Promoting Digital Skills (IT0055)

Short description A single system for all public administrations, consistent with EU classification and reference frameworks, to evaluate staff’s basic and advanced (not only specialized) digital skills. The choice to have a single system is crucial to develop actions to strengthen and aggregate the demand for digital skills. General objective Enable public administrations to improve their digital skills through self-evaluation tools based on models consistent with the European context. Current situation The DESI indicator (Digital Economy & Society Index) shows a shortage of digital skills which hinders progress in all sectors of the digital economy. In 2015, 63% of the population used Internet on a regular basis (compared to 76% of the EU average) and 43% had basic or slightly better digital skills. In 2015, only 2.2% of all employed people were ICT professionals. The percentage of graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is 1,4% in the age group 20-29 years. Expected results Toolkit to self-assess digital skills, both at individual and organizational level. Supporting public administrations in assessing the digital skills requirements facilitates staff mobility, recruitment, and re-placement processes in line with the real organizational needs of the various institutions.

For commitment details, see IRM Year 1 report: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/italy-mid-term-report-2016-2018-year-1/

For commitment details, download the IRM report: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/italy-end-of-term-report-2016-2018/