New EU investment in green and digital transition
The European Commission has proposed to set up 10 new European Partnerships between the European Union, Member States and/or the industry. The EU will provide €10 billion, to be matched by the other investors.
CompTIA publishes IT Industry Outlook 2021 report
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has published a report on the future of IT industry in 2021. The report gives insight into the trends shaping the industry, its workforce and its business models.
Enough capacity, not enough skills: Capgemini on digital transformation
According to the recent survey by Capgemini, the share of organisations that confirm they have digital and leadership capabilities to drive a successful transformation has doubled since 2018. This is largely due to the risen requirements of digitalisation caused by the pandemic.
EU Industry Days to be held 23-26 February
The next edition of EU Industry Days will take place during the week of 23-26 February 2021. It will focus on the green and digital transformations and new opportunities for EU businesses and citizens.
Portugal takes over EU Council Presidency
During the first half of 2021, Portugal will hold the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This presidency’s emphasis will lie on the Commission’s dual digital and green transitions, as well as the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Digital education, distance learning and hybrid and innovative teaching methods, as well as the …
VDE releases position paper on digital sovereignty
VDE has released a new position paper entitled ‘Technological Sovereignty: Methodology and Recommendations. The aim of the paper is to discuss the concept of technological sovereignty and analyse how Europe can recover technological sovereignty, and to define specific recommendations. The paper argues that fostering training and boosting research are key for warranting technological sovereignty in …
JRC launches a DigComp Self-reflection tool
The report ‘DigCompSAT. A Self-reflection Tool for the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens’ has been published by the Joint Research Centre (JRC). DigCompSAT is meant for testing empirically the set of DigComp 2.1 competences corresponding to levels 1 to 6 (foundation, intermediate and advanced), through a set of prepared questions covering all 21 competences …
Background papers on sustainable digitisation published by youth experts
In the second half of 2020, the German Informatics Society set out to explore environmental, social, structural, and economic aspects of digital sustainability in the international project Youth4DigitalSustainability. The 50 experts, who are all under 30 years of age, brought with them perspectives from all world regions. A set of 12 policy recommendations were presented …
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.
GI publishes 12 youth recommendations for a sustainable Internet
In the global policy development project #Youth4DigitalSustainability, the German Informatics Society has brought together 50 young people from 32 countries in order to identify key challenges to make the Internet and digitisation environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable.
