The ySKILLS project seeks to better understand which skills 12- to 17-year-olds must obtain to knowingly and critically use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for their wellbeing, education and social life, and to improve existing knowledge about how children and youth can build resilience against negative impacts. This report is part of the Work Package 3 'Digital Skills: Actors and Factors' and aims to contribute a deeper knowledge of home-school collaboration in developing

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... skills. Within the framework of WP3, 34 in-depth interviews with experts from the education sector and the labour market were carried out in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland and Portugal, with the aim of getting a deeper understanding of (1) the (digital) skills that youth need in the 21st century, and (2) the role of digital skills education, both in formal (e.g. the school) and informal learning settings (see Deliverable 3.1 by Donoso et al., 2020). This report is based on 20 interviews with education sector experts: teachers and headmasters; researchers, lecturers and professors; education specialists and policy makers – who were part of the whole sample of 34 experts from six European countries as mentioned above. This report provides insights into the opinions and views of education experts on the most relevant problems in the collaboration and communication process between homes and schools that should be discussed, acknowledged and dealt with, in order to foster cooperation instead of confrontation. As a result of their professional and personal experience, the participating experts were able to provide deep insights into the complexities of home-school communication and explain what (side) effects these have on young people's digital skills. Their views are, therefore, a valuable resource providing evidence-based recommendations and strategies for key stakeholder groups to promote closer partnership between home and school, in order to support children's better communication and digital skills and wellbein [...]