Representatives of AmCham presented proposals which, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and the Multiannual Financial Framework, propose concrete measures aimed at improving the digital skills of different categories of citizens in Croatia. The proposed measures relate to education of the unemployed, upgrading skills for a new digital career, raising the general digital skills of the elderly, digital competencies of STEM teachers and public and civil servants, advanced digital competencies of young people, education for digital adaptation of companies and digital training for digital workplace. The key factor in realizing the potential of digitalization lies in digital skills. Without digitally aware and literate citizens, the impact of digitalization of certain spheres of society is considerably reduced.

Representatives of the Ministry welcomed AmCham's proposals and pointed out that their proposals are in line with the Ministry's views. The National Recovery and Resilience Plan envisages a system of vouchers for the education of employed and unemployed Croatian citizens. Also, when preparing operational programs for the Multiannual Financial Framework, AmCham's proposals will be taken into consideration and incorporated into project proposals. It was agreed to continue cooperation in the field of improving the digital skills of the population in Croatia.

On behalf of the Ministry, the meeting was attended by Vicko Mardešić, Director of the Directorate for Management of EU Operational Programs, Naida Mekić, Head of the Sector for Programming, Financial Management and Financial Instruments and Filip Miličević, Head of the Programming Service. AmCham was represented by Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director of AmCham, Tatjana Skoko, Chair of AmCham's Digital Economy Committee and Country Manager of Microsoft Croatia, and Dražen Malbašić, Policy Manager at AmCham.