Digital Duel

To combat the lack of digital skills, the FPS Economy created the serious game "Digital Duel", an interactive test (10 challenges) in four languages (EN, FR, NL, DE).
The project aim was the development of a game that focused on digital skills for all, to enable citizens to be active in our digital society. It was created to function as a kind of current status of my digital skills competences (Digital ID card) and stimulate participants to go to ‘action’ to improve their skill set.
The "Digital Duel" was put online on 16 May 2018. It was available to citizens so that they could assess their digital skills in 5 areas: information processing, communication, content creation, safety and problem solving. The chosen format places participants in situations where they have to put their digital skills into practice (for example, the test will not ask participants if they know how to search the internet but will have them search the internet). In addition to the overall assessment of their digital skills, the game gave citizens the possibility to have access to a list of adult training courses available in Belgium in order to improve their digital skills.
More than 100,000 people visited the site www.digitalduel.be and five other EU countries have shown interest in duplicating Digital Duel at home (Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy). The game can be easily reproduced and adapted locally. New technologies are constantly evolving. The game is therefore designed to be able to integrate new challenges in the future.
The project received 95,000€ in funding from the FPS Economy Ministry.

Context: The digital transformation of society, the economy and industries across all sectors will have a far-reaching impact for Europe and its citizens. It presents a major opportunity for Europe but is also accompanied by a number of challenges. In particular, Europe must ensure that its citizens and its labour force have the appropriate digital skills to live and work in the new digital era. No one should be left behind.
Only 31% of the Belgians have advanced digital skills, while 56% of the companies have had difficulties recruiting ICT specialists in 2017.

Stakeholders involved: FPS Economy
Belgian digital champion
Union of Towns and Communes of the three Regions
Coalition for digital skills and jobs in Belgium (National Coalition)

Key learning points: NEI.

Evaluation: Yes

Information sources: None.

Read the full analysis: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/digital-skills-initiatives/digital-duel