A Responsible Digital Future for Everyone
Discover DIRECT, an Erasmus+ alliance empowering learners, educators and businesses with tools and courses to embed digital responsibility and ethical AI in everyday practice.
An Erasmus+ EU Initiative
PROJECT VIDEO
DIRECT in 90 seconds: What we build, who it helps, and why it matters
Watch a short introduction to DIRECT—how the project strengthens Digital Responsibility skills through practical learning, evidence-based self-assessment, and tools that support organisations in making responsible digital choices.
Project Partners
Organisations Driving Responsible Digital Change
Discover the universities, research hubs and businesses behind DIRECT, joining forces to embed ethics in Europe’s future.
ABOUT OUR project
DIRECT Objectives: Ethics & Impact Across Europe
DIRECT transforms ethical technology principles into practice via an EU-wide competence framework, multilingual learning platform, hands-on pilots and resources that guide educators, businesses and policymakers.
LATEST NEWS
Digital Insights & Updates
Catch up on the newest stories from the DIRECT blog—brief explainers, project milestones, ethical-tech reflections and hands-on resources that help you weave digital responsibility into everyday practice.
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Measuring the impact of Digital Responsibility in SMEs
Digital responsibility is a set of practices and behaviour that helps SMEs to use data and digital technologies in a way that is socially, economically, technologically, and environmentally responsible. [1] Why is it important for SMEs to measure digital responsibility? If SMEs do not measure digital responsibility, it stays abstract which can lead to no…
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Children and Technology: Navigating Ethics in the Digital Age
In today’s hyperconnected world, children are gaining access to the internet and digital devices at increasingly younger ages. While this brings educational and social opportunities, it also raises serious ethical concerns that society must address. One major issue is digital safety. Children often lack the maturity to recognize online risks such as cyberbullying, inappropriate content,…
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Digital Wellbeing at Work: A New Dimension of Digital Responsibility
Digital technologies have transformed the way we work, learn and communicate. Emails, instant messages, online meetings, collaborative platforms and artificial intelligence tools allow us to share information faster, solve problems more efficiently and stay connected across distances. However, the same technologies that make work easier can also create new challenges when they are not used…
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— the project team
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