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Official launch of "Digitalskills.lu": Luxembourg's platform for developing digital skills and talent.

The Prime Minister and Minister for Communications an Media, Xavier Bettel, announced the launch of the new digitalskills.lu platform at a press conference on 5 June 2023 at the Foyer Européen.

As new technologies accelerate, the gap between available digital skills and labour market needs is widening. The government, the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Crafts are keenly aware of this reality and have joined forces to form the “Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Luxembourg” (Digital Coalition) in 2019. The aim of this national coalition, which is a continuation of an initiative led by the European Commission, is to bring together all the country’s digital skills key actors and, in particular, to promote projects in this area. 
With over 60 active members from the public and private sectors, the Digital Coalition focuses on sharing information on a wide range of topics, including Upskilling and Reskilling, Skills in AI, Digital skills in non-tech sectors, Space technologies: jobs and skills, etc. 
We have updated its “digitalskills.lu” platform in the context of the “European Year of Skills 2023”. From now on, this platform aims to be a genuine central point bringing together all information relative to digital skills in Luxembourg and Europe. The platform offers a variety of content, including training opportunities and the latest news and events relating to digital skills. In addition, this tool is directly linked to the initiatives of the EU member states thanks to an interoperability system with the European “Digital Skills and Jobs Platform“. 
“Today, the government’s commitment to developing the digital skills of our society is more important than ever. For the development of information and communication technologies and other sectors contributing to tomorrow’s modern society to remain assured, a sufficient presence of skilled labour must be guaranteed,” emphasises Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister and Minister for Communications and the Media. “I welcome the solutions proposed by the Digital Coalition through the new “digitalskills.lu” platform, which not only meets the need for access to information on training in the digital sector, but also allows businesses to participate actively, and even pro-actively, in a large range of national European initiatives in the field of digital skills”. 
 
 
To go further: 
Link to the platform: https://digitalskills.lu/ 
Article from the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: https://smc.gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites.gouvernement%2Bfr%2Bactualites%2Btoutes_actualites%2Bcommuniques%2B2023%2B06-juin%2B05-bettel-plateforme-digital-skills.html#top