The Digital Skills challenge and coalitions for digital jobs

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1 The Digital Skills challenge and coalitions for digital jobs Anna Krzyzanowska Head of Unit, European Commission DG CONNECT Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs Warszawa, 26 maja 2015 r.

2 Digital Single Market Strategy Calls for the Commission to address digital skills and expertise as a key component of its future initiatives on skills and training. European Structural and Investment Funds already support the connectivity of schools as well as digital skills and competence training; this support might need to be widened to include provision of devices to educational organisations, skills training aimed at educators, as well as to increase support for digital skills and competence training of the general population and job seekers. 2

3 What are digital skills? Digital learners Citizens Labour force ICT professionals Digital Competence Framework e Competence Framework 3

4 Why digital skills must be high up the agenda Highly digitally equipped schools are on average a reality for only 37% of grade 4 students in the EU, 24% of grade 8 students, and 50% of grade 11 vocational students 40% of EU citizens have no or low digital skills (54% in Poland) 90% of jobs require some level of digital skills whatever the sector 41% of enterprises trying to recruit ICT professionals have difficulty doing so (29% in Poland) 4

5 Digital Skills in Poland 2 Human Capital rank Poland score Cluster score EU score DESI DESI a1 Internet Users % individuals (aged 16-74) 63% (2014) Poland EU DESI 2015 DESI 2014 DESI 2015 value rank value rank value 23 60% (2013) 23 75% (2014) 2a2 Basic Digital Skills % individuals (aged 16-74) 46% (2014) 24 43% (2012) 25 59% (2014) 2b1 ICT Specialists % employed individuals 2% (2013) 22 2% (2012) % (2013) 2b2 STEM Graduates Graduates in STEM per 1000 individuals (aged 20 to 29) 18 (2012) (2012) (2012) Source: Digital Economy and Society Index agenda/en/scoreboard/poland 5

6 'Job potential for ICT jobs Skills development does not come about as fast as technological development 2015: 337,000 vacancies 2020: 825,000 vacancies Source: Empirica, May

7 Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs Launched in March 2013 Multi stakeholder partnership bringing together education, business and employment Objective: Concrete actions at national/regional/local level Job placement programmes and ICT trainings Alignment of degrees and curricula vocational schools and universities with labour/job market needs Motivate young people to study ICT and pursue related careers Largest collaborative effort in Europe to date: 80 partners 8 national coalitions (more under way) 7

8 Over 50 Grand Coalition pledges by 80 stakeholders 8

9 National/Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs 8 national coalitions: BG, EL, IT, MT, LT, LV, PL, RO To follow: CY, HU, PT, ES, BE, NL, UK, AT, DE, in the process of setting up their national coalition Local coalitions are often stepping stones for national coalitions Toolkit to guide stakeholders in set up 9

10 A revamped digital skills action plan Address digital skills at the highest political level; Making better use of European funding towards digital skills development; Boost the Grand Coalition, with more ICT using companies, social partners, VET providers, business associations, more national coalitions; Support Member States to modernise education; Better anticipate and analyse skills needs. 10

11 Publicly funded ICT learning: a few best practices The Tech Partnership UK 18m government funding (added to the 11.5m private investment pot) National College for Digital Skills UK 900,000 operational funding from the UK government (further 900,000 from the Founding Partners in cash and in kind resources) FTI & AMETIC ES 100% funded by the Agency of Employment of Spain (SEPE). 11

12 Publicly funded ICT learning: a few best practices (continued) Scottish Skills Investment Plan for ICT and Digital Technologies Sector 6.6m of Scottish Government funding was allocated on 11 March E Skills Malta Foundation Core operational costs are provided by National Government Funds. Project based funding is then sought by the participating entities, or by Government, or by EU co financed projects. National Coalition for Digital Jobs of Latvia Programme on ICT trainings for SMEs has received 80% ESF funding 12

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