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Cybersecurity is a crucial concern for us all: cyber risks are near the top of the list of global threats worldwide. It is therefore no wonder that the EU invests increasingly substantial amounts into cybersecurity solutions. While we can have many advanced protection systems, they will only work if we have the people who know …
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, our daily life looks more digital than before. And this is also true for the world of work: Austria’s digital transformation has been accelerated, bringing with this a structural change too. What does the digital transformation mean for us in Austria? We need to take every citizen with us on our digital …
We had the opportunity to offer the partners and members of the DSJC Luxembourg a Belval Digital Tour on 24 November 2022 for the whole morning. First, the group was warmly welcomed by Serge Linckels for a visit of the Digital Learning Hub and a presentation of the concept of this infrastructure and in particular to the Ecole 42 …
In the framework of the Luxembourg Internet Days, which took place from the 15th to the 16th of November 2022 at the Chamber of Commerce, a workshop was organised by the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition with the support of Digital Luxembourg. Around 50 students participated and took part in the discussions with professionals. The objective of …
People can safely drive to their desired destination by following traffic rules and agreed codes of conduct without necessarily knowing how the car’s engine works. Now, let’s apply the same analogy when we think about how people interact with AI systems, such as digital assistants using voice recognition, or algorithms that guide us to the …
Where is Spain on the road towards the digital transformation? The lack of technological knowledge remains a challenge for Spain – close to half of Spanish companies experience difficulties in recruiting suitable digital talents. The hardest-to-find technology-related profiles are those linked to data analytics, cloud computing, and application development. There is still room to improve, …
The European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies is now available translated into French,facilitating its accessibility to Francophones and encouraging greater participation by the Francophone community in the field of quantum technologies. In May 2021, the QTEdu consortium published the first version of the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies. This framework aims to map competences …
The digital transformation, accelerated by the COVID-19 induced a digital surge, and calls for a skills revolution in Europe. It is a challenge and opportunity, where matters of inclusion and growth converge. Europe needs education systems fit for the digital age, alongside supplementary programs to train and retrain the adult population. This two-sided challenge concerns …
Smart cities are complex ecosystems that use information and communication technologies to help their citizens and organisations deal with the challenges of urbanisation, safety, greening, resilience, and sustainability. Building smart cities is a process of a long and laborious transformation. But this should not be viewed only as a technical challenge – but rather as …
Men dominate the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs): not only in Slovenia and Europe, but in most of the developed world. And while the share of women in ICT in Slovenia is lower than that of men, data shows that the number of educated women (i.e. holding a university degree) in the country is …
The VI edition of the Social Hackathon Umbria (#SHU2022) took place from 30 June to 3 July 2022 in Montefalco, Italy. The event took place for the very first time in 2016. Organised by the European Grants International Academy (EGInA) in collaboration with the Crowddreaming Hackadmy Lab Foligno 4D (CRHACK LAB F4D), the event aimed …
Boosting digital literacy is a challenge faced across Europe, as well as worldwide. In Ireland, 42%of people currently describe themselves as having ‘below average’ digital skills, which is unsustainable as we steer towards a fully digitalised economy, depending on the basic digital skills and knowledge of all citizens to thrive. What are the ways in …
