Digital4Sustainability

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Digital4Sustainability – Accelerating the Digital & Green Transition in the ICT Industry. Digital4Sustainability will focus on fast-tracking the Digital & Green Transition within the ICT sector and throughout European Industry, helping companies to adopt advanced digital technologies to achieve their sustainability goals. The project's goal is to design a new Digital Sustainability Skills Strategy and an innovative Training Programme that will provide companies with the advanced digital and green skills they need to build concrete ESG initiatives that deliver real results. The project's goal is to design a new Skills Strategy and VET / HE Learning Programmes that will address the urgent and emerging skills needs of Industry in the key areas of Digital & Green. It will focus on training a new breed of Digital Sustainability Professionals through VET providers and Higher Education Institutions, and the re/upskilling of the existing ICT and Industry workforce via structured work based learning and short-term modular courses. Digital4Sustainability will help non-tech industries to adopt these new technologies, while providing the ICT sector with training and support to create effective digital solutions that reduce energy, carbon and waste within industry. Finally, the project will provide digital sustainability skills intelligence and long-term Skills Strategy to foster sustainable digital upskilling after the project lifetime and support the overall implementation of the Digital Ecosystem large-scale skills partnership under the Pact for Skills. The training programme will focus on upskilling & reskilling existing ICT & Sustainability professionals through higher education and work based learning, educating and empowering Business Leaders through short courses and training modules, and creating fresh new talent for the digital sustainability sector through HE and VET programmes targeted toward career changers, third level students, and adults.