EU funding
Digital Skills & Jobs Platform
European Commission · All 27 member states
The EU's central hub for digital skills pledges, training opportunities, and the Digital Decade policy targets. Find training offers, employer pledges, and national coalitions.
Digital Europe Programme
European Commission · DG CONNECT · All 27 member states
Funding for advanced digital skills including AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and data. Covers bootcamps, post-graduate specialisations, and on-the-job training placements at centres of excellence.
ESF+ (European Social Fund Plus)
European Commission · DG EMPL · All 27 member states
€99.3bn for 2021–2027. Co-funds national employment and training programmes — including digital upskilling for workers at risk of automation, apprenticeships, and VET reform.
Free training
EU Skills Academies
European Commission · All 27 member states
Sector skills academies set up under EU industrial policy, for the net-zero industries (such as solar, batteries and hydrogen) and cybersecurity. Training is aligned to skill shortage areas; check each academy for costs.
CISCO Networking Academy
Cisco / EU partnership · EU-wide
Featured on the EU Digital Skills & Jobs Platform. Offers free cybersecurity, networking, and Python courses through the NetAcad programme.
SAP Learning
SAP / EU Skills Coalition · EU-wide
In 2022 SAP pledged to upskill 2 million people worldwide by 2025. SAP Learning offers free courses including cloud, data, and ERP fundamentals, alongside paid ones.
Certification & recognition
Europass Digital Credentials
European Commission · Cedefop · All 27 member states
The EU's official infrastructure for issuing and sharing digital qualifications, micro-credentials, and diplomas. TalentPath also issues each certificate as an Open Badges 3.0 file you can add to your Europass profile.
DigComp Accredited Assessment
EU JRC / National bodies · Selected member states
Several member states have accredited DigComp-based assessments for formal recognition. TalentPath assessments use the same DigComp 3.0 framework; TalentPath is not a nationally accredited body. Every certificate can be checked free at talentpath.eu/verify.
For employers & SMEs
Pact for Skills
European Commission · EU-wide · Industry coalitions
Partnerships of employers, training providers, social partners and authorities committed to upskilling. More than 4,000 organisations have joined; its large-scale partnerships pledged to upskill over 25 million people by 2030. Members share resources and get guidance on EU funding.
EURES — European Job Mobility
European Commission · EEA + Switzerland
The EU's employment network connecting 31 countries (the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland). Lists funded mobility schemes, apprenticeships, and training-to-employment programmes for SMEs hiring across borders.