Digidel 2017 – increased digital inclusion and competences

National coordination programme in Norway (run by the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation) to increase basic digital skills among groups not using ICT in daily life, prompted by the growing need for digital literacy to access public services. A steering group spanning seven ministries and a programme group with national agencies (Bufdir/Delta Centre, Difi, IKT-Norge, the National Library, NorSIS, the Norwegian Library Association, Seniornett, Vox) plus private partners DNB, Microsoft and Telenor supported delivery.

Strengthen cooperation between the public sector, the ICT sector and voluntary organisations to raise digital competence and inclusion, and to develop common tools usable nationwide across three digital-literacy levels.

Published free, downloadable training resources for instructors via digidel.no; administered one-time grants to support local digital-skills training; encouraged peer-to-peer and group learning; drew on comparable initiatives in Sweden and Denmark.

No quantitative outcome data is reported in the source material; the programme is described as having provided teaching tools, shared-learning arenas for instructors, and encouragement of local peer-learning groups.

The programme ended in 2017 (single calendar-year national push) and is documented as an example of public-sector intervention on digital literacy and as a source of training materials for other initiatives.