Although I mostly work in the area of Artificial intelligence and data in education, recently I analysed the digital landscape in 25 EU Member States as part of the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform series of briefs.

In spring 2023 Digital Skills and Jobs Platform launched a series of informative digital skills overviews that offer insights into the state-of-play of digital skills in EU Member States. In those Briefs, we explored state strategies on skills and digitalisation, national initiatives, and funding opportunities; organised in two sections: A snapshot of digital skills & Funding opportunities.

In the “A snapshot of Digital Skills” article we present the latest strategic initiatives and blueprints on digital skills, in-depth analysis of the plans and key actions countries are taking to promote basic and advanced digital skills. information on the National Recovery and Resilience Plans and countries scores in the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) and its Human Capital dimension.

In the “Available funding” you may find information on available funding opportunities for up- and re-skilling citizens, labour force, education, businesses, and organisations and digital experts. It covers a wide range of funding sources, including recovery and resilience facilities and national funding programs, loans, grants and financial instruments in each country.

Check them out:

1. Austria: a snapshot of digital skills& Available funding in Austria
2. Belgium: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Belgium
3. Bulgaria: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Bulgaria
4. Croatia: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Croatia
5. Cyprus: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Cyprus
6. Czech Republic: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Czech Republic
7. Denmark: a snapshot of digital skills& Available funding in Denmark
8. Estonia: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Estonia
9. Finland: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Finland
10. France: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in France
11. Germany: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Germany
12. Greece: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Greece
13. Hungary: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Hungary
14. Ireland: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Ireland
15. Lithuania: a snapshot of digital skills& Available funding in Lithuania
16. Luxembourg: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Luxembourg
17. Malta: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Malta
18. Poland: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Poland
19. Portugal: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Portugal
20. Romania: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Romania
21. Slovakia: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Slovakia
22. Slovenia: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Slovenia
23. Spain: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Spain
24. Sweden: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in Sweden
25. The Netherlands: a snapshot of digital skills & Available funding in The Netherlands

Backup pdf version of all Briefs are available here.