Digital economy blueprint

The table below is a summary of the Digital Skills 

pillar. 

Basic Skills

Basic digital skills enable us to function at a mini-

mum level in society. They are foundational skills 

for performing basic tasks, and there is growing 

consensus that basic digital functioning corresponds 

to a foundational literacy, taking its place alongside 

traditional literacy and numeracy. Basic skills cover 

hardware (for example using a keyboard and oper-

ating touch-screen technology), software (for ex-

ample word processing, managing files on laptops, 

managing privacy settings on mobile phones), and 

basic online operations (for example email, search, 

or completing an online form). Basic skills enrich 

our lives, enabling us to interact with others and 

access government, commercial and financial ser-

vices.

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7.0 DIGITAL SKILLS AND VALUES