In the context of the its digital skills policy and the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs initiative, the European Commission supports and encourages stakeholders to make better use of European funding to address the digital skills deficit. Digital skills is a key enabler of the digital revolution. Electronic Components and System technologies are at the core of the digitised Europe. Without these we wouldn't have computers or mobile phones. The functionalities of many objects we use daily are increased by the digital components hidden inside. We are only at the beginning of this revolution.
The European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative should be used to finance more ICT trainings and work-based learning. To this end, the Commission also supports the creation of national, regional and local partnerships effectively gathering the right stakeholders and mobilizing regional funding to deliver concrete actions in the area of ICT learning.
This workshop aims to discuss ways of mobilizing digital skills funding at regional level. It will present best practices of regions utilizing public funding to implement successful ICT learning programmes (e.g. for young people, unemployed, career-changers). Furthermore, the workshop will address the role of industry and the synergies that can be obtained in closer cooperation in view of the skills gap, (also with respect to entrepreneurship) and the skills shortage that affects the industry and the economy. It will bring together stakeholders playing a key role in activating digital skills funding, promoting stakeholder alliances and developing digital skills policies.
14 October 2015, 14:30-17:00 European Commission, Centre Borschette, Room 0D, Brussels
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Agenda:
The role of industry to further skills in a digitised world
- Nano-electronics for tomorrow’s society: raising skills to pave the way - Liesbet Van der Perre, IMEC-Academy
- Better Stem Education through Cooperation: A View from the Brainport Region - Jos Vreeker, ASML
Funding of ICT learning programmes: Available instruments and best practices
- The contribution of the European Social Fund in supporting digital skills development– Maria Baroni, ESF Policy and Legislation unit - DG EMPL, European Commission
- Effective use of EU funds for implementation of National ICT training and e-skills priorities : Latvia case study – Māra Jākobsone, Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA)
- AMETIC/fTI: 20 years of ICT training experience with public (National) funding.– Ventura Pobre, Spanish Information and Communication Technology Association (AMETIC)