ICDL Americas Forum 2022

ICDL Americas Forum 2022

A productive workforce with 21st century skills is critical to staying competitive today. Getting the most from your workforce means investing in both hard and soft skills. Digital skills are key to maximise the investment in IT resources and allow innovation in all areas, both in the private and public sectors.

ICDL, as the international digital skills standard, organised last March 24th a Forum to discuss trends, needs and plans to address the current digital skills gap in Latin America and the Caribbean, with experiences around the world.

Recorded sessions from the Digital skills for a competitive workforce forum, held on 24th March 2022

Workforce Sector Sessions

Romina Gonzalez
ICDL Americas, Regional Manager

Opening Address

Damien O’Sullivan
ICDL Foundation, CEO

ICT skills trends & ICDL Global update

Jennifer Britton
CARICOM, Digital Skills Taskforce Chair Deputy and Programme Manager

CARICOM and ICDL Cooperation Agreement and Launch of Digital Skills Survey in the Caribbean.

Dr. Barbara Reynolds, CARICOM, Digital Skills Task force Co. Chair

CARICOM Perspectives on upskilling for the future – Digital Skills Taskforce objectives and strategic plan to drive skills requirements

Mr. Ian John
CARICOM, Digital Skills Taskforce Private Sector Representative

CARICOM Perspectives on upskilling for the future – Digital Skills Taskforce objectives and strategic plan to drive skills requirements

Juan Pablo Pazos

SENA Digital Talent and Technology Management Sectorial Working Group (Colombia)

Partnerships to close the digital gap

Tina Wu
ICDL Asia, Regional Manager

ICT skills for workforce development in different sectors at a national level, Singapore experience

Frank Mockler,
Irish Computer Society (ICS), General Manager

ICT competences framework development, DigComp experience and examples of application in European countries in the Workforce sector.

Álvaro Aguilar Huerta
Chile Valora, Institutional Relations and Communications Area Manager

Strategy for the standardization of new IT job profiles for the National System of Job Skills Certification

Solange Umulisa
ICDL Africa, Regional Manager

Digital skills government funding to support Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria with the TetFund project

Romina Gonzalez
ICDL Americas, Regional Manager

Regional news & launch of new ICDL certification modules in Latin America and the Caribbean

Education sector sessions

Dr. Jose Antonio Vergara Camacho

Faculty of Accounting and Administrator Director / Follow-up of graduates and Job Bank Coordinator

Universidad Veracruzana (UV)

Impact of Digital Competences in University students and their value for employability

Marina Kriscautzky Laxague and Professor Angelélica Ma. Ramírez Bedolla

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Digital Skills for university students. Recommendations for the evaluation and training of first-time students

Agenda

Workforce sector sessions

9:00 am – 1:00 pm Panama time (UTC/GMT -5)

Speaker	Presentation	Time
ICDL Americas Regional Manager Romina Gonzalez	Opening address	9:00 / 9:05 am – 5 minutes
ICDL Foundation CEO Damien O´Sullivan	ICT skills trends & ICDL Global update	9:05 / 9:50 am – 45 minutes
CARICOM Digital Skills Taskforce Chair Deputy Programme Manager – Information and Communication Technology for Development Jennifer Britton	Launch of Regional Digital Skills Survey and ICDL Partnership	9:50 / 10:00 am – 10 minutes
CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force Co – Chair Dr. Barbara Reynolds Digital Skills Taskforce Private Sector Representative Mr. Ian John	CARICOM Perspectives on Upskilling for the future – Digital Skills Taskforce objectives and strategic plan to drive skills requirements	10:00 / 10:30 am – 30 minutes
SENA Digital Talent and Technology Management Sectorial Working Group President Juan Pablo Pazos	Partnerships to close the digital gap	10:30 / 10:50 am – 20 minutes
ICDL Asia General Manager Tina Wu	ICT skills for workforce development in different sectors at a national level, Singapore experience	10:50 / 11:00 am – 10 minutes
Irish Computer Society (ICS) General Manager Frank Mockler	ICT competences framework development, DigComp experience and examples of application in European countries in the workforce sector	11:00 / 11:30 am – 30 minutes
BREAK		11:30 / 11:45 am – 15 minutes
Chile Valora Institutional Relations and Communications Area Manager Álvaro Aguilar Huerta	Strategy for the standardization of new IT job profiles for the National System of Job Skills Certification	11:45 am/ 12:05 pm – 20 minutes
ICDL Africa General Manager Solange Umulisa	Digital skills government funding to support Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria with the TetFund project	12:05 / 12:15 pm – 10 minutes
ICDL Americas Regional Manager Romina Gonzalez	Regional news & Launch of new ICDL certification modules in Latin America and the Caribbean	12:15 / 12:30 pm -15 minutes
ICDL Accredited Test Centres	ICDL Accredited Test Centre implementation experiences	12:30 / 12:45 pm – 15 minutes
ICDL Asia China Education Develpment Foundation – Dell Technologies	Upskilling future workforce for the digital economy project video	12:45 / 12:50 pm – 5 minutes
CDL Americas Regional Consultant Jenelle Ross-McIntyre	Closure	12:50 / 1:00 pm – 10 minutes

Education sector sessions

9:00 am – 1:00 pm Panama time (UTC/GMT -5)

BREAK		1:00 / 1:15 pm – 15 minutes
Universidad Veracruzana (UV) Faculty of Accounting and Administrator Director / Follow-up of Graduates and Job Bank Coordinator Dr. Jose Antonio Vergara Camacho	Impact of Digital Competences in university students and their value for employability	1:15 / 1:30 pm – 15 minutes
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Innovation and Technological Development Director Marina Kriscautzky Laxague	Digital Skills for university students. Recommendations for the evaluation and training of first-time students	1:30 / 1:50 pm – 20 minutes
ICDL Americas Regional Partner – Mexico Selene Morales	Closure	1:50 / 2:00 pm – 10 minutes