Cloud Computing Skills Development in Europe

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted how digitalisation is crucial to ensure our society and economy can still function also in extreme emergency cases and how cloud technologies play an essential role to ensure private and public service resiliency. A major obstacle to overcome though is the capability for organizations and citizens to quickly take up on those digital skills that are needed to understand, adopt and use such technologies. The role European Cloud Computing (CC) projects and the outcomes they generate can play in skills development/upskilling and education, especially when it comes to advanced cloud technologies, is fundamental for the future of Europe and for the realization of its data and industrial strategy.

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In order to facilitate this, HUB4CLOUD launched the “Cloud Computing Skills Development in Europe” initiative. This initiative consisted of data gathering from experts in the European CC domain who are confronted by finding appropriate talent on a day to day basis. The data was gathered by conducting interviews, desktop research and through webinars and panels to gain insights from the market. Through this initiative, we discussed and learnt from the different players in the market (industries, SMEs and startups, academia, online courses platforms and individuals) about the European cloud computing skills gap and ways to bridge them. This activity focused on exploring the needs for CC skills, training needs and opportunities in the next 5 to 10 years and retrofeed them into roadmapping and policy recommendations.

Cloud Computing Skills Development in Europe