When the world went remote in early 2020 due to social distancing, the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Luxembourg did not miss a beat. As an initiative that connects public and private stakeholders to respond to Europe’s digital skills needs, it relies on bringing its members together.

The Coalition’s 60+ members, all of whom share a commitment to promote digital skills, meet every three months. Although its meetings became virtual after its February 2020 Upskilling & Reskilling meeting, the team went full steam ahead and managed to maintain a lively calendar of events:

2020

February | Upskilling & Reskilling

The core topics, from cross-skilling to advanced digital skills, were examined by experts from the Department of Media, Telecommunications & Digital Policy of the Ministry of State (SMC), Digital Luxembourg, the Chamber of Commerce and Luxembourg’s Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts.

April | Covid-19 Call for Pledges

Initiated by the European Commission, a call for pledges was announced in response to the pandemic, asking organizations to respond to the crisis. Speakers included representatives from the European Commission, IMS and Civitta. A digital skills matchmaking event for Luxembourgish pledges is planned for October 2021.

September | Working & Digital Skills in the Time of Covid-19

The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition presented the results of its online consultation, which addressed digital skills and remote working; new models and habits for events and trainings; the state of the market for ICT specialist; and new challenges and topics of interest for members. They also discussed LISER's survey on this topic. View survey.

November | Digital Skills Training: State of Play

Event that featured presentations from the ADEM’s FutureSkills initiative, the Interoperability Academy of the ISA² program and Elements of AI.

2021

May | Digital Skills & Space

Experts in space from SES, the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Space Master program and Emtronix contributed their unique points of view to a conversation on digital skills in the context of space.

Aside from member meetings, the Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition remained active as part of Luxembourg’s digital community:

• Ecole42 meeting in Luxembourg: January meeting between 15 Coalition members, economic managers and the famous French Ecole42's Director of International Development, Sophie Viger.
• CEF Call for Tenders: Submission to Connected European Facilities for an Interoperable Digital Skills & Jobs platform
• Cloud Award: Participation on the Cloud Award jury organized by the European Cloud Federation
• Digital Skills Matchmaking event: Organized with IMS & originally planned to be held at ICT Spring 2020 (now planned for October 2021)
• Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition presentations: Presentation of the Coalition at the Digital Innovation Hub skills event organized by Luxinnovation & at an Interoperable Academy civil servant training.

The Coalition’s governing board – which represents multidisciplinary perspectives from the SMC’s Department of Media, Telecommunications and Digital Policy, Digital Luxembourg, the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts – continues to meet quarterly to fuel a productive, fast-paced agenda.