Competence profiles update and impacts for the future digital society: an European perspective

Abstract

The essay aims to reconstruct the European perspective
concerning the development trends determined by the digital revolution and
its outcomes at work in terms of new profiles, skills and risk categories that
are prefigured for citizenship at all ages. The essay focuses on digital
competence for young people, digital competence at work and digital
competence for active citizenship, starting from the European policies and
strategies about digitisation. The essay concludes with a critical reflection
on the need to move away from a “reactive mode” and adopt a “proactive
position” to govern the digital revolution by promoting people’s active and
co-responsible participation. A critical issue for governing any society lies in
its founding values. Hence, there is a need to ask critical questions about
values, ethics and social justice, and to move beyond technological
determinism.