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The wait is over! The winners of the European Digital Skills Awards 2023 have been announced: 6 projects from around Europe bring back the trophy for best practices in the 5 awards categories. Yesterday evening in Brussels, during the EDSA23 awards ceremony, June Lowery-Kingston, Deputy Director and Head of Unit at DG CNECT, European Commission, handed …
On 30 June 2023, the members of the High Committee for Digital Transformation met at the invitation of Marc Hansen, Minister Delegate for Digitalisation, at the Château de Senningen for the second plenary meeting of the High Committee since its inaugural session on 28 September 2022. The first part of the meeting was devoted to …
In 2022, under the responsibility of INCoDe.2030, the Digital Coalition – Digital Skills and Jobs was introduced to the Portuguese Coalition for Digital Employability – based on the premise that the ongoing digitalisation of the economy and society calls for collaboration between all public and private entities, without leaving anyone behind. Making the most out …
POST and LUXCONTROL collaborate to create the Cyberscore label for businesses, assisting Luxembourgish enterprises in assessing and enhancing their cybersecurity posture. The Cyberscore evaluation and labelling tool will be launched in fall 2023. LUXCONTROL’s expertise in risk management and security, combined with POST Luxembourg’s cybersecurity knowledge, underpin this partnership. The evaluation process follows international standards …
The 5th edition of Tech Day, organized by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), provided a platform for over 350 participants, including 160 companies and institutions, to explore the entwined futures of humans and technology. Held on June 15, the event showcased seven flagship technologies in the Tech Village, each exploring unique aspects …
On June 14, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, signalling a firm commitment to regulate AI systems in alignment with EU rights and values. The legislation aims to safeguard human rights, safety, privacy, transparency, and non-discrimination while promoting the adoption of trustworthy AI. Prohibited practices include social scoring, …
Q-leap has partnered with The Digital Learning Hub (DLH), which is introducing two new courses aimed at individuals and professionals seeking to enhance their software testing skills. Launched in May 2022, DLH represents Luxembourg’s inaugural public training center dedicated exclusively to professional IT training. This initiative, backed by the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth, …
Since its launch in May 2021, the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform has made significant progress in establishing itself as the central hub for digital skills information in Europe, and a home to the European digital skills and jobs community. We have successfully consolidated the latest updates, events, training opportunities, and research on skills and …
The demand for digital skills has never been so high in Europe, and particularly in Luxembourg. A few weeks after the launch of the “European Year of Skills 2023” by European Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, the Prime Minister and Minister for Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, announced the launch of the new digitalskills.lu platform at a …
Tom Muller, Director of Vocational Education and Training at the Department for Education, has announced that the first ‘Piscine’ will be held in November 2023 and early 2024, with the aim of building up a class by spring 2024. The principle of the ‘Piscine’ is to immerse candidates in coding for 26 days, in order …
It’s the time to discover all the finalist projects of the 2023 edition of the European Digital Skills Awards! This year’s edition was very popular and we received 330 applications, the highest number since the creation of the Awards in 2016. Also the quality of the applications has been exceptional: so much that it was a …
A well-known writer once said that “everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it”. The phrasing is humorous – even though the saying itself hints that some challenges are just too big to overcome. For many people, the massive shortage of talent with vital digital technology skills, is seen as exactly that …
