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Adult people with low level of education or low-qualified are the main group of people that don´t develop their basic digital skills, due to its fast development and implementation of the technology  in our lives, and the little knowledge that they can achieve usually is incomplete or deficient.

We can observe this in Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which is a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on Europe’s digital performance and tracks the evolution of EU member states in digital competitiveness, where an item is the level of basic digital skills in adult people, and DESI shows that in many countries, this level is low. 
In the way of solving this problem, throughout of a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning, Europe establishes the Key Competences for Lifelong Learning, due to the fact that lifelong learning has become a necessity for all citizens. We need to develop our skills and competencies throughout our lives, not only for our personal fulfilment and our ability to actively engage with the society in which we live, but for our ability to be successful in a constantly changing world of work. In the Key Competences we find the Digital Competence, which involves the confidence and the critical use of Information Society Technology (IST) for work, leisure and communication. It is underpinned by basic skills in information and communication technologies (ICT): the use of computers to retrieve, assess, store, produce, present and exchange information, and to communicate and participate in collaborative networks via the Internet.

Skills needed include the ability to search, collect and process information and use it in a critical and systematic way, assessing the relevance and distinguishing the real from the virtual while recognizing the links. Individuals should have the skills to use tools to produce, present and understand complex information and the ability to access, search and use Internet-based services. Individuals should also be able use IST to support critical thinking, creativity, and innovation.

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