Digital Europe Program has opened a call for Advanced Digital Skills
The Digital Europe Program (DIGITAL) has opened a call for Advanced Digital Skills (DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-04), with a total budget of 16 million euros. The call is open until September 26, 2023, until 5 p.m. Brussels time, and applications are submitted electronically, through the EU portal for funding opportunities and tenders, where you can find more information about the call itself.
The expected outcome of this action is stronger cooperation between primary, secondary and vocational schools and tertiary education and research in order to increase the number of students enrolled in digital studies with the aim of gender convergence, which will lead to the development of:
- Summer schools;
- Specialized information and career days;
- Dissemination and field activities, such as EU Code Week.
Students of digital and ICT disciplines represent a minority - in 2021, they were 4.5% of the total number of diplomas. There is also a serious problem of gender balance - of the total number of ICT specialists, only 19% are women, while in the field of technology, engineering and/or mathematics (STEM), one out of three graduate students is a woman.