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Making Austria digitally fit by 2030 Digital Skills Initiative Austria
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Making Austria digitally fit by 2030 Digital Skills Initiative Austria

Digital Skills Initiative Austria

The "Digital Skills Initiative Austria" (DKO), a campaign under the European umbrella of the "Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition" (DSJC), the Austrian government wants to make Austria one of the European pioneers in the field of digital skills and establish a strong European axis.

Status

In Austria, around 63% of 16- to 74-year-olds have basic digital skills. This puts us nine percentage points above the EU-27 average. The European Commission's goal is for at least 80% of the 16- to 74-year-old population of EU member states to have at least basic digital skills by 2030.

Goal

The goal is to have a digitally skilled population, secure infrastructure, and the digitization of the economy and administration. By 2030, at least 80% of the population should have digital skills. Austria is implementing these goals with its National Digital Decade Roadmap and is one of the leading countries in Europe in this regard.

Digital Skills Initiative Austria in figures

  • 80%
    of the population will be digitally literate by 2030 thanks to DKO initiatives.
  • 20000+
    new jobs annually thanks to digital transformation.
  • 350+
    measures and initiatives to promote digital skills.
  • 500+
    stakeholders from the federal and state governments are committed to the goals of the DKO.

Goals and measures

Geschäftsleute und Anwälte diskutieren Vertragsunterlagen mit Messingwaage auf dem Schreibtisch im Büro.

Teaching digital skills

The aim is to teach digital skills to everyone. The cross-departmental digital skills campaign ensures that the digital skills of citizens are increased in a joint strategy.

The goal is to make Austrians digitally fit by 2030. The measures range from the funding of future training and further education for all interested parties to a standardised competence level and certification system.

Strengthen basic digital skills

The aim is to equip as many people in Austria as possible with basic digital skills. To reach this goal the "Digital Skills Initiative"  bundles quality-assured teaching of basic digital skills in the population and in various fields of action (primarily ICT experts, education, citizens, employees, companies and public administration).

Increase proportion of IT specialists

Another aim is to increase the proportion of IT specialists and especially female IT specialists.

Digital Überall Workshop

Role model for the public sector

By strengthening the digital skills of administrative staff, the basis for a modern, service-orientated state shall be further expanded.

Digital Überall Workshop, Hand mit Smartphone

National reference framework for digital skills

Introduction of a national reference framework for digital skills to make them measurable and comparable. 

  • According to the DESI index, around 30-40 % of the population between the ages of 16 and 74 lack basic digital skills. There are large gaps in knowledge, especially in general basics and IT security.

    European Commission - DESI 2022

The Digital Skills Initiative Austria (DKO) is the answer to the urgent need to strengthen digital skills throughout Austria - a pioneering project launched with the aim of bringing Austria to the forefront of digital skills in Europe