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ACTION PLAN

Country Action Plans for Digital Skills for Digital Economy, Africa

2DIGITAL SKILLS COUNTRY ACTION PLAN

WHY A DIGITAL SKILLS ACTION PLAN ?

• Focus on the Outcome - Digital Skills, not “ICT in education” or skills for ICT

industries alone

• Set meaningful goals and targets , appropriate for your country context and

goals

• Decide on coordinated set of strategies and activities to achieve those targets

• Seek financing with a well-prepared, costed action plan

• Monitor the implementation and progress of the Plan

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY

DIGITAL SKILLS?


DIGITAL SKILLS REPRESENTS A CONTINUUM

• Not only “coding”, “software programming”

• Digital literacy for everyone as many occupations will require

basic/intermediate level skills

• High level digital skills to adopt, adapt, diffuse, develop digital technologies

and their applications in African context

Digital skills are needed for all occupations as

well as for ICT professions

DIGITAL SKILLS (ALL

OCCUPATIONS)

The ability to access,

manage, understand,

integrate, communicate,

evaluate and create

information safely and

appropriately (using

digital technologies)


WE NEED FRAMEWORKS TO AGREE ON DEFINITIONS AND

DESIGN DIGITAL SKILLS COURSES

Digital Literacy/Skills for ALL Occupations

• EU DigComp 2.1 / UNESCO Global Digital Literacy Framework

•Earlier, ITU framework

•Different countries have modified versions

Digital Skills for ICT Professions

• EU E-Competence Framework

Two International Frameworks That Can Be Adapted Or Used As Benchmarks

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for all occupations

Percent of workforce

UNESCO DLGF Framework

Foundational

Highly

specialized

Intermediate

Advanced

2.

Information and data literacy

4.

Digital content creation

6.

Problem solving

7.

Career related competencies

1.

Devices and software

operation

3.

Communication &

collaboration5.

Safety

7 Domains

Based on the UNESCO Digital Literacy Global Framework and EU DigComp 2.1

4

Proficiency

Levels

Digital Skills is the ability to access,

manage, understand, integrate,

communicate, evaluate and create

information safely and appropriately.

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1. Plan

(e.g., application

design)

2. Build

(e.g., application

development)

(e.g., problem

management)

3. Run(e.g., sales management)

4. Enable

5. Manage

(e.g., ICT

quality

management)

Competencies required

and deployed by ICT

professionals (both

practitioners and

managers). Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 1

Level 5

Independent

Creativity, application

Leadership

Works under guidance

Strategic thinking

5 Levels

of proficiency

5 Domains

of

competence

FRAMEWORK for ICT

professions

Based on European e-Competence Framework 3.0 (2014), http://www.ecompetences.eu

DIGITAL SKILLSCOUNTRY ACTION PLAN


DIGITAL SKILLS COUNTRY ACTION PLAN (HIGHER EDUCATION/ TVET)

• Assesses demand for digital skills

• Describes supply of digital skills

• Sets goals for digital skills development (intermediate for digital skills all occupations;

intermediate, advanced and highly specialized for ICT professions)

• Taking into account demand, current supply, and high level estimation of costs

• ‘Level of ambition’ will depend on country context, capacity and commitment

• Develops 5 broad coordinated strategies, with detailed actions, to achieve these

goals

• Estimates costs of implementing activities and costs


FIVE COORDINATED STRATEGIES

Strategy 1:Enabling Policies and Digital Skills Framework

Strategy 5: Capacity Building and Business Process Re-engineering

Strategy 2:Reform of Digital Skills

Programs

Strategy 3:Use of Technology in

Teaching and Learning

Planning Is An Iterative Process, It is Crucial to Ensure Consistency Across Strategies

Strategy 4:Connecting Institutions to High-Speed Internet


PROCESS: FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION

Start

• Establishing the Planning

Team ideally led by the

Minister to oversee

preparation and

implementation. Should

include higher education/

TVET and ICT.

1. ESTABLISH HIGH

LEVEL COUNTRY

PLANNING TEAM

• First iteration with three

costed scenarios

• Recommendation on

which scenario to adopt

• Agreement at

Minister/Cabinet level on

desired/ feasible scenario

and high level goals

2. FIRST ITERATION OF

OF PLAN AND

DETERMINATION OF

“LEVELS OF AMBITION”

• Allocation of funds and

staffing for ‘Country

Planning Team’ and

alignment on review

process.

• Development of Country

Action Plan using

Guidebook.

• In-country workshops

with technical assistance.

3. PREPARATION OF

COUNTRY ACTION

PLAN

• Peer review and feedback

on draft Country Action

Plan.

• Finalization of Country

Action Plan.

• Adoption of Country

Action Plan by

appropriate authority.

4. REVIEW AND

ADOPTION

Finish

5. MOBILIZING

FUNDING AND

IMPLEMENTATION

• Guide private and public

national investment in line

with Country Action Plan.

• Implementation of

Country Action Plan.

THANK YOU.

Contact:

World Bank team

Sajitha BashirAdviser

Office of the Global Director

Education Practice

World Bank Group

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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