This presentation explains in a nutshell the ideas and priorities behind the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs ( Initiative by the European Commission) and also shows our efforts ( Telecentre Europe) at brigning these ideas on a national level through " Local Colaitions for Digital Jobs". Presented by Gabriel Rissola (Telecentre-Europe) at the Media Literacy for 21st Century conference in Opatija (Croatia), 14-15 September 2013

1. Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
Gabriel Rissola, Telecentre-Europe AISBL
Media Literacy for 21st
Century conference
Opatija (Croatia), 14-15 September 2013

2. Unemployment rates in Europe (July 2013)
• EU-28 unemployment rate: 11.0% (26,654 million people)
• EA-17 unemployment rate: 12,1% (19.231 million people)

3. Unemployment in Europe: highlights
• Dramatic raise of unemployment rates: 6.8% in 2008 to 11.0% in 2013
• Almost leveled unemployment rates between men (10,7%) and
women (10.8 %) by end of 2012
• Youth unemployment :
• EU-28: 23.4% (5.56 million people under 25)
• EA-17: 3.5 million people under 25)
• Lowest rates in Germany (7.7 %), Austria (9.2 %) and Malta
(10.6 %)
• Highest rates in Greece (62.9 %), Spain (56.1 %)
and Croatia (55.4 %)

4. Lack of enough digital workers in Europe
• Not enough candidates to work as ICT practitioners
• A number of practitioners does not acquire through
education and/or training (all) the skills demanded by
industry
• A substantial number of those that do have the right skills
lives far away from the job opportunities.
• For those who are ready to move to a job abroad it is
hard to demonstrate their skills acquired informally
– which is often the case of younger adults.

5. • The demand for employees with ICT skills is growing
considerably, by around 3% a year
• 900.000 ICT job vacancies are forecasted to remain unfilled
by 2015
• Nearly half of the European labour force (47%) is not
confident their computer and internet skills are sufficient in
today’s labour market
Lack of enough digital workers in Europe

6. Filling the gap: Grand Coalition for Digital
Jobs

7. Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
1. Training and matching for digital jobs
ICT practitioners and career changers (including mid-career workers
from adjacent work areas) need training programmes that meet
employers’ skills needs and effective placement services that help to
bring them into jobs.
Indicators:
•Number of people who have graduated from GC4DJ industry-led
training and certification programmes
•Number of job placements through projects carried out under the
GC4DJ

8. Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
1. Training and matching for digital jobs
ICT practitioners and career changers (including mid-career workers
from adjacent work areas) need training programmes that meet
employers’ skills needs and effective placement services that help to
bring them into jobs.
Indicators:
•Number of people who have graduated from GC4DJ industry-led
training and certification programmes
•Number of job placements through projects carried out under the
GC4DJ

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2. Mobility
Hiring ICT practitioners from other Member States remains a challenge
for many SMEs; where large companies have sufficient resources and
extended networks, small companies lack information and scale.
Indicators:
•Number of ICT job vacancies filled from other member states through
EURES targeted mobility schemes

10. Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
3. Certification
To stimulate the take-up of a single European certification scheme for
digital skills of ICT practitioners, based on European quality labels for
ICT industry-based training and certifications and the European e-
Competence Framework.
Indicators:
•Number of Member States/ companies/employees adopting and using
the European e-Competence framework

11. Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
4. Attracting young people to ICT: awareness raising
Awareness raising campaigns at EU and national levels are
indispensable to better inform students, young professionals and SMEs
about the range of opportunities that ICT-related jobs offer (i.e.
education and training, jobs and careers).
Indicators:
•Number of ICT university enrolments/graduates
•Number of young people entering/finishing ICT education and training
(i.e. formal education/VET and ICT industry training)

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5. Attracting people to ICT: innovative learning and
teaching
The choice for ICT careers by school/higher education students should
be fostered. This requires more aligned educational schemes as well as
structural changes inside the educational systems. Bridging the worlds
of education, industry and employment is essential to reach this
objective.
Indicators not developed yet

13. • Pan-European membership organisation representing 39 local
network organizations from 27 European countries
• It represents 25.000+ ICT access and training centres
• Prominent e-Inclusion umbrella organisation in Europe
• Expert on e-literacy, e skills and IT social business‐
• It promotes knowledge and resource sharing, mutual support,
capacity development and advocacy
• Regular programmes and tools
Who we are

14. T-E large-scale awareness raising campaign

15. • Europe-wide awareness raising campaing
• Organized for the fourth year by Telecentre-Europe
• Supported by the GOW Alliance (Accenture, Liberty
Global and Microsoft).
• Reached 26 countries in 2013
• Highlighted the essential role ICT skills play in today’s
society
• Focused on encouraging young people to take up a career
in ICT.
T-E large-scale awareness raising campaign

16. • T-E contribution to support the GC4DJ
• Multi-stakeholder partnerships developed/facilitated by T-E
national members in EU Member States
• Focus on countries facing higher unemployment rates and
larger digital job gaps
• Confirmed LCs in Ireland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania,
Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
• LCs in process of formation in Portugal, Slovakia and Croatia
• Activities focused on awareness raising, training, certification
and matching of digital jobs offer and demand
Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs

17. • Organize awareness raising campaigns to promote ICT
education, jobs and careers with young people
• Involve young people in "real" ICT projects to discover
fascinating domains and ultimately choosing a career in ICT
• Bring in contact pupils and students with successful ICT
personalities, organizations and senior experienced people
• Organize promotional events that target secondary and
university students and include a competition, with
scholarships awarded through industry-led competitions
Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs - activities

18. • Facilitate youth/unemployed people access to industry-led
training and certificates recognized internationally
• Stimulate the take-up of the European e-Competences
framework as a standard to assess and certify the digital skills
of ICT practitioners
• Develop regional projects to ensure effective filling of ICT
vacancies, in particular from SME
• Upscale successful local projects to achieve an impact on
European level, and learn from successful solutions
developed in partner countries
Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs - activities

19. • March 2013: Get Online Week campaign (formally announced at the launch
ceremony of Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs)
• April-May 2013: selection of first set of country partners interested and prepared to
activate Local Coalitions
• June 2013: Local Coalitions official launch and kick-off meeting in the context of
EC’s Digital Agenda Assembly
• June-September 2013: formation of LCs in selected countries, with proposal of
activity plans
• September-October 2013: definition of European plans and goals, to be presented
at GC4DJ workshop (3rd
Oct 2013) to the EC and pledgers
• October 2013 – March 2014: period for developing the agreed activities under the
three pillars identified, to conclude with Get Online Week 2014
• April – June 2014: 1st year assessment and reporting plus 2nd year planning
Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs - roadmap

20. We welcome
the formation of a Local Coalition in Croatia
focused on Digital Media
facilitated by our member Telecentar