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SUL: An Opportunity to Lower Unemployment Rates in Lebanon Amid a Major Financial Crisis
Now more than ever, workers across all sectors, especially those in vulnerable communities, will need to possess basic digital skills (and in most cases intermediate to advanced digital skills) to remain in or join the workforce as demand for digital economic opportunities continues to rise.
Mena Digital Shapers Interview
The Skilling up Lebanon (SUL) project comes to attempt to address this substantial shift in the labor market. SUL is a one-year World Bank-funded project, aiming to equip 700 young people residing in Lebanon with market-relevant digital skills, to enhance their chances of getting employed.
Developing Skillset for the Digital Jobs of Today and Tomorrow with Forward Mena
As the world moves at a rapid pace towards digitalization, the gap between the skillsets of today’s talent and the requirements of the workplace is exponentially growing. Accordingly, academic institutions and organizations have taken on the role of filling this gap.
Empowering youth & closing the tech skills gap: How Forward MENA is supporting AWS Trainings & Certification in Lebanon.
Today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape is widening the gap between young professionals and the growing number of roles that require a technical skillset for the youth to succeed. Demand for skilled professionals in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and data engineering has never been higher, and it will only increase in the coming years. Data from the MENA Talent Map report, by BCG and Forward MENA, puts forth alarming insights, urging immediate action to be taken by governments, educational institutions and private and public organizations to close the gap.
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