This report and its accompanying implementation guide support stakeholders in the implementation ... more This report and its accompanying implementation guide support stakeholders in the implementation of the European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp) in contexts of employability and employment through the analysis and sharing of nine existing inspiring practices and related resources of DigComp implementations. DigComp was first published in 2013 and since then has been used in national and international policy-making and in the design and delivery of digital skills development across the EU. While DigComp offers a key starting point for understanding and developing digital competences, its use in different settings needs to be explored and strengthened so that the value of using the tool within larger processes around identifying skills needs and responses can be seen. A key case is for employees and job-seekers, who may not have experience or confidence with their digital skills, while at the same time, the nature of their jobs, the sectors they work in and their lives are incr...
This report presents the results of the research on ‘Measuring the Impact of eInclusion Actors on... more This report presents the results of the research on ‘Measuring the Impact of eInclusion Actors on Digital Literacy, Skills and Inclusion Goals of the Digital Agenda for Europe’ conducted by JRC-IPTS and DG CONNECT. In particular it presents a comprehensive Impact Assessment Framework, the MIREIA eI2-IAF, which can be used to measure the socioeconomic outputs, outcomes and impacts of eInclusion Intermediary actors in Europe. It includes both a conceptual model and an operational framework with guidelines for self-evaluation of practices, with specific regard to interventions addressed to the use of ICTs to enhance employability of groups at risk of exclusion. The research combined an analysis of literature and practice, and the development of an impact assessment framework which has been tested, in four case studies at national and regional level, representing different interventions, target groups and contexts in Europe. The results of the research are a clear advancement with regar...
Deployment and use of technological services for informal carers is still limited, mainly due to ... more Deployment and use of technological services for informal carers is still limited, mainly due to users' low digital skills, the lack of demonstrated business cases, and the poor evidence of the impact and sustainability of these services. The CARICT project aimed to collect evidence-based results on the impact of ICT-enabled domiciliary care services, and to make policy recommendations to develop, scale and replicate them in the European Union. The methodology was based on a mapping of 52 ICT-based services for informal carers developed in Europe, and a cross–analysis of 12 of these initiatives to get data on their impacts, drivers, business models, success factors, and challenges. The main results show that there is a wide range of successful, not very costly and beneficial examples of ICT-based support for carers across Europe. The cross-analysis indicated that these services had positive impacts on the quality of life of elderly people and informal carers, the quality of care...
... Annex 20 eDemocracy and eParticipation Annex 20.1 Classification Annex 20.2 EU policy relevan... more ... Annex 20 eDemocracy and eParticipation Annex 20.1 Classification Annex 20.2 EU policy relevance assessment Annex 20.3 Recent worldwide status and expected developments ... Page 12. DRAFT Towards the eGovernment Vision for the EU in 2010 xii ...
ABSTRACT Teachers are major stakeholders in the field or learning. However, they are rarely consu... more ABSTRACT Teachers are major stakeholders in the field or learning. However, they are rarely consulted when thinking about the future challenges and changes for education and training. To change this, IPTS took the opportunity to develop and discuss visions on the future of learning with teachers during the yearly eTwinning conference in February, 2010, in Seville. This report presents the outcomes of the consultation sessions, describing the views of the participating teachers on the future of learning and teaching. The findings of this consultation process confirm the need to innovate and modernise school education to adequately prepare students for their future. Participating teachers foresaw that in 15 years’ time learning objectives will focus on competences rather than knowledge; learning will be more tailored to the needs of individuals and will be more active and connected to real life. Technologies will be an integral part of learning, work and life and teachers themselves will have become lifelong learners. During the conference sessions, the following challenges were recognised for the European education and training systems to consider and address in order to develop future school learning. Firstly, school education must change to better respond to the needs of the economy and society. Secondly, ICT is creating and impacting change in learning, but more knowledge must be developed about its effective implementation. Additionally, teachers must be encouraged and supported to be part of implementing the change. Organizational change is also required to allow and encourage innovation in educational systems. Finally, policies should be better linked with developing educational practices.
The report Envisioning Digital Europe 2030 is the result of research conducted by the Information... more The report Envisioning Digital Europe 2030 is the result of research conducted by the Information Society Unit of IPTS as part of the CROSSROAD Project - A Participative Roadmap on ICT research on Electronic Governance and Policy Modelling (www.crossroad-eu.net ). After outlining the purpose and scope of the report and the methodological approach followed, the report presents the results of a systematic analysis of societal, policy and research trends in the governance and policy modelling domain in Europe. These analyses are considered central for understanding and roadmapping future research on ICT for governance and policy modelling. The study further illustrates the scenario design framework, analysing current and future challenges in ICT for governance and policy modelling, and identifying the key impact dimensions to be considered. It then presents the scenarios developed at the horizon 2030, including the illustrative storyboards representative of each scenario and the prospe...
The mission of the JRC-IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process... more The mission of the JRC-IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process by developing science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic as well as a scientific/technological dimension.
This report presents the main findings and policy recommendations of an analysis based on the res... more This report presents the main findings and policy recommendations of an analysis based on the results of an online survey of intermediary organisations working on eInclusion in 27 European countries. The survey, which is the first ever assessment of the e-Inclusion intermediary sector, collect relevant data from almost 3,000 including individual and network organisations that are representing more than 85,000 members. In addition, it is estimated a total of 250,000 organisations, or one e-Inclusion actor per every 2,000 inhabitants. According to the findings, these organisations are playing a relevant role in achieving the goals of the Digital Agenda for Europe, particularly in two of its action areas: enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion and ICT-enabled benefits for EU society. Moreover, most of organisations offer ICT-based, employment-related and other social services. In conclusion, there is a need for policy makers to recognize, empower and support the role and impa...
The Implementation Guide accompanies the "DigComp at Work" report published separately.... more The Implementation Guide accompanies the "DigComp at Work" report published separately. It aims at supporting labour market intermediaries in their digital skilling actions in employability or employment contexts. It offers specific guidelines, examples, tips and useful resources for the use of DigComp for defining specific job's digital competence needs, for assessing digital competences and for cataloguing, developing and delivering training on digital competences.
This report complements the findings obtained in the report entitled "ICT for the Employabil... more This report complements the findings obtained in the report entitled "ICT for the Employability and Integration of Immigrants in the European Union: Results from a Survey in Three Member States".The latter contains quantitative data analysis based on a survey carried out in three countries (Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Spain). A total of 1,653 migrants were interviewed offline from the end of 2012 to mid-2013- to identify ICT skills, access and usage, to identify the role of ICT for their employability and integration in the host country. Connected and nonconnected migrants were compared. The sample included formally-defined Third Country Nationals (TCNs), the majority of whom were newly-arrived migrants and more settled immigrants from the largest groups of TNCs present in the three countries. The statistical analysis carried out in this survey revealed that migrants differed in ICT usage, employability and integration in the 3 countries surveyed. Moreover, age, educati...
This report presents the findings of a survey on the role played by Information and Communication... more This report presents the findings of a survey on the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in supporting the employability and integration of immigrants in Europe. 1,500 immigrants in 3 Member States (Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Spain) were interviewed face-to-face from the end of 2012 to mid-2013 to identify their ICT skills, access and usage, with the aim to identify the role of ICT for their employability and integration in the host country and comparing connected and non-connected migrants. The statistical analysis carried out in this survey revealed that migrants differed in ICT usage, employability and integration in the 3 countries surveyed. Moreover, age, education, employment status, and type of occupation were clear sources of digital inequalities. The findings point to the implications for policies that aim to take advantage of the potential offered by immigration in the European Union, such as digital inclusion policies address specific group...
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance - ICEGOV '10, 2010
The paper outlines a set of proposed visionary scenarios on how governance and policy modelling c... more The paper outlines a set of proposed visionary scenarios on how governance and policy modelling could develop by 2030. These scenarios have been designed through a foresight exercise conducted by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) as part of the CROSSROAD Project, a support action of the European Commission 7th Framework Programme. After presenting the conceptual framework and methodological
This report and its accompanying implementation guide support stakeholders in the implementation ... more This report and its accompanying implementation guide support stakeholders in the implementation of the European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp) in contexts of employability and employment through the analysis and sharing of nine existing inspiring practices and related resources of DigComp implementations. DigComp was first published in 2013 and since then has been used in national and international policy-making and in the design and delivery of digital skills development across the EU. While DigComp offers a key starting point for understanding and developing digital competences, its use in different settings needs to be explored and strengthened so that the value of using the tool within larger processes around identifying skills needs and responses can be seen. A key case is for employees and job-seekers, who may not have experience or confidence with their digital skills, while at the same time, the nature of their jobs, the sectors they work in and their lives are incr...
This report presents the results of the research on ‘Measuring the Impact of eInclusion Actors on... more This report presents the results of the research on ‘Measuring the Impact of eInclusion Actors on Digital Literacy, Skills and Inclusion Goals of the Digital Agenda for Europe’ conducted by JRC-IPTS and DG CONNECT. In particular it presents a comprehensive Impact Assessment Framework, the MIREIA eI2-IAF, which can be used to measure the socioeconomic outputs, outcomes and impacts of eInclusion Intermediary actors in Europe. It includes both a conceptual model and an operational framework with guidelines for self-evaluation of practices, with specific regard to interventions addressed to the use of ICTs to enhance employability of groups at risk of exclusion. The research combined an analysis of literature and practice, and the development of an impact assessment framework which has been tested, in four case studies at national and regional level, representing different interventions, target groups and contexts in Europe. The results of the research are a clear advancement with regar...
Deployment and use of technological services for informal carers is still limited, mainly due to ... more Deployment and use of technological services for informal carers is still limited, mainly due to users' low digital skills, the lack of demonstrated business cases, and the poor evidence of the impact and sustainability of these services. The CARICT project aimed to collect evidence-based results on the impact of ICT-enabled domiciliary care services, and to make policy recommendations to develop, scale and replicate them in the European Union. The methodology was based on a mapping of 52 ICT-based services for informal carers developed in Europe, and a cross–analysis of 12 of these initiatives to get data on their impacts, drivers, business models, success factors, and challenges. The main results show that there is a wide range of successful, not very costly and beneficial examples of ICT-based support for carers across Europe. The cross-analysis indicated that these services had positive impacts on the quality of life of elderly people and informal carers, the quality of care...
... Annex 20 eDemocracy and eParticipation Annex 20.1 Classification Annex 20.2 EU policy relevan... more ... Annex 20 eDemocracy and eParticipation Annex 20.1 Classification Annex 20.2 EU policy relevance assessment Annex 20.3 Recent worldwide status and expected developments ... Page 12. DRAFT Towards the eGovernment Vision for the EU in 2010 xii ...
ABSTRACT Teachers are major stakeholders in the field or learning. However, they are rarely consu... more ABSTRACT Teachers are major stakeholders in the field or learning. However, they are rarely consulted when thinking about the future challenges and changes for education and training. To change this, IPTS took the opportunity to develop and discuss visions on the future of learning with teachers during the yearly eTwinning conference in February, 2010, in Seville. This report presents the outcomes of the consultation sessions, describing the views of the participating teachers on the future of learning and teaching. The findings of this consultation process confirm the need to innovate and modernise school education to adequately prepare students for their future. Participating teachers foresaw that in 15 years’ time learning objectives will focus on competences rather than knowledge; learning will be more tailored to the needs of individuals and will be more active and connected to real life. Technologies will be an integral part of learning, work and life and teachers themselves will have become lifelong learners. During the conference sessions, the following challenges were recognised for the European education and training systems to consider and address in order to develop future school learning. Firstly, school education must change to better respond to the needs of the economy and society. Secondly, ICT is creating and impacting change in learning, but more knowledge must be developed about its effective implementation. Additionally, teachers must be encouraged and supported to be part of implementing the change. Organizational change is also required to allow and encourage innovation in educational systems. Finally, policies should be better linked with developing educational practices.
The report Envisioning Digital Europe 2030 is the result of research conducted by the Information... more The report Envisioning Digital Europe 2030 is the result of research conducted by the Information Society Unit of IPTS as part of the CROSSROAD Project - A Participative Roadmap on ICT research on Electronic Governance and Policy Modelling (www.crossroad-eu.net ). After outlining the purpose and scope of the report and the methodological approach followed, the report presents the results of a systematic analysis of societal, policy and research trends in the governance and policy modelling domain in Europe. These analyses are considered central for understanding and roadmapping future research on ICT for governance and policy modelling. The study further illustrates the scenario design framework, analysing current and future challenges in ICT for governance and policy modelling, and identifying the key impact dimensions to be considered. It then presents the scenarios developed at the horizon 2030, including the illustrative storyboards representative of each scenario and the prospe...
The mission of the JRC-IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process... more The mission of the JRC-IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process by developing science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic as well as a scientific/technological dimension.
This report presents the main findings and policy recommendations of an analysis based on the res... more This report presents the main findings and policy recommendations of an analysis based on the results of an online survey of intermediary organisations working on eInclusion in 27 European countries. The survey, which is the first ever assessment of the e-Inclusion intermediary sector, collect relevant data from almost 3,000 including individual and network organisations that are representing more than 85,000 members. In addition, it is estimated a total of 250,000 organisations, or one e-Inclusion actor per every 2,000 inhabitants. According to the findings, these organisations are playing a relevant role in achieving the goals of the Digital Agenda for Europe, particularly in two of its action areas: enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion and ICT-enabled benefits for EU society. Moreover, most of organisations offer ICT-based, employment-related and other social services. In conclusion, there is a need for policy makers to recognize, empower and support the role and impa...
The Implementation Guide accompanies the "DigComp at Work" report published separately.... more The Implementation Guide accompanies the "DigComp at Work" report published separately. It aims at supporting labour market intermediaries in their digital skilling actions in employability or employment contexts. It offers specific guidelines, examples, tips and useful resources for the use of DigComp for defining specific job's digital competence needs, for assessing digital competences and for cataloguing, developing and delivering training on digital competences.
This report complements the findings obtained in the report entitled "ICT for the Employabil... more This report complements the findings obtained in the report entitled "ICT for the Employability and Integration of Immigrants in the European Union: Results from a Survey in Three Member States".The latter contains quantitative data analysis based on a survey carried out in three countries (Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Spain). A total of 1,653 migrants were interviewed offline from the end of 2012 to mid-2013- to identify ICT skills, access and usage, to identify the role of ICT for their employability and integration in the host country. Connected and nonconnected migrants were compared. The sample included formally-defined Third Country Nationals (TCNs), the majority of whom were newly-arrived migrants and more settled immigrants from the largest groups of TNCs present in the three countries. The statistical analysis carried out in this survey revealed that migrants differed in ICT usage, employability and integration in the 3 countries surveyed. Moreover, age, educati...
This report presents the findings of a survey on the role played by Information and Communication... more This report presents the findings of a survey on the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in supporting the employability and integration of immigrants in Europe. 1,500 immigrants in 3 Member States (Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Spain) were interviewed face-to-face from the end of 2012 to mid-2013 to identify their ICT skills, access and usage, with the aim to identify the role of ICT for their employability and integration in the host country and comparing connected and non-connected migrants. The statistical analysis carried out in this survey revealed that migrants differed in ICT usage, employability and integration in the 3 countries surveyed. Moreover, age, education, employment status, and type of occupation were clear sources of digital inequalities. The findings point to the implications for policies that aim to take advantage of the potential offered by immigration in the European Union, such as digital inclusion policies address specific group...
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance - ICEGOV '10, 2010
The paper outlines a set of proposed visionary scenarios on how governance and policy modelling c... more The paper outlines a set of proposed visionary scenarios on how governance and policy modelling could develop by 2030. These scenarios have been designed through a foresight exercise conducted by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) as part of the CROSSROAD Project, a support action of the European Commission 7th Framework Programme. After presenting the conceptual framework and methodological
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