“The cost of the lack of digital skills and incompetence to e-commerce, e-government and productivity in companies is only anecdotally known”, she said, adding that this “has to be recognized.” Without these knowledge, which is “imperative”, Europe is loosing an average of €90,3 billion per year and per country, she explained.
Today, young people are familiar with technologies and social networks, but this is not enough, because they don't have the skills for employability that a company needs. “The next generation of workers is not the magic solution.”
ICT jobs were the less affected by the crisis and Europe needs to promote them as a new choice for citizens. However, people is not properly prepared for these positions and a “reconfiguration” of their current skills is needed, said Markus Schwarz, Senior Vice President & Global Head of SAP Education, with new initiatives and specific university studies.
In addition, the number of migrants that Europe receives is affecting to the figures of e-skills too. “Only a 5% of migrants have high skills”, explained Karl Cox, Oracle Corporation EMEA Vice President for Public Policy and Corporate Affairs, “if compared with 50% in US.”
Besides, both Cox and Schwarz considered that Europe has also to attract talents from other countries and maintain the European ones by giving them more opportunities and IT knowledge, to create a truly digital Europe.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Nerea Rial
Quelle/Source: New Europe, 20.09.2012
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