Notice deadline: within hours 11:00 of the 18 September 2026
Fund for the Digital Republic with a financial endowment of 6 million for the social inclusion of people with disabilities and/or disabilities
| The Digital Republic Fund promotes “Zenit”, the call finances innovative projects to increase the digital skills of the unemployed and inactive. Orientation and placement: support actions for job placement, also through the direct involvement of businesses. Social and working inclusion of people with disabilities and/or disabilities the Fund for the Digital Republic recently opened the new call for tenders “Zenit” which it makes available 6 million euros to strengthen digital skills and promote the social and working inclusion of people with disabilities and/or disabilities. The initiative, result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Social Enterprise Digital Republic Fund and the Minister for Disabilities, was created to promote personal autonomy through accessible and integrating paths digital training — basic and advanced — accompaniment at work e development of transversal skills. In fact, the call aims to support projects capable of making digital transformation a concrete lever of social inclusion and participation. At the basis of the intervention there are data that highlight a still significant gap in terms of digital skills. According to the latest Istat data, In the 2025 the share of people among the 16 and i 74 years with at least basic digital skills has reached the 54,3%, improving compared to previous years but still far from the European target of 80% set for 2030. The difficulties are even more marked for people with disabilities. European data shows that only the 23,9% obtains a tertiary education qualification, against the 33,6% of the general population. Furthermore, In the 2024, only 86% of people with disabilities used the Internet regularly; the percentage drops to 78,2% among people with severe disabilities, compared to 93,5% of people without disabilities. A gap that limits access to training, to employment opportunities and full participation in economic and social life. Recipients and objectives The announcement is aimed at people among 16 and i 67 years busy, inactive or looking for work. The recipients include people with physical disabilities, motor, sensory, intellectual, psychic or multiple, as well as people with civil or work disabilities and belonging to protected categories. The objective is to finance innovative paths capable of development accessible and truly usable digital skills, both to improve theautonomy in daily life both to facilitate theentry into the job market. Projects may include: – interception activities and taking charge of the beneficiaries; – basic and advanced digital training; – courses dedicated to soft skills; – professional orientation and support actions; – direct involvement of businesses; – support services to encourage participation in training courses; – development of territorial networks and integration with already existing services. The tender includes contributions Between 250 thousand and 500 thousand euros for each project. The duration of the initiatives must be between 12 and i 24 months. Particular attention must be paid to the accessibility of the routes. In fact, the regulation requires that training activities be designed according to the principles of Universal Design for Learning, universal accessibility and reasonable accommodation. Assistive technologies and hardware or software tools useful to facilitate the participation of beneficiaries may also be financed. Who can participate Applications must be submitted by partnershipi composed of a minimum of two until a maximum of five subjects. The leader must be a public body or aprivate non-profit organization, established for at least two years and with registered office in Italy. Third sector entities can participate, foundations, associations, university, public bodies and research centres. They are also allowed partner for profit, but exclusively for specialist contributions or to encourage the job placement of the beneficiaries. In any case, profit entities will not be able to manage beyond 30% share budget overall project. The deadline is set for 18 September 2026 |
