The 2024 European Digital Skills Awards wrapped up last week with an official ceremony announcing the winners. Five projects from around Europe bring back the trophy for best practices in the five awards categories.
Discover the winners of the European Digital Skills Awards 2024!
But who had the challenging task of selecting the winners? The Digital Skills and Jobs Platform team began by pre-evaluating 267 applications based on published criteria: impact, sustainability and scalability, inclusion and accessibility, innovation and originality. They also assessed the clarity of the presentations and the effectiveness of outreach and communication efforts—after all, a great project needs to reach its target audience to make a difference.
From these applications, 25 finalists were chosen across the five award categories. The jury then faced the difficult task of selecting the winners. Despite the high quality and diverse projects, the final decisions were clear during the concluding meeting.
Let’s celebrate all the finalists’ projects of EDSA24!
Meet the Jury
Anu Passi-Rauste, HeadAI
Anu is Chief Business Officer HeadAI, with 20 years’ experience in edtech business and learning solutions. She is responsible for building the market intelligence, business growth, customer success and scaling sales. Anu is deeply inspired and involved in Artificial Intelligence for talent growth and learning – to build a sustainable future ecosystem for skills and work.
Aiga Irmeja, Latvian IT Cluster/Digital Innovation Hub
Aiga is Executive Director at Latvian IT Cluster/Digital Innovation Hub, with 20 years of experience in marketing or administrative roles in the IT industry. She has made a strategic commitment towards the organization’s shift to become an industry digitalization hub and European Digital Innovation Hub, as well as a core stakeholder in National digitalization initiatives and an expert in SME digital transformation initiatives.
Andrei Kelemen, Cluj IT Cluster
Andrei is CEO Cluj IT Cluster Co-founder and Head of Internationalization DIH4Society. Cluj IT is a cluster based organization formed of active organizations in the information technology field. Andrei has held various management positions in private and public sectors, managing projects. He has lead the Information Compartment in an EU structural funds management structure of the Ministry of Labor.
Mads Ronald Dahl, MSc, PhD, MI, Special Consultant Aarhus University
Mads Ronald Dahl is an educational developer at Aarhus University, recognized for his contributions to digital education. With a focus on integrating relevant technology into teaching, learning, and assessment, blending traditional educational principles with contemporary digital advancements. Mads has become a voice in advancing European educational framework, advocating for technology-supported learning environments.
Esther Murphy, DigiAcademy and Digi-ID programme Trinity College Dublin: School of Engineering
Dr. Esther Murphy is Principal Investigator for research projects focusing on digital inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities based at School of Engineering’s Robotics and Innovation Lab at the Trinity College Dublin. She is also founder of the DigiAcademy, winner of the European Digital Skills Awards 2023. Esther has 15 years experience in social science, disability health and inclusive technology research, teaching and practice in academia and non-governmental sectors.
Enjoy this picture of Aiga and Anu at the European Digital Skills Awards 2024!
Check out all the pictures from the event on the @DigitalSkillsEU Facebook page.
Source: European Digital Skills & Jobs Platform
