INITIATIVES BETTER AND MORE COHESIVE WELFARE SERVICES 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 COHESIVE WELFARE PATHWAYS FOR CITIZENS BETTER DATA ABOUT DISABLED AND MARGINALISED ADULTS FURTHER DEPLOYMENT OF DIGITAL WELFARE SOLUTIONS DIGITAL LEARNING AND TEACHING Welfare pathways will be analysed: 1) cross-sectoral, coordinating interventions for citizens with concurrent substance use and mental health disorders; 2) unemployed young people on educational programmes; and 3) incarceration at institutions under the prison and probation services and subsequent reintegration into society. Proposals will be prepared for how to make pathways more coherent for citizens, for example through data sharing and smoother workflows. Experience from this will be used to ensure more coordinated, efficient and effective welfare pathways in the future. At the same time, there will be pilot tests of a shared approach to easy and uniform data sharing across the various welfare areas. Work by local government to strengthen the quality of social services work will be continued. By supporting digitally a more uniform and structured practice of documentation across local governments in the social services field, citizens will be ensured better pathways, systematic follow-up on the effects of interventions, and the opportunity for greater transparency across target groups within the area. Furthermore, this will also establish the foundation for sharing data and collaborating across specialist fields and sectors. Experience gained from large-scale testing of digital welfare solutions should be documented and solutions with a proven track record will be deployed further to benefit citizens. The goal is that eight digital welfare solutions will have been analysed and a binding decision taken before 2020 on nationwide deployment of approximately four solutions. A successful deployment requires that several authorities follow the same time schedule. Children and young people should benefit from digital learning tools and materials that enhance teaching. Before the end of 2018, the effect of efforts to apply ICT in teaching in municipal primary and lower-secondary schools will be measured. There will be efforts to support the implementation of the agreement that pupils, parents, teachers and child carers have a shared user portal as their digital access point for learning materials, communications and other information regarding the teaching in primary and lower-secondary school. In 2019, all relevant upper-secondary written exams will be digital, and in 2020 all relevant written primary and lower-secondary school leaving exams will be digital. 3.5 DIGITAL COMPETENCES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Public employees should be qualified to deal with the digital requirements of the future. The digitisation goals of Danish university colleges will therefore be followed through and there will be special efforts to enhance digital teaching skills for school teachers and child carers. Furthermore, every public employee will be continuously informed about the requirements for information security. 30 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS MUST BE EASY-TO-USE, QUICK AND ENSURE HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL SOLUTIONS MUST BE EASY-TO-USE, QUICK AND ENSURE HIGH QUALITY 31