The Digital Agenda and current policy context for e-skills and ICT training in Spain Alejandro Javier Tosina González Director de Economía Digital 14/06/2018
RED.ES Attached to the Ministry of Economy and Enterprise, Red.es promotes the digitalization of the Spanish public services, economy and society. Red.es takes part in the elaboration and execution of the new Digital Strategy for a Smart Spain (EDEI)
EDEI = Digital Strategy for a Smart Spain RED.ES In the Digital Strategy 01 Technological infrastructures 02 Smart regulation EDEI 01 02 03 04 05 03 Digital citizenship 04 Ideas and innovation 05 Ecosystems 4.0
ADpE = Digital Agenda for Spain / SSPPDD = Digital Public Services RED.ES Evolution Red.es is born Promotion of Information Society,.es domains and RedIRIS Information Society is consolidated in Public Services Execution and fostering of ADpE and Digital Economy Digital Transformation, Platforms/Digital Public Services, Citizen s Rights, Data Economy, Ecosystems 2002 2002-2006 2007-2011 2012-2017 TODAY
ONTSI = Telecommunications and Information Society National Observatory RED.ES Our stakeholders Government AGE, CCAA, EELL (Digital Public Services) Businesses SMEs, Entrepeneurs, Companies (Digital Economy) Citizens.es Domains, Reports, Papers, EDEI (ONTSI) Academia Research, University (RedIRIS and Systems)
Examples of services and programs
Digital Public Services Evolving Public Administration and citizen s services 01. CONNECTED SCHOOLS 02. SMARTCITIES 03. e-health 04. APORTA INITIATIVE Budget 330M Impact 16.500 schools, 6,5M students (2014 2020) Budget 77 and 19 M. Impact 1st and 2nd Call Smart Cities (2015-2018) 1st Call Smart Islands (2016-2018) Electronic Health Records & Electronic Prescription projects (MSSSI, CCAA) www.datos.gob.e s/ +16K data sets
Digital Public Services Evolving Public Administration and citizen s services 5G 01. 30 Mbps BROADBAND AIDS Budget: 02. SMART TERRITORIES STRATEGY (2017-19) Budget: 03. SMART BUILDINGS Budget: 04. 5G PILOTS Budget: 50M (2017-2020) 5M (2017) 60M. Smart Tourist Destinations 30M.(2017-2019) 20M. 2 pilot projects (2018-2020) 45M (2018 2020)
Digital Economy Fostering digital ecosystems and SMEs transformation wjith technologies and talent 01. CLOUD DEMAND-OFFER PROGRAMS 02. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 03. SMEs DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIO N 04. FORMACIÓN ECONOMÍA DIGITAL 05. MOOCS Budget: 38M (2017-2019) Impact: 3.000 recipients Digital Professionals (2016-18). Training in Digital Economy. 20M Master s degrees: Three Calls (2011-18). 3M. Digital Advisers and Digital Transformation Bureaus (2017-2020): Aids aim to the digitalization of SMEs 10M (5M /program) Budget: Continuos Training (2018-2020): Reskilling of workers in ICT areas. 15M. MOOCs (2017 2021): Agreement between Google, EOI and INCIBE
Red IRIS Academic and research network which provides communications services to Universities and scientific communities 14.000 Km fiber optic for university and research centers +500 members SERVICES Connectivity and mobility Security Data transfer Digital identity Cloud Technical support
Domains and Systems Management of.es domains 1.913.049 domains May 2018 +100 domain name registrars Systems Services offered to other Administrations Operational office for Dividendo Digital aids. Support office for efactura (SMEs)
ONTSI Spanish Think Tank of reference in digital transformation Meeting point for the analysis, monitoring and evaluation of the Spanish Digital Transformation Defining ICT policies Ex ante/ex post assessment of Red.es initiatives Publication of reports: Annual. Sociedad en Red Sectorials. Households, SMEs, Infomediary, Digital Contents, e- commerce Digital Rights Task Force
Strategic Plan 2017-2020
And it s only the beginning The Strategic Plan was born with the intention of being a Plan by and for everyone, structured around three axes REFERENCE EXCELENCE DIGITAL Reference in digitalization and digital transformation Excelence in inner management and shaping and executing Programs Digitalas the raison d être, focused on society, companies and Public Administrations Reshaping what we are to transform what we do
Red.es Mission and Vission MISSION To impulse Spanish society s digital transformation by executing transformative and supportive initiatives in a global context of collaboration between private and public partners. VISION To become a national and international referent in digital transformation for the improvement of society s quality of life, the competitiveness of businesses and public administration s efficiency.
Red.es Strategy DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM DIGITAL GOVERNMENT DIGITAL HUB DIGITAL ORGANIZATION Innovative ecosystems Businesses Digitalization Digital Talent Digital Public Services for citizens Digital Public Services for the Administration Instruments for the analysis, monitoring and evaluation of digital transformation in Spain Think & do Tank in digitalization and digital transformation Inner management optimization People Economic stability
Red.es Strategy Digital Economy Strategic Aims Boost the creation and sustainable development of innovative and digital enterprises and ecosystems Businesses Digitalization Digital Talent. Access and quality training on competences for talent development in digital economy 17
Digital Business World is digital and global. The important IT development must be channeled to a Digital Economy that enables business boosting. Digital transformation should reach every productive sector, affecting the whole economy to ease economic recovery and employment creation. SMEs must go digital SMEs going digital increase their production a 10% over the not digitized Also grow and export more and generate double employment opportunities 18
Digital Business New bussines and relationship models 19
Digital Business Ubiquitous digital technologies Data Economy High degree of automation Widespread implementation of artificial intelligence Changes in employment due to automation, robotization and artificial intelligence increase Men-machine cooperation in jobs requires new skills that should be continually updated 20
New professional profiles Businesses digitization requires digital skilled professionals and specific technical training 40% of European employers don t find professionals with digital skills to make their business grow and to innovate. IT professionals demand has increased a 4% annually during the last 10 years. 750.000 new employs will be created in the IT sector up to 2020. Source: European Comission Digitization will generate 1.25 million employs up to 2021. Source: Digitization: Creates or destroy employment? Randstad Research 21
New professional profiles The European Comission synthetic indicator (DESI) about Spanish advanced skills and development, including ICT specialist employment, is under average: Spanish companies should improve their digital training programs, only a 22% of them are regularly trained in this area. Source: 2nd Study on Digital Skills in Spanish Companies. ICEMD y Millward Brown. 22
New professional profiles Companies do not find the skills and competences they demand among employment applicants because the digitization of their processes requires professionals with an specific training. There is a gap between employment demand and training programs. Specific training, focused on digital industry and new business models is required to support business digital transformation 23
New professional profiles Challenges Digital talent boost Lifelong learning approach Boost the access and quality training on digital skills during all the phases of people lives to face a new scenario of productive sectors in the middle of digital transformation. Since early vocations and the development of careers to the enterpreneural dimension. Elderly and long term unemployees Ongoing training Training for employment Training/Coaching/Job Placement STEM and enterpreunership Early vocations
What are we doing? DIGITAL PROFESSIONALS STEM and enterpreunership Early vocations Digital professionals - Youth employment Digital professionals Grants Ongoing Training Training for employment Enterpreunership Training MOOCs for talent development in digital economy National Reference Center for ecommerce and Digital Marketing This programs will be co-financed by the European Social Fund 25
What are we doing? CURRENT INITIATIVES o Digital professionals - Youth Employment: Training on new technologies to improve employability (20M ). Integral employment projects for youth 33 projects selected: training and job placement 82 training actions 3.500 students between 16 and 29 years-old Training on the way o Digital professionals Grants: Grants for Masters and postgraduate in digital domains (3,4M ). 3 editions 252 training actions 2.777 granted students 3 rd edition: Training starting now 26
What are we doing? CURRENT INITIATIVES o o Training for workforce on new technologies, soft skills and enterpreunership skills to support business digital transformation (15 M ) General training programes: Online learning (MOOCs) and face-to-face training workshops. Up to 15 MOOCs and 1.800 training actions along 6 years Tailor-made training for entreprises MOOCs for talent development in Digital Economy: Partnership with Carlos III University (MOOC How to produce a MOOC in Open edx platform ) Partnership with Google and EOI (Actívate) o CRN for ecommerce and Digital Marketing: Partnership with Spanish Public Employment Service (SEPE), Ministry of Education, Culture & Sport (MECD) and EOI. o New Digital professionals - Youth Employment Programme 27
Future AIMS. Build consensus between social partners and public autorithies around the employment in digital age Take advantage of new opportunities for employment that digitization offers Create collaborative networks among stakeholders Build a system which allows the improve and continually updated access to digital skills of workforce Promote development of "digital leaders" in companies Boot ICT specialists and their competences Increase the value of ICT-related studies and professions, particularly between women Build ICT specialists ongoing training systems 28
Thank you! alejandro.tosina@red.es @AlejandroTosina