Digijeunes was thus set up in response to a lack of NGOs that specialize in utilizing digital sciences as a means to aid tackling social issues. More particularly, Digijeunes sets out to answer two major policy challenges identified by the European Commission as part of the Europe 2020 strategy to advance the European Union economy, namely (1) Promoting digital literacy, skills and inclusion (2) produce ICT-enabled benefits for EU society.

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The objectives of the organization can be summed up as follows:

• Foster solidarity and social cohesion by encouraging the meeting and sharing of experiences between youngsters from different social, cultural, economical backgrounds.
• Shape active citizens, capable of contributing to the emergence of a participatory culture, especially through use of latest forms of technology.
• Provide disadvantaged youngsters with opportunities for education and/or professional growth, especially in the domain of the digital and media industries.
• Weaken the boundaries between formal and non-formal education on digital science.
• Promote digital and media literacy and inform the general public to the growing importance of these types of skills and knowledge to face future economic, professional , social challenges.