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In today’s dynamic work and educational environments, it’s crucial to make all skills and competencies visible. Traditional certificates often fail to capture the full range of a person’s abilities, especially those acquired through professional experiences, hobbies, or volunteer work. Open Badges offer a solution to this challenge. In the Digi Teachers project, Open Badges were used to assess and recognize teachers’ competencies, highlighting their potential to promote continuous learning and professional development.

Although e-invoicing offers huge potential for improving financial management and business efficiency, this is still largely untapped. The full potential of e-invoicing will only be achieved when all invoices are sent electronically, enabling financial automation, real-time reporting and new business opportunities.

The combination of e-invoicing and AI brings huge benefits for financial management, but to make the most of it, invoicing must be fully digital. Taika Group and Verdis have joined forces to use artificial intelligence in e-invoicing. The benefits have been highly encouraging. The partnership shows why 100% take-up of e-invoicing is important.

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The final survey of the GDPR4CHLDRN project surveyed the data protection knowledge and attitudes of parents and associations organising recreational activities.

The circular economy will continue to be a key theme in all our economic activities, which is why developing circular economy competences is vital. Competences should also be measurable and visible – in this pilot circular economy competences will be recognised and made visible by means of digital Open Badges.

If data can be transported in an agreed format, digital product passports will revolutionise the circular economy. What does the Peppol messaging service offer? Would organisations benefit if the information in digital product passports was sent with Peppol messages?

The Digital Product Passport is a key technology for the EU to make sustainable development and the circular economy a daily reality for individuals and businesses. The Digital Product Passport provides a comprehensive view of the environmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle, making responsible consumption easier. It will not only accelerate the EU’s green transition but also create new business opportunities and help make sustainably operating companies more competitive.

Data spaces will have an impact on many companies and organisations in the near future. But what are data spaces, really? What opportunities do they offer, and how can we make the most of them?

The newly established Data Spaces Alliance Finland brings together Finnish data business pioneers to help companies deal with the challenges of the data economy and capitalise on its opportunities. As one of the founders of the network, the aim of the Finnish Information Society Development Centre (TIEKE) is to provide companies with a clear path to making the most of data spaces. TIEKE also helps companies to develop data maturity, which is particularly important as the data economy becomes more central to how the world works.

The diversity competence of leaders holds a key position in the creation of inclusive working communities. To create change, training that supports the promotion of diversity must be developed. Without the leadership’s commitment, the benefits brought about by diversity will not be achieved.

Diversity has become a key theme in working life, and the ICT sector can lead the way on this issue for other industries as well. According to Netlight’s Talent Manager Julius Hurri and FIBS’ corporate responsibility specialist Greta Andersson, diversity drives innovation and improves decision-making. To promote it, companies need to commit to a long-term process in which management support and genuine action are key.