Generation D Pact

Background

Digital Spain 2026: Fostering Inclusive Transformation through National e-Skills Plan

The Digital Spain Agenda 2026, in its triple dimension of Infrastructures and Technology, Economy and People, establishes an important set of measures that aim to carry out a process of humanist and inclusive digital transformation of the Spanish economy and society, which puts people at the centre.

Aware of this challenge and of the need for both the business sector and the population in general to be digitally competent, the Agenda itself includes among its specific digital strategies, the National Digital Skills Plan.

The National Digital Skills Plan implements a national strategy to provide Spanish citizens with the necessary digital skills to be able to manage in today's digital environments, to ensure that Spain has a sufficient training offer to meet the need for digital specialists in the different productive sectors, to promote the continuous updating of the active population and to promote better employment opportunities for the unemployed, especially for young people, women and groups at risk of digital exclusion.

Public-private collaboration has always been key to the design of the Agenda's measures in general and the National e-Skills Plan in particular. There is no doubt that such collaboration is necessary for the success of the different measures set out in the Plan and that is one of the reasons for the Generation D Pact.

It is necessary to generate a great movement in favor of training in digital skills, so that Spanish citizens and companies not only exploit the full potential of these public training programmes, but are also aware of all the initiatives that already exist in the private sector. All of this, with a single objective: to successfully carry out the essential digital transformation of our economy and society.

Our pledge

This Pact aims to bring together all initiatives, training courses, events, etc., related to the acquisition, development and improvement of digital skills by Spanish society.

Its specific goals are:

• To provide a space for social agents, associations, companies, social entities, foundations and the media to make their own initiatives, publications, events, etc., known.
• Raise awareness in society on how to support projects and initiatives aimed at bridging digital divides, which is essential for society itself to become a digitally competent society in which no one is left behind.
• Train citizens in transversal digital skills and for employment; promote the digital transformation of SMEs, their managers and employees in need of retraining; lead the balance between the digital profiles demanded by companies and programmes to attract and retain talent, by giving visibility to existing initiatives, encouraging them to join those already underway.
• Promote inter-ministerial collaboration, with autonomous communities and cities, institutions and government agencies to raise the visibility of government initiatives for bridging digital divides, digital inclusion and lifelong learning in digital skills.
• Promote certification of performance levels in digital skills.

To learn more: Portal "Generación D".