The Digital Skills Week of 2023 saw the first-ever Digitukiteko recognition award being awarded to the Remote support service for the deaf-blind people, a Finnish Deafblind Association, for their innovative use of technology to empower and support the deaf-blind community. The award was presented by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, along with a panel of experts who reviewed 31 proposals.
Each and every Finn should know at least how to use e-mail, manage their own affairs in digital services, use passwords and identify themselves in services. This is reflected in the digital skills recommendations published by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. The recommendations have been published as part of the programme of the Digital Skills Week that begins today. The topic of the week is Digital Courage. Digital courage is needed in order to transition to primarily providing digital services.
Finns are among the world s leading users of digital services. According to the recent Digital Skills Report, 79% of Finns have good digital skills, and as many as 84% feel that they will keep up to date with digitalisation in the coming years. In other words, our society has a good foundation for building digital services. Nonetheless, even skilled people often need support in using digital devices and services. The crucial question is how well one can apply and develop their own skills.