On November 4-5, 2025, the S.H.I.E.L.D. project | Securing Health & social care Institutions resilience to cybercrimes through Empowerment Literacy and Digital skills of the workforce and students was officially launched in Prague, Czechia, hosted by The Czech Technical University (CVUT). This Erasmus+ initiative is dedicated to reinforcing the resilience of health & social care (HSC) institutes against cybercrimes.
Bringing together seven partner organisations from seven European countries (Czechia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Poland and Portugal) the S.H.I.E.L.D. project will develop an innovative training program, equipping students and health and social care practitioners with the proper digital skills and cybersecurity knowledge.
At the kick-off meeting, partners outlined the project's goals and discussed the work plan. Key activities in the next months include desk research on existing tools and knowledge in partner countries, together with an assessment of existing educational gaps concerning cybersecurity risks, learning needs and barriers.
The main results of the project are a training program curriculum, a gamified E-Learning platform and mobile app, along with guidelines for improving HSC sector resilience to cyber-attacks. To scale its impact, S.H.I.E.L.D. will develop a strategy for knowledge exploitation at European level, reaching higher education institutions, professional organisations, and policymakers, ensuring S.H.I.E.L.D.'s results reach a broad audience and remain relevant beyond the project's duration.
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