Turning YSKILLS Recommendations into Action Points for EU Policy on Children’s Digital Skills

This report is the final output of the Horizon 2020 ySKILLS project on children’s digital skills. It aims to provide some action points addressed to EU policymakers for improving the well-being of young people in the digital era. The research was carried out in three stages. The first stage involved mapping and describing the existing EU framework, which holds potential relevance for ySKILLS. This comprehensive analysis encompassed four key facets: (1) delineating the competences of the EU; (2) scrutinising the existing EU policies, (3) assessing EU legislation, and (4) identifying the EU bodies responsible for providing advice, taking measures or supervising matters in relation to youth’s digital skills and wellbeing in the digital age. Second, the policy recommendations derived from ySKILLS findings in the previous task were mapped onto the EU framework and a gap analysis was carried out. In the third stage, specific action points were formulated to implement the ySKILLS recommendations to advance youth’s digital skills and wellbeing in the digital age.