# DigComp 3.0

> JRC, 2025. DigComp 3.0 provides a complete reference for identifying, assessing and developing the digital competences of all European citizens. 5 areas, 21 competences and 4 proficiency levels.

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## Provenance
- License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.2760/0001149
- Source document: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144121
- Publisher: Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Cite as: Cosgrove, J., Cachia, R., DigComp 3.0: European Digital Competence Framework – Fifth Edition, EUR 40491, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, ISBN 978-92-68-32677-0, doi:10.2760/0001149, JRC144121.
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## Areas (5)

- `1` [Information search, evaluation and management](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/areas/1)
- `2` [Communication and collaboration](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/areas/2)
- `3` [Content creation](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/areas/3)
- `4` [Safety, wellbeing and responsible use](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/areas/4)
- `5` [Problem identification and solving](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/areas/5)

## Competences (21)

- `1.1` [Browsing, searching and filtering information](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/1-1)
- `1.2` [Evaluating information](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/1-2)
- `1.3` [Managing information](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/1-3)
- `2.1` [Interacting through and with digital technologies](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/2-1)
- `2.2` [Sharing through digital technologies](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/2-2)
- `2.3` [Engaging in citizenship through digital technologies](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/2-3)
- `2.4` [Collaborating through digital technologies](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/2-4)
- `2.5` [Digital behaviour](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/2-5)
- `2.6` [Managing digital identity](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/2-6)
- `3.1` [Developing digital content](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/3-1)
- `3.2` [Integrating and re-elaborating digital content](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/3-2)
- `3.3` [Copyright and licences](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/3-3)
- `3.4` [Computational thinking and programming](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/3-4)
- `4.1` [Protecting devices](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/4-1)
- `4.2` [Protecting personal data and privacy](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/4-2)
- `4.3` [Supporting wellbeing](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/4-3)
- `4.4` [Environmental impacts of digital technologies](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/4-4)
- `5.1` [Identifying and solving technical problems](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/5-1)
- `5.2` [Identifying needs and digital technological responses](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/5-2)
- `5.3` [Identifying creative solutions using digital technologies](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/5-3)
- `5.4` [Identifying and addressing digital competence needs](https://explorerhub.eu/en/framework/digcomp/competences/5-4)

## Proficiency levels (4)

- **Basic**: At basic level, individuals remember and implement simple tasks with guidance as needed.
- **Intermediate**: At intermediate level, individuals identify and implement well-defined tasks and solve well-defined problems autonomously.
- **Advanced**: At advanced level, individuals assess and apply solutions to a variety of complex tasks autonomously and adapt to a variety of contexts to evaluate and execute tasks appropriately, guiding others if and as required.
- **Highly advanced**: At highly advanced level, individuals assess, evaluate and resolve highly complex or specialised problems to create new solutions or adapt existing ones, leading and guiding others if and as required.

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- Nodes: 26
- Descriptors: 885
- Glossary entries: 172