As world leaders put together to debate the world’s most urgent challenges on the G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy, I’m excited to share that the AI-Enabled Info and Communication Expertise (ICT) Workforce Consortium, led by Cisco and joined by trade leaders Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Certainly, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP, is extending our attain to incorporate all G7 nations.
In response to a current research from the Worldwide Labour Group, generative AI is extra more likely to increase than destroy jobs by automating some duties fairly than taking on a task completely. However how? What new abilities will employees have to adapt? How can the personal and public sectors meet the challenges and alternatives introduced by the AI revolution?
We don’t have all of the solutions, however our mission as a Consortium is obvious: to take a proactive stance in addressing the profound impression of AI on the workforce.
Concerning the ICT Workforce Consortium
Catalyzed by the U.S.-EU Commerce and Expertise Council’s (TTC) Expertise for Development Job Pressure and knowledgeable by enter from the U.S. Division of Commerce, the Consortium is a non-public sector collaboration centered on exploring AI’s impression on ICT job roles and enabling employees to search out and entry related coaching applications. We’re joined by advisors from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, CHAIN5, Communications Staff of America, DIGITALEUROPE, the European Vocational Coaching Affiliation, Khan Academy, and SMEUnited.
Launched April 2024 in proximity to the sixth U.S.-EU Commerce and Expertise Council Ministerial Assembly in Belgium, the Consortium dedicated to a Part 1 analysis of the impression of AI on 56 ICT job roles. These job roles embrace 80% of the highest 45 ICT job titles garnering the best quantity of job postings for the interval February 2023-2024 in the USA and 5 of the biggest European nations by ICT workforce numbers (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands) in response to Certainly Hiring Lab. In response to suggestions from leaders throughout the globe, we’re increasing our Part 2 scope to incorporate all G7 nations—including Canada, Japan, and the UK to our evaluation of probably the most in-demand ICT job roles.
An Inclusive World Motion Plan for AI
The Consortium seeks to investigate and act, guaranteeing that employees across the globe are outfitted with the required abilities to thrive in an AI-driven future. We’re leveraging the collective insights of our members and advisors to suggest and amplify reskilling and upskilling coaching applications which might be inclusive and might profit a number of stakeholders – college students, profession changers, present IT employees, employers, and educators – with a view to ability employees at scale. This imaginative and prescient is deeply aligned with the G7’s dedication to fostering workforce improvement amidst the speedy adoption of AI throughout their economies.
Our work has simply begun! We stay up for collaborating with G7 governments on the AI Motion Plan as we evolve our work to develop its impression, notably amongst girls, underrepresented communities, and in growing nations. As know-how accelerates and world organizations assess the best way to transfer ahead, we must be diligent in bringing individuals ahead. Understanding how AI intersects with ICT roles is the primary and most essential step in ensuring the digital divide doesn’t deepen.
This summer time the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will ship on this with its Part 1 findings and actionable insights to assist employers and staff put together for the long run. Past that, we anticipate including new firms, advisors, and nations to our efforts to make sure that employees have the instruments, coaching, and alternatives to reach the AI period. At the moment’s announcement that we’re extending our attain to incorporate all G7 nations is an thrilling begin, however just the start of this lengthy and essential journey.
Learn the April 2024 press launch to study extra about our companions within the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium:
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