Pillar VI: Enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion
Over 50% of Europeans use the internet daily – but 30% have never used it at all! Moreover, disabled persons face particular difficulties in benefiting fully from new electronic content and services. As ever more daily tasks are carried out online, everyone needs enhanced digital skills to participate fully in society. The Digital Agenda tackles the digital divide.
List of Actions
• Action 57: Prioritize digital literacy and competences for the European Social Fund
• Action 58: Develop a framework to recognise ICT skills
• Action 59: Prioritise digital literacy and skills in the 'New skills for jobs' flagship
• Action 60: Increase participation of women in the ICT workforce
• Action 61: Educate consumers on the new media
• Action 62: EU-wide indicators of digital competences
• Action 63: Evaluate accessibility in legislation
• Action 64: Ensure the accessibility of public sector websites
• Action 65: Helping disabled people to access content
• Action 66: Member States to implement digital literacy policies
• Action 67: Member States to implement provisions on disability
• Action 68: Member States to mainstream eLearning in national policies
• Action 126: Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs and Skills
ICT-enabled benefits for EU society
The EU must exploit the potential offered by the use of ICTs in the following areas:
-climate change, through partnerships with emitting sectors,
-managing ageing population, through e-health and telemedicine systems and services,
-digitisation of content, through Europeana,
-intelligent transport systems, by applying the proposed Directive.