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The Commission launched an online public consultation on 30 October 2015 for 12 weeks to seek views on a forthcoming EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020, one of the actions for the completion of the Digital Single Market.

The public consultation on the new eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 was carried on from 30/10/2015 to 22/1/2016. eGovernment is part of the actions for completing the Digital Single Market.

The Digital Champions call upon Ministers of the EU Member States to tackle the cross-cutting issue of the digital skills gap in the face of a fast-changing world and the rapid digitisation of Europe.

The Digital Champions Expert Group met for the 10th time on 20-22 October 2015. The group discussed the Digital Single Market with Commissioner G H Oettinger and DG CONNECT Director-General Roberto Viola.

Cyprus has just launched a national coalition for digital skills and jobs in support of the European Commission’s call for action within the Grand Coalition. The coalition is addressing the shortage in digital skills and the future anticipated mismatching of unfilled ICT-related vacancies across Europe.

The Digital Champions (DC) Expert Group held its 9th meeting on 17-18 June. The group were briefed and exchanged views on the Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy and on DSM governance.

The Digital Champions (DC) Expert Group held its 8th meeting in Brussels on 25 February. The group exchanged views with VP A. Ansip and Commissioner G. H. Oettinger and were briefed on the Juncker investment plan, internet governance and Latvian Presidency priorities.

39 representatives of the EU Code Week Ambassadors met on 30 September 2014. The purpose of the meeting was to enable Code Week Ambassadors to share best practices, network, fine-tune activities for EU Code Week 11-17 October, discuss how to get more girls interested in coding, explore how to make the EU Code Week initiative sustainable as well as to meet Vice-President Neelie Kroes.