Digital skills are key to digital transformation and a significant enabler of each country’s digitization.
Instilling the Necessary skills has become a key part of national digital transformation strategies . With a wide range of projects that target digital skills , ITU contributes actively to the strengthening of Digital capacities among its member states, e.g., via Training for ICT professionals ; basic and intermediate skills training for citizens and marginalized groups ; a commitment to invest in skills development for young people ; tools and guidelines to implement digital skills strategies; and International cooperation to help governments increase their digital capacity . Among others, the ITU Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative , launched with Cisco in 2019, aims to strengthen people’s digital capacities, particularly in underserved communities. Over 150 000 people (of which over 60% were female) have been trained in basic and intermediate digital skills through 13 DTCs located in Africa, the Americas, and the Arab and Asia-Pacific regions