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Every year, on the fourth Thursday of April, we celebrate International Girls in ICT Day. This is a global initiative that encourages girls and young women to explore opportunities in the world of technology. This year, it will be marked on 23 April, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future”, …
The National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) provides citizens with an interactive digital awareness test available on the dnsc.ro platform. The tool includes 10 interactive challenges that help users identify deepfakes, phishing attempts, vishing and online fraud, providing detailed explanations for each scenario. The initiative comes in a context where Romania is facing a growing number …
On 1 April 2026, the European Commission and HaDEA, the Commission’s Health and Digital Executive Agency, announced the 10th set of open calls under the Digital Europe Programme. €12.5 million will go towards projects aiming to boost the deployment and uptake of key and innovative digital technologies throughout EU Member States. In the spotlight: funding …
Following on the success of the past three editions, this year’s call attracted 220 applications, reflecting the momentum behind digital skills initiatives in Europe. The applications in numbers As in previous years, the most popular category was Digital Skills for Education, with 90 applications. Next was Inclusion in the Digital World with 64, followed by …
5 March 2026 marked one year since the launch of the Union of Skills, an initiative aimed at strengthening Europe’s competitiveness. As the European economy continues to evolve through green and digital transitions, skills have become a critical driver of innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth. By investing in people, tackling labour shortages, and promoting education, …
Taking stock of the Digital Education Action Plan As part of the preparations for the EU Code Week 2025, which took place in October 2025, Euractiv held an online conference on the 22nd of September 2025. The recording of the event is available on Youtube. The conference took stock of the Digital Education Action Plan …
To say we live in interesting times in an understatement: the world around us unfolds before our very eyes with an unprecedented speed, ultimately altering the way we learn, live, and work. The 2025 Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) lands at a time when Artificial Intelligence, automation and demographic shifts …
Europe’s digital future starts with skills and the 2026 edition of the European Digital Skills Awards is now open, celebrating the initiatives that are shaping it. We invite everyone who have either initiated or completed projects to foster the adoption of digital skills in one of the five awards categories to apply. Europe’s digital skills …
Digital technologies have become part of daily life for people across the European Union. New data from the Eurostat report on Digital economy and society statistics – households and individuals highlight how widespread internet access has become in Europe, how Europeans use online services, and how emerging tools like generative artificial intelligence (AI) are being …
Every month, Innovative Initiatives highlights the news shaping the digital society in Luxembourg and Europe. Here are some recent key trends: Entrepreneurship is growing despite AI-related concerns – the share of residents engaged in new businesses is 9.9%. While 34% of creators consider AI essential, 58% fear security and data protection risks. Source: RTL Today …
Atomico recently published the 2025 edition of its annual State of European Tech report: an in-depth analysis of the European tech ecosystem. Below are some highlights from the report, and an analysis of the lessons that Luxembourg can extract from it in its efforts to lead on the European digital transformation. We also look at …
The European Commission has launched a broad public consultation on the Digital Decade Policy Programme – inviting citizens, businesses, public authorities, regional and local governments, and civil society actors – to provide feedback. The aim is to assess whether the 2030 digital targets remain realistic and relevant in a fast-changing technological and societal landscape. The …
