international skills forum session 6: a. ghosh - developing innovative economies

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Developing Innovative EconomiesTechnology Skills for the iGenerationDr. Anjan Ghosh,Regional Director, Corporate Affairs (Asia Pacific)10 December 2013



Economic Growth is Linked to Innovation

Education

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Employability

Entrepreneurship

Digital Access& Literacy

10% Increase in BB Penetration adds:

• 1.3% to GDP in high income

countries• 1.2% to GDP in Low and Middle

income countries

www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2011/10/19-technology-innovation-west

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Economic Growth

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GA3 replace chains with a highway or runway or ....!!Ghosh, Anjan, 04-Dec-13



Stages of Development

Illustration of the current level of deployment of smart products and

solutions in each city versus its overall stage of development in themove towards becoming a smart city.

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Smart Cities of the Future in Asia: The Opportunities for UK Business; February 2012, UK Trade &Investment

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GA2 In the dark red box, p add "Digital literacy skill" after InternetGhosh, Anjan, 04-Dec-13



Low Skilled Workers inAsia

Advanced economies:High Skills and high productivity tosustain growth

Developing economies:World’s largest supplier of low skilledworkers

4The World at Work: Jobs, Pay and Skills for 3.5B People, McKinsey Global Institute, June 2012, copyright McKinsey and Company

Developing Economies looking totrain low-skilled workers in

secondary and vocationaleducation and digital literacy

Education Index, 20101



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“DigitallyStateless”

374 MillionDigitally

Unreached

Sources:Internet penetration data: Nielsen report posted on http://sg.nielsen.com/site/NewsReleaseJuly112011.shtmlPopulation stat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ASEAN_member_states



Empowering &Transforming Communities.

150M Students Learning with Technology

10M Teachers Empowered with Professional Development

3M Trained in APAC on digital literacy

7M Students in Affiliated Science Competitions

4M Employee Volunteer Hours for Education

$100M Annual Investmentto Improve Education in

100 Countries

$100M Annual Investmentto Improve Education in

100 Countries



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Accelerating Scale through Technology

Intel® Teach Intel® Learn Easy Steps

Years of Program Implementation

# ofProgram

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Technology to Scale

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Instructor Led or Self Paced Instruction

Android App for Mobile Learning

Video Courses (Broadcast and On Demand)

Social Media Game



Empowering all citizens to access quality education,

healthcare and services22nd August: Lunch of the NDLM and Declarationby Mr Sachin pilot, IT State Minister : Govt willaim to have at least 1 e-literate person per HH

18th Sept: National IT policy announced with the goalto make 1 per family e-literate.



Call to Action

Make Digital Literacy a National Imperativefor Economic Growth and Development

Develop Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships(Gov’t, NGO, Multilateral, Corporate,Associations..)

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