Digital skills at the heart of professional training projects
Starting from 2023, which was theEuropean Year of Skills, the common goal was to accelerate the digitalization process, give a timely response to the climate crisis, restore the balance threatened by ongoing international conflicts.
This intent was included in the broader objectives of the "Digital Decade for 2030” which include solidarity, inclusion, sustainability, individual freedoms, public space, health, safety and individual development.
Among all the skills, those digital they certainly represent the most urgent ones to be put at the centre of attention.
Digital skills initiatives in the public administration and private sector
In Italy, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) has put people at the center, even before technologies, as the driver of change and innovation, both in public administration and in the private sector.
The 5 areas of competence of the Syllabus, which is inspired by the DigiComp model, represent the thematic areas in which the digital skills considered key for each individual are grouped:
- Data, information and IT documents
- Communication and sharing
- Safety
- Online services
- Digital transformation
In the private sector, companies must invest both in the research and selection of new digital profiles, and in the training of their resources.
Therefore, upskilling and digital reskilling programs, targeted activities for the search and selection of digital professionals, digital skills evaluation systems to monitor results and fill any gaps.
The training offer on Digital Skills
Piazza Copernico has a wide range of courses dedicated to improving digital skills.
In addition to a wide range of e-learning training dedicated to specific and current topics - 5G, blockchain, AI and cybersecurity, cyber risk, technostress, IT architectures - there are also training courses (basic, intermediate and advanced) dedicated to the world of PA that include all the digital skills established by the Syllabus and necessary within the training plans of Italian companies to encourage hard digital skills (basic technical skills) and soft digital skills (transversal skills for solving complex problems, managing change, relational flexibility through new digital tools).
There is also a training course on digital transformation dedicated to SMEs.