strategies – on data, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies – the country intends to consolidate its digital sovereignty by 2030 and position itself as a European reference player in the technologies of tomorrow. The three strategies were presented …

Join citizens across Europe in shaping a future that is not just more digital, but aligned to fundamental EU values of diversity, inclusion, and accessibility – and help build fairer and more equitable digital policies for all.  Three surveys launched by the European Commission’s DG CNECT aim to gather evidence on current and future needs …

Prime Minister Luc Frieden (CSV) appeared in the Chamber of Deputies on 13 May for his second State of the Nation address. The head of government was eagerly awaited on many issues. Entitled ‘Stability through progress’, his speech was an opportunity to unveil several concrete announcements, in particular on defence policy, pension reform, taxation – …