In the Erasmus+ funded project TrainDL, educational concepts on data literacy and competencies for Artificial Intelligence (AI) for primary, secondary and general STEM education are being developed, which will be anchored in teacher and school education in the long term. Together with partners from Germany, Austria and Lithuania, Open Educational Resources (OER) and training modules for teachers of different school levels and subjects will be developed in three iterative field trials to ensure that future competencies are democratized and students* in Europe have equal access through general school education.

Anna-Sarah Lieckfeld, education officer at the Gesellschaft für Informatik (German Informatics Society): "The development of digital competencies is one of the most important issues of the coming years - especially in school education. Teachers have a crucial role to play here: only if there is an understanding of basic computer science concepts and data literacy can these skills be taught to students. That's why we are very pleased that, together with partners from Germany, Austria and Lithuania and with the participation of the education administration in Berlin, Brandenburg and Baden-Württemberg, we can now develop and test concrete concepts that can then also find their way into our school systems."

A policy experimentation approach ensures that the actual needs and framework conditions set by political decision-makers in the respective education systems can be continuously integrated into project activities. Education authorities from all project countries are therefore part of the TrainDL consortium. TrainDL is an important project for the Gesellschaft für Informatik, because it can help shape and advance computer science education in schools not only in Germany, but also throughout Europe.