{"id":27267,"date":"2025-10-14T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/?p=27267"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:17:04","slug":"policy-debate-making-eu-funding-work-for-digital-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/policy-debate-making-eu-funding-work-for-digital-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for a policy debate on EU funding and digital inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27267\" class=\"elementor elementor-27267\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31eb28c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31eb28c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbc3310\" data-id=\"bbc3310\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8e4a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef8e4a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-20-years-Social-Media-Post.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27633\" alt=\"Policy event 2025 All Digital\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-20-years-Social-Media-Post.png 940w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-20-years-Social-Media-Post-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-20-years-Social-Media-Post-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-20-years-Social-Media-Post-700x587.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e31a1eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e31a1eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fab875\" data-id=\"5fab875\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2303570 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2303570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/tceurope.wufoo.com\/forms\/r1bclfmn04j8wpw\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">REGISTER HERE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f72e837 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f72e837\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc24b18\" data-id=\"fc24b18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75a703 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a75a703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #ef7c00; background-color: #f6f6f6;\"><strong>Date and location:<\/strong><\/h4><div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div><p><span style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6;\">20 November 2025, 12:00\u201315:00 (including light lunch)\u2028<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Government of Catalonia Representation to the EU, Rue de la Loi 227, 1040 Brussels<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c027e8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c027e8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58eb109\" data-id=\"58eb109\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b1487 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b1487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #ef7c00; background-color: #f6f6f6;\"><strong>About the event:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #ef7c00;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; color: #222222;\">As Europe prepares for its next long-term budget,&nbsp;digital inclusion is becoming essential for both&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; color: #222222;\">competitiveness and cohesion<\/b><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; color: #222222;\">.&nbsp;Yet,&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; color: #222222;\">44% of Europeans remain digitally excluded<\/b><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; color: #222222;\">, revealing the urgent need for EU funding to translate ambition into real learning opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This high-level policy debate&nbsp;will bring together policymakers, learning providers \u2013 including digital competence centres \u2013 and various digital learning stakeholders to discuss how EU funding can better support digital skills, inclusion, and lifelong learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature a short visioning exercise on the future of digital inclusion, a dynamic brainstorm with expert voices to inspire ideas and identify future EU funding priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we\u2019ll explore how EU programmes can better serve learners, industry, and the broader digital ecosystem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de563f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de563f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8e7c8e\" data-id=\"b8e7c8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98d74a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98d74a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #ef7c00; background-color: #f6f6f6;\"><strong>Discussion topics:<\/strong><\/h4><div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How EU programmes (Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, Competitiveness Fund, and national plans) can work together to unlock Europe&#8217;s digital potential.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The role of the new Erasmus+ proposal in reflecting competence centre priorities.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Future priorities\u00a0for funding: micro-credentials, competence frameworks, certification profiles, and the Pact for Skills.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div><h4 style=\"color: #ef7c00; background-color: #f6f6f6;\"><strong>Invited speakers:<br \/><\/strong><\/h4><div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div><div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #333333; white-space: normal;\">Representatives from the European Commission and regional authorities.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #333333; white-space: normal;\">Civil society organisations from the All Digital network.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #333333; white-space: normal;\">Experts in digital inclusion and lifelong learning.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fea8dfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fea8dfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-380a76f\" data-id=\"380a76f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a7a629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a7a629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #ef7c00; background-color: #f6f6f6;\"><strong>Programme:<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c79496 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c79496\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8ea695\" data-id=\"c8ea695\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b68ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b68ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>12:00<\/b> \u2013 Registration and networking with light lunch<\/p>\n<p><b>12:30<\/b> \u2013 Digital inclusion reflection: The future vision<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: David Mekkaoui,&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer, All Digital.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Andreea Dima,<\/b> Director, MAKS.<\/li>\n<li><b>Elisa&nbsp;Gambardella<\/b>,&nbsp;Education &amp; Lifelong Learning Coordinator, SOLIDAR.<\/li>\n<li><b>Alba Soler Turull<\/b>, Senior Innovation Project Manager, i2cat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br><\/b><\/p><p><b>13:00<\/b> \u2013 Interactive Session:&nbsp;Digital inclusion visioning<\/p>\n<p><b>13:25<\/b> \u2013 Policy reflection: The funding outlook<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Brikena Xhomaqi,&nbsp;Director, Lifelong Learning Platform.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Georgi Dimitrov<\/b>,&nbsp;Head of Unit, European Commission \/ DG EAC.<\/li>\n<li><b>Leo Kilroy<\/b>, Education and Skills Attach\u00e9 to Ireland\u2019s Permanent Representation to the EU.<\/li>\n<li><b>Jan B\u00fcscher<\/b>,&nbsp;Co-Director General, La Mednum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br><\/b><\/p><p><b>13:35<\/b> \u2013&nbsp;Interactive Session:&nbsp;From vision to funding priorities&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>13:55<\/b> \u2013&nbsp;Final reflections and closing remarks<\/p>\n<p><b>14:15 <\/b>\u2013 Networking and light lunch<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e3406f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e3406f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50bcf0f\" data-id=\"50bcf0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6f4607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6f4607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #ef7c00; background-color: #f6f6f6;\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8579959 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8579959\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9de1d9f\" data-id=\"9de1d9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd3e12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cd3e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more information, reach us at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:events@all-digital.org\">events@all-digital.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REGISTER HERE Date and location: \u00a0 20 November 2025, 12:00\u201315:00 (including light lunch)\u2028 Government of Catalonia Representation to the EU,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":27337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[649],"class_list":["post-27267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-digital-skills-policy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27267"}],"version-history":[{"count":110,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28158,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27267\/revisions\/28158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}