Pledges

Free coding workshops offered to kids in 70 locations in The Netherlands.

Dell EMC will expand its Academic Alliance program to offer ICT skills to a greater number of students in Europe and help them prepare for successful careers in a transforming IT industry.

Didasca will help 200 000 teachers in Italy to master G Suite for Education apps, while fostering creativity and spreading the best practices.

E-Civis pledges to train at least 100 girls in 3D design and printing in Romania by 2020.

E-Civis pledges to expand the Robotics week campaign in Romania and build a community around the topic, by organizing at least 500 robotics events and introducing at least 3000 children to robotics by 2020.

ECDL Foundation pledges that by the end of 2018, 2 million digital skills assessments leading to certification under ECDL standards will be taken in the EU. This will contribute to reducing the share of Europeans (45%) who lack basic digital skills and increase their employability and mobility in the labour market.

ECDL Foundation pledges to implement the Digital Marketing module developed and piloted as pledge for the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs in 2015 in at least 5 EU countries by the end of 2017. This pledge is aimed to tackle the problem of a small share of SMEs who sell online (16%) and across borders (7.5%).

ECDL Foundation pledges to launch an ECDL Computing module which will cover all elements of computing and to pilot it in Europe. The module will be aimed at students aged 12 to 16 years, who wish to start learning about computational thinking and coding.

eSkills Malta Foundation pledges to train 50/60 career advisors and guidance teachers coming from Maltese schools by the end of 2017. The training will take form of informative seminars addressing several digital skills issues, such as employability and barriers to further take –up of ICT studies.

ESRI is pledging to establish a “GIS School Program” offering free access to and use of the ArcGIS Online platform -a Cloud-based package, which allows the visualisation and analysis of geospatial data- to 300 primary and secondary schools and vocational institutions in 10 EU Member States by the end of 2017.