Scottish Government - Plans to boost the number of digital
jobs to 150,000 by 2021 have been outlined in the Scottish Government’s new
digital strategy.
Realising Scotland’s full potential in a Digital World sets
out how the Scottish Government intends to place digital at the heart of
everything it does from reforming public services to delivering economic
growth. This includes:
- Creating
the conditions which could lead to 150,000 working in digital technology
jobs across Scotland by the start of the next decade.
- Ensuring
that every premises in Scotland is able to access broadband speeds of at
least 30Mbps by 2021
- A
new digital schools programme
- A
new round of funding for community digital inclusion projects and expand
Scotland’s Digital Participation Charter
- Infrastructure
that is secure and resilient against cyber attack
- A
new Digital Growth Fund to address the current undersupply of digital
skills.
Launching the strategy during a visit to a newly converted
high-tech acceleration and growth space for aspiring businesses in Glasgow,
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution Derek Mackay said:
“Digital is transforming the way we live. It is connecting
us faster than ever before while putting more power into the hands of service
users. There is a huge opportunity here and now to ensure that people,
businesses and organisations across Scotland, are given the tools and skills
they need to harness this potential.
“Our vision is for Scotland to become even more digitally
competitive and attractive. By developing our existing workforce and increasing
our digital capabilities across society and the business community, we will
ensure that our citizens have the opportunity to improve their digital skills
with everyone who wants to get connected able to do so, and public services
designed by and for citizens that are secure. This will in turn will have a
positive impact on growing our economy.”
Background
Click here for
Realising Scotland’s full potential in a Digital World.
Click
here for the Scottish Government’s 2011 Digital Strategy.
Read the recent Digital
Growth Fund announcement.
Click here for
the Digital Strategy Evidence Paper.
Source: Scottish Government
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