McKinsey identifies key tech talent clusters for companies
McKinsey has mapped relevant skills and roles and identified about 4,000 tech skills, separating them into seven key clusters needed in the modern company.
BCS Virtual Festival of Digital Skills
The BCS Virtual Festival of Digital Skills is taking place between 30 November and 4 December 2020. The five-day virtual conference will connect influential guest speakers with a diverse audience to collaborate, question and debate the digital skills agenda.
Academia and industry need to work together to close digital skills gap
Universities agreed with industry representatives that they should set up joint training programmes to boost teaching of digital skills needed in the current multi-faceted digital economy in an online workshop held last week by Science Business.
8 National coalitions for digital skills and jobs to receive EU funding
National Digital Skills and Jobs Coalitions from 8 European countries have been selected to receive funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding mechanism. The grant totals more than €900.000, which can be used to upgrade the Coalitions’ web presence and connect to the European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs.
Commission releases New Skills Agenda
On 1 July, the European Commission published the The New Skills Agenda, which contains a list of objectives for upskilling and reskilling Europe’s workforce by 2025.
Commission calls for opinions on updated Digital Education Action Plan
The European Commission has updated its Digital Education Action Plan proposal from earlier this year to better reflect the new circumstances created by the crisis. The action plan’s aim is to increase digital literacy, help EU countries work together to adapt their education and training systems to the digital age and harness the internet’s potential to make online learning available to all.
ALL DIGITAL Summit 2020 to be held on 6-8 October in Berlin
The ALL DIGITAL Summit 2020 will take place on 6-8 October 2020 in Berlin, Germany. The theme of the Summit is “Competences for the future”.
European Council adopts conclusions on Shaping Europe’s Digital Future
In the summit meeting on 9 June, the Heads of the EU Member State governments adopted conclusions on the ‘Shaping Europe’s Digital Future’ strategy. A strong emphasis was placed on both basic and advanced digital skills, especially in light of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
First version of ‘SkillsMatch’ project launched
The project ‘SkillsMatch’ for profiling and developing soft skills of candidates of all sectors has launched a prototype version with free access. The tool presents a European-wide assessment and learning, guiding technology to help users to adapt their skill assets to the demands of the labour market.
Italy launches national digital skills coalition
Italy has recently joined those European countries that have developed their national digital skills coalitions. There are already more than 100 partners in the Coalition, including several ministries as well as other institutions, companies and NGOs.
