Portugal INCoDe.2030

The National Initiative on Digital Skills and e.2030, Portugal INCoDe.2030, aims to stimulate and ensure the development of digital skills as a tool for preparing a society oriented towards the future and the new opportunities that arise from the accelerated adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). 

Launched on April 3, 2017, this initiative seeks to ensure widespread access to digital technologies for the entire population and training for younger generations by stimulating and strengthening digital skills. It also aims to professionally train the working population, promote specialization in digital technologies, and ensure the conditions for the production of new knowledge, enhancing research in the area of technology/digital, the use of artificial intelligence, and programming languages. 

In this context, Portugal INCoDe.2030 is structured around five strategic areas: inclusion, education, skills, specialization, and research. Each of these areas is associated with a set of objectives and public policy measures, which are promoted by various institutions and entities.

By 2030, the initiative aims to address three major challenges, namely:

– ensuring digital literacy and inclusion for the exercise of citizenship;

– encourage specialization in digital technologies and applications to improve job skills and create a higher value-added economy; 

– produce new knowledge in international cooperation.

Portugal INCoDe.2030 is a joint initiative of the Portuguese Government's Administrative Modernization, Science, Technology and Higher Education, Education, Labor, Planning and Infrastructure, and Economy departments. It fits into the international context in the area of ICT and aims to improve and strengthen Portugal's position in the European Commission's DESI 2017 (Digital Economy & Society Index), increasing the country's competitiveness by promoting digital skills.

Throughout the initiative, FCT acts as the coordinating entity for different aspects associated with the five strategic areas.

More information at: Portugal INCoDe.2030