Good practice Imported

Digital Inclusion Centres

Portugal · Lisbon · National · See the Portugal profile

The local projects financed by Choices Programme are defined by local consortia of partners (schools, NGOs, municipalities, etc.) and divided into five main categories: 1) School inclusion and non-formal education; 2) Vocational training and employability; 3) Community and ci

8434

Basic ICT skills diplomas issued (Jan 2013-Jun 2015)

107

Digital Inclusion Centres nationwide

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Programa Escolhas — website
Type: Policy
Status: Ongoing
Target groups: Migrants, Unemployed and those facing social problems, Marginalised young people and children
People reached: 79000
People targeted: 200000
Period: 2004-01-01
Region (NUTS): PT17
Keywords: digital inclusion, choices, literacy, young people, social inclusion

Context

Portugal's Choices Programme funds a national network of Digital Inclusion Centres — 107 as of its fifth intervention phase, including the Azores and Madeira — offering certified ICT training and digital-skills activities aimed at socially vulnerable young people, immigrant descendants and Roma communities.

Results

Between January 2013 and June 2015 the Centres issued a total of 8,434 basic ICT skills diplomas (DCB), part of a programme self-evaluated internally since 2001 via a SMART-indicator platform.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes ESF+ — European Social Fund Plus

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14

Quality score: 76/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 33% in this catalogue (610 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by MEDICI consortium

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level4/5

How novel the approach is, from the source innovation rating (graded 0–5).

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Whether the initiative is still ongoing rather than ended.

Evaluation evidence0/1

Whether a substantive evaluation of the initiative exists.

Demonstrated reach1/1

Whether the initiative reached a measurable number of people.

Documented learning1/1

Whether transferable lessons learned are documented.

Cite this

Evidoria. Digital Inclusion Centres. Persistent ID: cf59c33e-7932-478a-858b-d45812a244cf.

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