1. Telecentre-Europe summit
23.10.2013
"Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs"
Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho
European Commission
DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology

2. DAE HLG Sherpa meeting Brussels, 6 February 2013
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3. The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
• Europe does not have enough ICT experts and up to
900,000 jobs could go unfilled by 2015
• Grand Coalition officially launched in March 2013 by VP
Kroes to to tackle the "digital skills gap", created
awareness and political momentum
• So far 42 "pledges" received, i.e. self-commitments
by companies, universities, and other stakeholders to
tackle mismatch
• National Coalitions for Digital Jobs emerging in 9
countries
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4. The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
• Multi-stakeholder partnership to increase supply of
ICT professionals as well as reduce mismatch
between demand and supply
• Deliver concrete actions at local level and
commitments by stakeholders
• Connect like-minded existing and emerging
alternatives
• Launch Conference took place on 4 - 5 March
2013
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5. Grand Coalition

6. 5 policy clusters
ICT Training
Mobility
Certification
Raising awareness
New approaches to learning and education
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7. Grand Coalition Pledges
 36 ACCEPTED PLEDGES
 Out of more than 50 pledges received between March – May 2013
 Examples of pledges
 ICT TRAINING:
 Online ICT learning platform (Academy Cube)
 NEW LEARNING:
 Launch MOOC for secondary teachers
 MOBILITY:
 Launch mobility assistance services
 AWARENESS RAISING:
 10,000 hours of "CIO tours" in schools
 NATIONAL/REGIONAL INITIATIVES:
 Launch Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs across the EU

8. DAE HLG Sherpa meeting Brussels, 6 February 2013
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9. DAE HLG Sherpa meeting Brussels, 6 February 2013
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10. DAE HLG Sherpa meeting Brussels, 6 February 2013
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11. EU Council conclusions
• "the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs should be strengthened
to address skills mismatches…";
• "a higher degree of integration of digital skills in education
… should be ensured"
• "part of the European Structural and Investment Funds
(2014-2020) should be used for ICT education…",
 => Digital skills training needs to be a priority,
therefore
 => Digital skills training needs priority access to
funding
 => Your continued support needed for national
programming of funding
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14. Thank you for your attention!
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