ITU hinges digital transformation on skills upgrade

The United Nations’ arm saddled with global communications, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), has hinged digital transformation across countries on skills’ upgrades by individuals and nations.
  
ITU said the lack of digital skills and access to digital networks slows efforts to rebuild safe, healthy and efficient social and working environments.

Zhao said the world has paid more attention to digital skills over the past year, with countries looking closely at supply and demand for key competencies, researchers evaluating the impact of ongoing digital transformation, and policy-makers reviewing current frameworks and designing new interventions to address skills gaps for future requirements at the national level.
 
Deepening the conversation, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, said in this period of continued uncertainty, a collective global effort is needed to ensure that everyone, everywhere, has digital skills and network access.