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OJ C, 24.1.2024

represent the relevant departments in their countries responsible for different aspects of digital education, training and skills including education, labour, digital, culture, industry and finance. The outcomes of the structured dialogue 5 highlighted a number of common challenges faced by Member States in the digital transformation of their education and training systems, demonstrating the need to share best practices at Union level.

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The first principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights 6 states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and manage successfully transitions in the labour market. The right to education, as set out in and protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, should be guaranteed at all times. Likewise, the Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee 7 invites Member States to guarantee effective and free access to education and school-based activities for children in need, namely those at risk of poverty and social exclusion.

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The European Skills Agenda 8 sets out actions to help individuals and businesses develop more and better skills and put them to use by strengthening sustainable competitiveness and by building resilience to react to crises, based on the lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council Resolution on a new European agenda for adult learning 2021-2030 9 includes a focus on formal, non-formal and informal learning opportunities for adults, in a lifelong learning perspective.

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Every European citizen should have access to digital education which enables them to develop the knowledge, skills and competences needed for active participation in todays increasingly digital societies. The Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 10 puts forward a plan to achieve an inclusive, human-centred digital transformation of the EUs society and economy by 2030. This includes setting up a governance and reporting framework with the Member States in order to reach the relevant Union-level targets for the Digital Decade, such as achieving universal connectivity gigabit broadband for everyone and 5G everywhere, even in rural and remote areas. These initiatives seek to address existing digital divides in terms of connectivity and skills by promoting action and putting in place necessary mitigating measures. In this respect, the 2022 European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade 11 emphasises the need to promote and support efforts to equip all education and training institutions with digital connectivity, infrastructure and tools.

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Those initiatives highlight that successful digital education and training is about creating more and better opportunities for learning and teaching for everyone in the digital age. Digital solutions have made education and training systems in the Union more accessible over the last few years. Digital resources have the potential to bridge geographical divisions. Digital commons 12, in particular, can bring substantial benefits such as strategic autonomy, reduced costs and increased transparency. However, in a fast-developing world, it is vital to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education and training and support new teaching and learning approaches, including through existing and emerging digital solutions. Moreover, it is vital that learners understand the functioning of underlying technologies, and develop skills and competences for a creative, safe, ethical and responsible use of digital technologies.

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Annex 3 to staff working document SWD2023 205 final.
OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10.
Council Recommendation EU 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee OJ L 223, 22.6.2021, p. 14.
COM2020 274 final.
OJ C 504, 14.12.2021, p. 9.
Decision EU 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4.
11 OJ C 23, 23.1.2023, p. 1.
12 Digital commons is an evolving concept, which can broadly be defined as non-rivalrous and non-exclusive digital resources characterised by shared production, maintenance and governance. These include, among other things, open-source software, open data, open standards, open AI libraries and open content.

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