Brussels, 12–17 November 2025 — The EURIDICE project was showcased at the Advanced Digital Skills Summit in Brussels. Notably, EURIDICE’s SMEs Babafla CEO André Baart and AKMC CEO Hans Akkerman presented the Microcredential Approach as one of the best practices within the EU’s Digital Europe Programme.
For many ADS-DEP projects, implementing the EU’s vision for microcredentials, i.e. enabling seamless, lifelong learning across Europe, remains a major challenge, particularly regarding the recognition and quality assurance of educational modules across countries and sectors. EURIDICE offers a lightweight yet rigorous solution, demonstrating a best-practice model that ensures quality through an expert-based, peer-review system. More developments will follow.
Another key topic discussed during the Summit, which was held in the broader context of the EU’s goal to train 20 million ICT specialists by 2030, was Women in Digital. How can we attract more women, who represent a significant share of the workforce, into the digital sector? And how can this be done in an inclusive, gender-sensitive way? This is another area where EURIDICE contributes valuable insights, also widening the topic on gender including recent research such as our project on Gender in Software Engineering.