37 Information and communication technologies are advancing at a tremendous speed and introducing technological changes that create conditions for a future in which routine work tasks will be done by machines. Experts in the areas of human capital and markets seriously count on these predictions. This fact implies a necessity for a variety of skills which will follow the automation process in the future, taking the place of those skills that will become superfluous. Until now, educational systems were quite slow in responding to these changes. Since the changes are quite rapid, the required skills also change rapidly. According to the World Bank and their development report for 2016, this means that the workforce will have to complement their skills more and more often throughout their career. This dynamic is already present in many advanced and transition countries, but it is also significant for the developing countries, which must be prepared for new circumstances. 1 European context According to the DESI1 indicator, “Human capital” dimension includes two sub-dimensions: the basic skills and use, as well as the advanced skills and development. The “basic skills and use” dimension encompasses indicators of the Internet use by the individuals, as well as their digital skills. The “advanced skills and development” dimension includes indicators of the employment of the ICT professionals and graduates in science, technology and mathematics. Concerning the Internet use, according to the European Commission, 75% of the EU population uses the Internet at least once a week, while the majority of the citizens (65%) use the Internet on a daily basis. The number of the Internet users is increasing. The objectives of the Digital Agenda on the Internet use are therefore achieved ahead of the schedule, i.e. in 2015. If this trend continues, we can expect that by 2024. 90% of the EU population will become regular Internet users. However, differences between the European countries in this sense remain significant - the highest rate of the Internet use on a weekly basis is  ESI-digital economy and society indeks is a composite index that represents the sum of the D relevant indicators of the digital progress in Europe, which evaluates the evolution of the EU Member States in the field of the digital competitiveness