Public and private organizations from South Africa collaborate to teach kids how to code
The Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and the Joburg Center for Software Engineering (JCSE) partnered with Accenture to provide an hour-long coding workshop for 65 youth from Johannesburg. During the event, the organizations also announced a partnership going forward to launch…
New digital literacy programme to empower women from Northeast India
The National Commission for Women, Facebook, and the Cyber Peace Foundation jointly launched a digital literacy programme for women in Northeast India in December 2018. The digital literacy and online safety programme for the women of the Northeast is specialized…
The government of the Netherlands releases new plans for digital inclusion
The government of Netherlands released two plans to promote digital accessibility: the “Dutch Digitization Strategy” and the “Digital Government Agenda: NL DIGIbetter.” The plans pursue four main objectives: making digital services easier for everyone, helping people deal with digitization, explaining…
Public-private digital literacy programmes to upskill citizens in Pakistan
An article from The News Pakistan summarized a set of initiatives that have been launched by Facebook to increase digital literacy in the country. It provides yet another example of how organizations from the private sector are implementing programmes to…
Good Things Foundation calls for 100% digital inclusion in the UK by 2028
The Good Things Foundation released a report called “A Blueprint for a 100% Digitally Included Nation” claiming that by 2028 there would still be 6.9 million people in the UK without basic digital skills at the current rate of progress….
The government of Portugal launched an initiative to increase digital literacy skills nationwide
The government of Portugal announced the investment of EUR 23 million to support “INCoDE.2030,” a new programme to improve the digital literacy and skills of the population. The initiative is divided into five areas, which include: inclusion, education, qualifications, specializations,…
Singapore seeks to increase the digital skills of workers from the maritime sector
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) of Singapore launched a new training initiative to improve the ICT skills of 23,000 workers from the maritime sector. To do this, the organization released a digital readiness framework, which contains a step-by-step guide…
National Digital Literacy Centre to train 1000 people in Hyderabad, India
CGI and Nasscom Foundation launched their second National Digital Literacy Centre in India. The centre, located in Hyderabad, Telengana, is designed to support India’s National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM). It has three main objectives: building digitally literate communities through training,…
Civic Tech Experience to boost digital inclusion and civic engagement in North Carolina, USA
Project Leadership & Investment for Transformation (LIFT) is an initiative organized by public and private organizations from North Carolina, USA to improve education and the quality of living of people from the area. In November 2018, the project received financial…
New initiatives to support digital literacy for seniors in Singapore
The Smart Nation programme was launched by Visa and People’s Association (PA) to provide Singaporean seniors with access to digital skills training. The training curriculum was designed based on the results of the Visa Digital Inclusion Study 2018, which indicated…
