Istanbul Blockchain Women Association is happy to announce a new partnership with the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative, a pioneering programme that is skilling one million people within European deep tech fields by 2025. Istanbul Blockchain Women Association has signed a pledge to contribute to the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative by. Collaborating with TAGES RDI and Edinburgh Napier University, Istanbul Blockchain Women Association aims to further its mission of empowering women in technology through a series of blockchain and cybersecurity training programs. These initiatives, leveraging our expertise in blockchain, aim to enhance women’s employment opportunities in technology and cybersecurity through education.

Deep tech innovations – cutting-edge technological solutions combining fields of science and engineering in the physical, biological, and digital spheres – are indispensable in addressing the most pressing global challenges. However, Europe lacks the talent and skilled labor force necessary to properly leverage the new technologies to enable its green and digital transition. The EIT aims to address this gap, in line with the European Commission’s New European Innovation Agenda, by developing a strong deep tech talent pool across Europe.

To address the mission of training one million individuals in deep tech before 2025, the EIT launched the ‘Pledge for Deep Tech Talents’, which is a vehicle for partners and sponsors to contribute to the development and delivery of the initiative’s courses and training. The Pledge gathers public and private organizations, industry representatives and champions, academic partners, education providers, and Member States in support of the aim of the initiative.

Istanbul Blockchain Women Association, as 240th Pledger of the initiative, will contribute to achieving the goal of training one million talents in deep tech fields by partnering up with Edinburgh Napier University and TAGES RDI with the purpose of training at least 300 female learners and 600 in total in areas of cryptography, blockchain, AI and Cybersecurity, and future cryptography, and is committed to continually attracting and developing talent to engage more people every year by ensuring a steady flow of talented professionals ready to tackle the challenges and opportunities in the deep tech industry.

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