{"id":12710,"date":"2021-05-27T17:09:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2021-05-27T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:09:04","slug":"data-technology-and-digitalisation-series-digital-skills-for-youth-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/myexampleblogversion2\/2021\/05\/27\/data-technology-and-digitalisation-series-digital-skills-for-youth-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Data, Technology and Digitalisation Series: Digital Skills for Youth – Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a\u00a0webinar\u00a0in partnership with Microsoft about\u00a0the skills young people need to be competitive employees, entrepreneurs and digital citizens.<\/p>\n

Over\u00a060 percent\u00a0of the Commonwealth’s 2.4 billion citizens are aged 29 or under.\u00a0This\u00a0webinar is an opportunity for young people from across the Commonwealth to\u00a0talk to industry experts\u00a0about their digital skills needs and challenges.<\/p>\n

Discussions will kick off with opening remarks from The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and Senior Leaders at Microsoft.<\/p>\n

The webinar will then offer two panel sessions, the first of which will look at country and organisational\u00a0initiatives in building digital skills for young people. The second\u00a0session will be led by the Commonwealth Young Professionals and will discuss youth experiences and ideas on digital skills gaps and opportunities. A demonstration of digital skills capacity-building tools will also be demonstrated by Microsoft,\u00a0followed by a Q&A session.<\/p>\n

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Participation<\/h2>\n

The webinar will take place\u00a0on 10 June 2021 from 11 am (BST\/GMT+1)<\/p>\n