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🌿 Discover the Power of Green Tech and Digital Skills! 💻🌱

Explore the dynamic connection between the green transition and digitalization highlighted at the recent EESC conference in Brussels. Cedefop Deputy Director Mara Brugia emphasized how digital skills are driving the green economy.

🔍 Key Points:

💚 Digitalization fuels the green economy.
🔄 Digital means are essential for green objectives.
📈 Europe has enormous digital upskilling potential.
🚀 Green transition relies on professionals, digital experts, and trainers.
🌍 Why It's Important:
Vocational education and apprenticeships are pivotal for accelerating the green transition, shaping a future where skills meet sustainability.

Experts and leaders from SMEunited, Eurochambres, BusinessEurope, ETUC, and the Lifelong Learning Platform convened to discuss the role of skills in personal fulfillment, economic growth, and competitiveness.

📖 Read more about the future of skills, green tech, and the intersection of digitalization and the green transition. 🌱💡 🌐🚀

Go digital to go green The hybrid event was organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 10 March, and its theme was 'Skills and talents as key drivers for personal fulfillment, economic growth and competitiveness'.

Recently, also Danmar Computers organized the Polish Multiplier Event, on 09.09.2020. Main parts included the presentation of the digital results, discussions on internationalization and speeches from piloting participants. Here is a sneak peak!

On Tuesday 22/09/2020, our Cypriot partner GrantXpert Consulting hosted their national final multiplier event in Nicosia.

The participants had the opportunity to learn in detail about the project scope, partnership, Intellectual Outputs delivered, and overall key milestones achieved.

Special emphasis was given on presenting the results of the pilot application, and in continuation, a short training followed explaining the steps on how to enroll on the project's training platform.

The IN_DIGIT2EU Newsletter number 3️⃣ is out!!

❗️Stay up to date with the latest news of the project
ℹ️ The online training course is over
🔍 Let's see the participants' feedback.
➡️ Stay tuned - the Newsletter is coming in 5 more languages.

Businesses are looking at how to operate and open markets remotely in their internationalisation, reinvention efforts.

"Covid-19 has certainly been a big setback in terms of the internationalisation process, but it also depends on how deep you already are in the internationalisation journey," says Ng Siew Quan, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Asia Pacific leader, entrepreneurial and private business.

But what is interesting is how Covid-19 has forced people to start looking at how they can operate and even open markets remotely.

"E-commerce is borderless. And if they can leverage that, with the Singapore branding, they have an edge."

Wilson Chew, who leads the strategy team in PwC's entrepreneurial and private clients practice, adds: "Internationalisation is no longer just about boots on the ground, it is also about boots online and capturing eyeballs online."

Covid-19 forces rethink of operations and digitalisation BOOTS on the Web is just as important as, if not more important than, having a presence on the ground, say consultants, as border closures and widespread movement control orders brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a rethink of operational expectations and norms. Read more at The...

SMEs are vital to the EU’s economy. Supporting their development both within the single market and outside the EU is thus a key element of the Union’s overall competitiveness strategy. The European Court of Auditors is starting an audit to assess the coherence of the EU’s SME internationalisation strategy and the effectiveness of measures taken so far.

SMEs - the backbone of the EU economy - EU Today EU Today - News, Views, & Analysis From Across The EU & Beyond

Read here below, the EC SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, which includes SME improvement of market access & internationalisation as one of its basic pillars.

Available here:

ec.europa.eu

The pilot phase of our online training programme has started. Yesterday, the Cyprus team (GrantXpert Consulting) delivered a short induction session to the country's pilot participants, explaining how the training platform works & what is expected from them.

The INDIGIT_2EU compact training platform gives the opportunity to the learners, to self-study the 5 modules related with the concept of , at their own pace & time.

We wish to all our participants a very constructive training experience!