The work of the Digital Opportunities Foundation focuses on the following core topics:
- Promoting digital and social participation
- Strengthening media competence
- Promoting equal opportunity access for all people to the Internet and digital offerings
- Researching the social consequences of digitization
Who our projects are aimed at
With our project work, we address people of all ages, people with different social, financial, professional and educational backgrounds, people with diverse experiences from different life worlds and in different life situations; people who are committed to helping others and those who want to regain their footing on the labor market.
Simply everyone who wants to participate in the development of digitization and take advantage of digital opportunities. In particular, disadvantaged population groups that do not yet fully benefit from the opportunities of digitization are to be reached by the foundation's activities and taken along on the path to a digital and inclusive society.
How we work
We implement our projects together with people who are committed to helping others, either professionally or as volunteers. For them and with them, we design information, learning and experience offerings, shed light on digital developments and examine their social consequences.
We network civil society, politics, science and business. In our projects, we work together with associations, societies, and other civil society actors, companies, and public institutions at the federal, state, and local levels in Germany, as well as with European partners.
CrossComITS – Cross-media community platform for teaching private IT security skills for vulnerable groups
CrossComITS is working towards training members from the vulnerable target groups to become so-called security mediators through a train-the-trainer…
NEBULA – User-centred AI-based detection of fake news and misinformation
The spread of false and misleading information - especially via social media such as TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and the like - is becoming increasingly…
Digital mobility in old age – Tablet PCs for Seniors
"Digital mobility in old age - Tablet PCs for senior citizens" is a project of the Digital Opportunities Foundation in cooperation with O₂ Telefónica…
Starting Point "Growing Up with Media"
The Starting Point "Growing Up with Media" offers information and practical help for matters of children’s media usage and media education.
MoiN - Together online in the North
The Digital Opportunities Foundation and the regional association of the AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt) in Schleswig-Holstein will create and improve…
Child Protection and Children’s Rights in the Digital World
The focus of the project is the impact digitization on the lifeworld of children and young people. Hereby, the objective is the empowerment of…
Digitale Dörfer Niedersachsen – Digital infrastructure for rural areas in Lower Saxony
The project Digitale Dörfer Niedersachsen is being carried out as a cooperative project of the Digital Opportunities Foundation with the Fraunhofer…
Anti-Rumour
The Anti-Rumour project is funded by the Erasmus+ program, and is implemented with project partners from Cyprus, Greece and Spain. It raises awarenes…
KulturPass
The KulturPass is for everyone living in Germany who turns 18 in 2024 and means 100 euros in credit for cultural offers, redeemable via an app: for…
Ich digital
The "Ich digital" project of the Digital Opportunities Foundation aims to promote digital skills among groups of people at risk of social exclusion.…
Child-friendly access to the Internet
The aim of the project is to create a basis for the targeted promotion of digital offers suitable for children as well as for orientation offers for…
LiterAGE4ALL – Fostering e-inclusion to improve digital health literacy and healthy ageing in adults 50+
The Erasmus+ KA220 project LiterAGE4ALL (Fostering e-inclusion to improve digital health literacy and healthy ageing in adults 50+) addresses digital…
BoostDigiCulture - A sustainable framework for improving the digital upskilling of adult cultural professionals
The cultural and creative sector is one of the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many cultural institutions, such as museums, galleries and…
E-HEALth Literacy
The E-HEALth Literacy project is funded through the Erasmus+ program and works with partner organizations from Greece, Lithuania, Switzerland, and…
InviDas – Enable Digital Sovereignty
InviDas is developing a digital platform that shows which personal data are collected by wearables. Users are informed how the data is processed and,…
ENDING | ICT & Early School Leaving. Developing a New Methodology to Empower Children in Digital WellbeIng and Critical ThiNkinG
The "ENDING" project is a strategic partnership consisting of five organizations from three European member states, which started in spring 2021.
AMeLiE - Advanced Media Literacy Education to counter online hate-speech
The Erasmus+ KA201 project AMeLiE (Advanced Media Literacy Education to counter online hate-speech) addresses the phenomenon of hate speech on the…
Culture meets Digital: Strong through digital Education and Culture
The project enables socially and educationally disadvantaged children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years to experience and design cultural works using…
Media Education in Dialogue
How can media education in daycare facilities for children be organised in dialogue between pedagogical specialists and parents? This question is the…
bremke.digital
The project comprises the testing and subsequent transfer of a model to improve the quality of life and promote village living through the use of…
AMEDY - Active Media Education for Disabled Youth
The project AMEDY (Active Media Education for Disabled Youth) deals with the challenges of the digital world for young people with developmental…
Digital SkillShift
The purpose of the Digital SkillShift project is to reskill and upskill unemployed citizens facing the challenges of the digital transformation in…
Entrepreneurial Skills for Woman in a Digital World
The project aims to develop and test a training programme to strengthen the entrepreneurial skills of disadvantaged women. It is aimed at educators…
ICT4 the Elderly
The aim of the European project ICT 4 the Elderly is to develop an international learning offer for people between 55 and 75 years of age.
DIMESCA
The European mobility project allows the participating partner organisations from five European countries to exchange expertise in the field of staff…
Get Your Facts Straight!
This project will provide media literacy education to students and young people from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as…
Day Zero High Level Internet Governance Exchange – Internet Governance Forum
As part of the Day Zero kick-off events of the 14th IGF, the Digital Opportunities Foundation is organizing a high-level Internet Governance Exchange…
Digital WELCOME
The project WELCOME aims at qualifying young refugees and asylum seekers to become mentors who will train people from their environment in creative IT…
Digital Skills for You(th)
The European project “Digital Skills for You(th)” aims at developing and piloting a blended learning offer for professionals working with…
Seniors@DigiWorld
The European project Seniors@DigiWorld aims to support senior citizens in accessing and using the Internet via tablet computers. To do so, a training…