He Cyl Digital Rural program of the Board, which is responsible for training those who live and work in rural areas in digital matters with the aim of reducing the digital divide that continues to exist today, has aroused the interest of other regions of autonomous Spain, such as La Rioja.
In fact, representatives of the Rioja Government chaired by Gonzalo Capellán visited this Tuesday one of the centers where this program is taught in the Valladolid town of Medina del Campo, to learn about the project and explore future avenues of collaboration. This interest confirms the projection of the CyL Digital model as inter-autonomous collaboration reference and success in the fight against the digital divide.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Luis Enrique Ortega, who has valued the leadership of Castilla y León in this matter. “CyL Digital Rural shows that digital transformation also begins in the towns. Today We are a reference because we believe in an inclusive, useful and close model, that reaches where other services don’t,” he said.
The vice-counselor highlighted that The success of the program is based on a “broad” territorial network that offers training, support and digital certification, “guaranteeing” that any citizen can access technological skills regardless of their place of residence.
And this model already has more than 143,000 in-person users, more than 79,000 people in teletraining and a network of 339 Rural Associated Centers, which makes Castilla y León one of the most advanced communities in citizen digital training.
During the visit, the Rioja representatives have shown their interest in joining the inter-autonomous collaboration agreement promoted by the Board to share resources and training platforms in digital skills. This agreement, initially signed with six other autonomous communities, allows:
- Offer self-diagnosis tools for digital skills.
- Share online and in-person training content.
- Facilitate official certification based on the DigComp framework.
- Develop joint awareness and dissemination initiatives to reduce the digital divide.
“This agreement was born to grow, and the more communities we work together, the easier it will be to guarantee that any citizen, wherever they live, can access quality digital training,” said the deputy minister, for whom the incorporation of La Rioja would be “magnificent news.”
The agreement, with a initial duration of four years, It does not imply additional financial commitments for the signatory administrations, since each community contributes its own resources to carry it out.
“Digital transformation is not just a question of infrastructure; it is a question of people. And Castilla y León has shown that, when citizens are accompanied with adequate training, the territory responds,” insisted Ortega, who reaffirmed the Board’s commitment to a digital transformation focused on people, aimed at improving the technological autonomy of citizens. support entrepreneurs and small businesses, and strengthen territorial cohesion.