Digital Inclusion Day sets an example against exclusion
The second National Digital Inclusion Day will take place on November 21, 2025. More than 70 organizations from civil society, government, business, and research are sending a strong message against digital exclusion—through courses, informational events, and local initiatives throughout Switzerland.
Despite technological progress, more than a third of the Swiss population is excluded from digital participation. People with disabilities, older people, people with low basic digital skills and people from precarious backgrounds are particularly affected. As digitalization progresses, access to education, work, public authorities and social contacts becomes even more difficult - the gap between the digitally integrated and the excluded is growing.
Two central thrusts
The Digital Inclusion Day pursues two central approaches: Firstly, basic digital skills are to be expanded through targeted measures such as easily accessible information, clear digital access, free support and low-threshold course offerings. Central to this is the range of courses on the national portal simply-better.ch. Secondly, the topic of digital accessibility will be brought more into focus, for example at the e-accessibility conference at Google in Zurich, where experts will discuss current challenges and solutions.
Following the successful launch in 2024, organizations, authorities, companies and the Swiss Digital Inclusion Alliance (ADIS) are once again joining forces on National Digital Inclusion Day to make a strong voice for digital inclusion - either directly on 21 November or in the context of the day of action. The local and national initiatives range from workshops and information events to individual support services.
Over 70 organizations involved
The Swiss Digital Inclusion Alliance is a national platform for cooperation in the field of digital inclusion. More than 70 organizations from civil society, administration, business and science work together on an equal footing to jointly develop and implement concrete solutions for digital participation. Since its launch on the first Digital Inclusion Day 2024, ADIS has already provided important impetus with specialist groups, further training courses and joint campaigns.
ADIS was officially launched on November 21, 2024 with the support of Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider. Since then, the office has been strengthened with additional staff, including Livie Kundert for the development of French-speaking Switzerland. ADIS works on specific topics in specialist and working groups that have a targeted impact: from e-accessibility and basic digital skills to research and education.
Monitoring digital accessibility
ADIS is responsible for the first national study on digital accessibility (NAMoS). This involves testing 136 websites from administration, education, tourism and other areas in accordance with WCAG 2.2, including tests with those affected. The project partners are the "Access for All" foundation, Bern University of Applied Sciences and Digital Administration Switzerland.
In addition, a new continuing education program has been developed under the leadership of the Bern University of Applied Sciences Business School together with the University of Zurich and other partners: The CAS "Digital Inclusion & Accessibility" has already been launched. Participation workshops such as the Barcamp at Google and Swiss Post as well as the "Tour d'ADIS" dialog platform strengthen the visibility of innovative projects from the network.
