Digital Skills for Azerbaijan Maximize Azerbaijan’s uptake, impact and benefits stemming from the digital economy Kathrin A. Plangemann Outline: Digital Skills for Azerbaijan 1 Background and rational 2 What do we mean by Digital Skills? Frameworks, strategies and programs 3 Global good practices in developing Digital Skills 4 How can the Bank help strengthen Azerbaijan Digital Skills? 2 Digital skills in Azerbaijan and the DE4A framework The Government of Azerbaijan is The World Bank Digital Economy for Africa committed to accelerating investments in (DE4A) Initiative that sets out a bold vision to human capital as a critical step to boosting to drive the digital transformation of Africa more inclusive and sustainable growth. and ensure its full participation in the global digital economy. Strengthening digital skills is key to maximize Azerbaijan’s uptake, impact and While its has been developed for Africa, DE4A benefits stemming from the opportunities provides a valuable Digital Economy presented by the digital economy. framework and a strong methodology for the development of Digital Skills strategies. 3 Digital Skills: A key pillar of the digital economy DE4A framework Digital Digital Financial Digital Digital Skills Digital Platforms Threats Infrastructure Services Entrepreneurship • Increase access to • Increase availability • Increase digitization • Increase access to • Increase the number broadband Internet of digitally of secured and digital financial of digital solution • Increase quality of competent interoperable public services firms broadband Internet workforce digital platforms • Increase usage of • Increase the number • Increase • Increase Internet digital financial of firms using digital affordability of connectivity in services technologies for broadband Internet education business purposes institutions 4 What do we mean by Digital Skills? A typology Digital Skills Digitally literate citizens Digitally competent workforce Skills to leverage Skills to facilitate Skills for a broad digital technologies learning, civic Skills for ICT range of and services in engagement, health professions occupations everyday life outcomes EU Digital Competencies 2.1/ UNESCO Digital Literacy EU E- Competence Global Framework Framework 5 Digital Skills Frameworks: UNESCO DLGF Framework and EU Digital Competences 2.1 Digital Skills are the ability to access, manage, understand, integrate, Highly communicate, evaluate and create specialized information safely and appropriately. for citizens and all occupations 4 Advanced Proficiency 7 Domains Levels 1. 2. Devices and software Information and data literacy operation Intermediate 3. 4. Communication & Digital content creation collaboration 5. 6. Foundational Safety Problem solving 7. Career related competencies 6 Percent of workforce Based on the UNESCO Digital Literacy Global Framework and EU DigComp 2.1 Digital Skills Frameworks: EU E-Competence Framework for ICT professions 40 competences required at the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workplace. 5 Levels for ICT 1. Plan 2. Build of proficiency professions 5 Domains of competence (e.g., application (e.g., application design) development) Level 5 Strategic thinking 5. Manage Competencies required (e.g., ICT and deployed by ICT Level 4 quality Leadership professionals (both management) practitioners and Level 3 Creativity, application managers). Level 2 Independent (e.g., problem (e.g., sales management) management) Level 1 Works under guidance 4. Enable 3. Run 7 Based on European e-Competence Framework 3.0 (2014), http://www.ecompetences.eu The skills system and key stakeholders • Job creation • Industry intelligence Private Sector • Expertise • Offer on-the-job training • Students – current/future workforce Education and Training (E&T) Institutions • Policy setting • Education and training • Policy implementation supply Government • Dialogue facilitation • Career-related services • Registration of E&T institutions Independent • Approval/accreditation of short- Regulators / HR • Management of training funding term courses and programs • Promotion of skills development • Quality assurance Councils • Skills studies 8 • Monitoring of skills programs Digital Skills assesment • Assessment of the current and prospective demand for Digital Skills (both from private and public sector) Demand for Digital Skills • Methodology: skill councils; sector-specific skills needs assessments; a survey of job advertisements and labor market surveys • Current state of provision of Digital Skills education and training on different levels (foundational, intermediate, advanced, highly specialized level) Supply of Digital Skills • Includes both formal education and training institutions (public and private), and short duration training and online programs • Digital Skills planning, implementation and M&E architecture: National and institutional level Enabling institutional environment • Priorities, learning outcomes and targets • Institutional behavior: Incentives framework 9 DIGITAL SKILLS COUNTRY ACTION PLAN Digital Skills Country Action Plan (DSCAP) What is it? DSCAP A structured approach to developing Digital Skills Sets goals for Digital Skills development Five coordinated strategies resulting in a coherent and costed plan Enabling policies, programs, capacities and processes 10 Source: DE4A Methodological Guidebook V 2.0 for Preparing Digital Skills Country Action Plans Five coordinated strategies for Digital Skills development Establish Enabling Enhance use of Connect to Capacity Reform of Policies and Technology in Affordable Building and 1 Digital Skills 2 Digital Skills 3 Teaching and 4 High-speed 5 Business Process Programs Framework Learning Broadband Reengineering - Enabling policies - Intermediate level - Expanding and - Strengthen/establish - Develop capacity in digital skills for all improving online National Research Ministries and - Digital Skills students courses and Education authorities Framework Networks (NREN) - Reform of digital skills - Expanding and - Businesses process - Digital Skills programs (e.g., improving use of - Modernize campus reengineering Assessment undergrad, advanced) technology in networks and IT classrooms preparedness - Reform of TVET programs - Partnership with the 11 private sector (e.g. rapid skilling programs TVET: Tecnical and Vocational Education and Trainig Tapping into global experiences to develop Digital Skills Portugal Norway Singapore • National Digital Competences Initiative • Two salient governance arrangements: • Lifelong Learning Council for e.2030 includes various systems (a) A Skills Policy Council as advisory Continuing Education and Training affecting digital skills (government, body for policy implementors and, (b) A (CET) schemes and increased education, private sector, and R&D). Future Skills Needs Committee employer involvement. • Is based on data and assessments of • Nontraditional partners represented in • SkillsFuture Singapore scheme, to needs and competences, includes both entities: NGOs and unions subsidize worker upskilling and indicators with baselines and goals. providing lifelong learning programs and reskilling and industry-specific digital training workplace programs Korea Ireland Chile • Korea’s Smart Training Education • A Digital Learning Framework (DLT) • SIMCE ICT is a nationwide digital skills Platform (STEP) is an online marketplace for primary and post-primary schools assessment framework administered for accessing e-learning content • Allows teachers and schools to to second-year high school students to • Support to training institutions to identify where they stand in terms assess learning levels achieved by incorporate e-learning into their of embedding digital technologies in Chilean school system students. programs through subsidies and quality teaching, learning and assessment, • Results are public and reported 12 mechanisms. assurance and enables them to progress further nationally, regionally, and by school in that journey. administration type. How can the World Bank Support Azerbaijan in DSCAP design and implementation ? Strategic Planning design Implementation Support Global knowledge • Support to the development • Strategic capacity-strengthening on • Global knowledge customized to of each of the 5 strategies, strategy implementation, including Azerbaijan´s priorities to develop including supply and demand implementation support, PM&E and and implement Digital Skills plan of Digital Skills assessment, problem solving. • Peer review of action plans by institutional assessment, • Change management strategy to experts setting targets and costing. build trust and enhance • Cross country sharing and learning • Facilitation of strategic participation and ownership, engagement with all relevant reducing risks to delivery. 13 stakeholders THANK YOU! Grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to our discussion!