Promoting digital business skills in the Republic of Moldova
The Republic of Moldova (Moldova hereafter) has made digitalisation a policy priority. The country is currently preparing its Digital Transformation Strategy 2023-30, which will emphasise digital literacy, as well as digital business skills, with a view to improving private sector competitiveness. D...
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OECD Publishing
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Key economic indicators: Moldova
- Executive summary
- 1 Setting the scene
- Moldova's economy has been significantly affected by successive crises
- Economic growth is hampered by persisting vulnerabilities
- Despite considerable policy efforts, the potential of Moldovan SMEs remains untapped
- Moldova has made digitalisation a policy priority
- Digitalisation acts as a driver for structural transformation, economic diversification and recovery
- Moldova has worked to build sound framework conditions for the digital transformation
- Digital skills are a pre-requisite for a successful digital transformation
- Digital skills offer numerous opportunities to individuals
- Skills shortages remain a major barrier to SME digitalisation
- References
- Notes
- 2 Creating the institutional and policy framework for digital skills
- Developing a policy agenda for digital skills
- Promoting a whole-of-government approach and stakeholder co-ordination
- References
- Notes
- 3 Measuring digital skills and anticipating future needs
- Measuring digital skills through internationally comparable data
- Moldova collects data on digitalisation, but intelligence on digital skills remains limited
- Gap analysis
- The lack of common understanding on digital skills impedes comparability with peers
- Self-assessment tools can provide additional insights
- Forecasting digital skills needs via anticipation tools
- Moldova benefits from a labour market forecasting system
- Ad hoc surveys have helped understand digital skills needs
- Firms still lack awareness of their skills levels and needs
- References
- Notes
- 4 Fostering digital skills development among SMEs
- Creating tailored digital skills training opportunities for SMEs.
- ODA's experience with programmes to support SME digitalisation is a good starting point
- Public-private co-operation enhances digital skills training opportunities
- Tackling obstacles to SMEs' digital skills development
- SMEs often struggle to identify training and mentoring opportunities
- Limited human and financial resources further impede SMEs' access to digital skills trainings
- References
- 5 Way forward
- Objective 1: Enhance policy effectiveness through a well-defined NDS and an enhanced multi-stakeholder approach
- Set clear objectives and measurable targets, and estimate costs for the new NDS
- Broaden and strengthen participation of all relevant stakeholders in digital skills policy design and implementation
- Objective 2: Improve digital skills assessment and develop anticipation exercises
- Complement existing assessments with dimensions on digital skills
- Strengthen skills needs anticipation practices
- Objective 3: Strengthen support for SMEs' digital skills development
- Step up training activities
- Help SMEs overcome barriers to digital skills development
- References
- Notes.
