The Digitaliza Madrid project, promoted by the regional administration, has offered 549 free courses, contributing to reducing the digital divide in the region. These programs are delivered in about twenty fixed centers as well as three mobile units activated on demand.
The most popular training sessions focused on digital certificates and electronic signatures, introductions to Artificial Intelligence (AI), virtual reality, design with Canva, and mobile phone usage. There has also been high demand for content related to digital public services, 3D printing, mobile photography and video, online job searching, and cybersecurity.
The training offer aims to meet both everyday needs and competencies geared towards employability and understanding emerging technologies. The mobile classrooms extend this training to rural areas and groups facing greater challenges in accessing and using innovation.
Permanent centers are located in towns such as San Sebastián de los Reyes, Aranjuez, Ciempozuelos, Móstoles, Moralzarzal, Navacerrada, among others. The Minister of Digitalization, Miguel López-Valverde, highlighted that these centers operate as a network coordinated by the Digitaliza Madrid Innovation Center.
Each classroom is equipped with 12 computer stations, an interactive screen, virtual reality headsets, a robotics kit, tablets, and a 3D printer. The total investment for this infrastructure is close to 1 million euros until 2026, funded by European Next Generation funds.
The initiative seeks to train and certify digital competencies, facilitate access and experimentation with new technologies for citizens facing difficulties, and support the digital transformation through creation and work spaces.
“"We work to reach the entire population and promote the specialization of the centers so that each municipality focuses its courses on areas such as, for example, digitalization in rural areas, the technologization of small and medium-sized businesses and shops, or the reinforcement of the industrial fabric."
