LINKS – Development of the Digital Sovereignty Competences of Youth Workers
Digital sovereignty refers to an individual’s ability to own their personal data and control how it is used. In today’s data economy, personal data has become a high-value asset within a complex ecosystem that collects, analyses, and trades it. This creates major concerns, especially because much of the data powering digital services is personal or sensitive, increasing the risks of discrimination through data processing, threats to democratic integrity, and growing security vulnerabilities linked to cyberattacks, privacy, and data protection.
Project WIN responds to these challenges by supporting youth workers—who often handle sensitive information as part of their daily work (e.g., medical details, emergency contacts, or administrative health data)—to strengthen their digital sovereignty. It serves a two-fold purpose: at the individual level, youth workers enhance their knowledge and practical tools to better control, assess, and safeguard the use of their own and others’ digital data and histories; at the societal level, stronger digital sovereignty among youth workers improves the protection of organisational data across NGOs and the vulnerable groups they support (such as migrants, refugees, unemployed youth), reducing exposure to misuse and cyber threats.
More information: https://euproject-links.eu/
