One year into the project!

2 extensive studies, 7 collaboration platforms, and 8 digital job profiles developed

“Women4IT” partners enter the second year of the project with the ambition to create innovative solutions promoting the employment of young women in digital jobs.

September marks the end of the first year of the “YOUNG-ICT WOMEN: Innovative Solutions to increase the numbers of EU vulnerable girls and young women the into digital agenda” project (no. 2017-1-094), in short, Women4IT. The project is funded by the Youth Employment Programme of the EEA and Norway Grants and implemented under the
the leadership of the Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA), with partners from Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Romania, and Spain – years 2018-2021.

The Women4IT project aims to increase the employability of young women (15 -29 years) in digital technologies and boost the opportunities female talent brings to economic growth. The project will assess the digital skills of 1000 women in 7 countries and, depending on the need and support of employers, provide digital skills training and personalized career guidance to a minimum of 700 of them. Additionally, it will reach 10.000 youth by digital career awareness activities.