The Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, funded by the European Union's NextGenerationEU funds, aims to mitigate the economic and social impact caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, as well as to support economic recovery. The measures that make up this plan will allow for structural reforms in the coming years and will ensure that the recovery of the economy after the pandemic leaves no one behind.
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is the core of the Recovery Fund, which finances investments and structural reforms for a greener, more digital, equal, and cohesive future.
The Plan includes in Component 19 "National Digital Skills Plan," framed within the lever policy VII "Education and knowledge, continuous training, and capacity development," various actions aimed at ensuring digital inclusion, advancing the development of citizens' basic skills so that everyone can take advantage of the social, economic, and environmental opportunities offered by new technologies.
Within Component 19 is Investment Line 1 "Transversal Digital Skills," which includes Measure 3 consisting of "Training of citizens in digital skills." This Measure is linked to the achievement of objectives numbers 286 and 288. Objective No. 286 states that, regarding the funds allocated to this Measure, "at least 75% of the budget must be committed to actions under the investment in training citizens in digital skills." The deadline for achieving this objective is the fourth quarter of 2023. On the other hand, Objective No. 288 states that, by June 30, 2026, Spain must have "2,600,000 citizens trained in digital skills, according to the actions of the measure."
Within this objective, the "Digital Skills for Children" (CODI) program aims to train 950,000 vulnerable children and adolescents by providing basic training in digital skills to children aged 9 to 13 and adolescents aged 14 to 17, prioritizing those in situations of poverty, vulnerability, rural areas, with disabilities, or formerly in foster care. However, the programs will be open to the participation of any child or adolescent within the age range to ensure inclusivity and avoid stigmatization.
Automatically translated with OpenAI from Spanish