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fit4internet – National Digital Competence Assessment and Upskilling Platform

Austria · Vienna · See the Austria profile

Austria's national digital competence platform built on DigComp 2.2 AT. Free online competence check with microlearning and digital badges; annual Digital Skills Barometer (~3,700 respondents); explicit focus on adults 60+, low-skilled workers, and jobseekers.

~3,700

Inquiridos do Barómetro de Competências Digitais

fit4internet – National Digital Competence Assessment and Upskilling Platform

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: fit4internet (non-profit association)
Period: 2019–present
Keywords: low-skilled adults, older people 60+, jobseekers, digital competence, upskilling, DigComp

Context

O fit4internet da Áustria é uma plataforma nacional de competência digital baseada no DigComp 2.2 AT, que oferece uma verificação gratuita de competências com microaprendizagem e distintivos digitais, focada em adultos com mais de 60 anos, trabalhadores pouco qualificados e desempregados.

Results

A plataforma oferece uma verificação online gratuita de competências com microaprendizagem e distintivos digitais, e realiza um Barómetro anual de Competências Digitais com cerca de 3 700 inquiridos.

Implementation

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

Data sources

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

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-20
fit4internet (non-profit association) — accessed 2026-06-20
CEDEFOP – Digital competence model for Austria (DigComp 2.2 AT) — accessed 2026-06-20
EU Digital Skills and Jobs Platform – fit4internet — accessed 2026-06-20
fit4internet – Digital Skills Barometer Austria 2023 press release — accessed 2026-06-20

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Quality score: 88/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 18% in this catalogue (573 scored practices)

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

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

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

Innovation level2/5

Applies DigComp 2.2 AT through a free check combining self-assessment with validated knowledge testing, micro-learning, and portable digital badges; the nationally representative annual barometer revealing a 26-point self-vs-knowledge gap adds population-level insight not widely replicated across EU member states.

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Operating since 2019 with annual Digital Skills Barometer editions (2022–2026), expanding scope to cloud/AI and regional variants; embedded as Austria's official competence standard.

Evaluation evidence1/1

Nationally representative annual barometer (~3,700 respondents 2023) quantifies a significant self-knowledge gap (76 vs 50 points); CEDEFOP and EU Digital Skills Jobs Platform independently document the DigComp 2.2 AT framework.

Demonstrated reach1/1

National platform open to all Austrians; explicit targeting of 60+ generation and jobseekers through adapted tools; Vienna Digital Skills Insight extends measurement to the capital's employed adults.

Documented learning1/1

Annual published Barometer informs Austrian and EU digital skills policy; CEDEFOP cross-country documentation; DigComp 2.2 AT national adaptation methodology and digital badge system transferable to other EU member states.

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