Progress on upskilling Bangladeshi Youth in emerging Technologies

Innovation methods

Data sources

SDG(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

8Decent work and economic growth

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Disclaimer:

Please be aware that the content herein has not been peer reviewed. It consists of personal reflections, insights, and learnings of the contributor(s). It may not be exhaustive, nor does it aim to be authoritative knowledge.

Learnings on your challenge

What are the top key insights you generated about your learning challenge during this Action Learning Plan? (Please list a maximum of 5 key insights)

1. There is definitely demand for local human resources with skilled in cutting-in edge technology from local private sector companies in the technology industry. 2. Skilling youth in technology is a priority of the government and they are positively exploring innovative methods to deliver the training. 3. The government partners are actively involved in scouting for skills demand and designing the most apt courses for students. 4. Harvard university is very interested to collaborate on this initiative given the promise of its impact in this region. 5. The country office is interested to pre-invest in the pilot of this initiative from Trac sources given its potential to mobilize additional finance and impact. 6. A pilot is being designed focusing on female students only to gain insights into the unique challenges faced women that may be causing the gender digital divide in Bangladesh

Considering the outcomes of this learning challenge, which of the following best describe the handover process? (Please select all that apply)

Other

Can you provide more detail on your handover process?

The Accelerator Lab is in talks with an internal project, "Forerunner" to integrate programming the pilot and future scale up with them. The project's flagship product, the "future nation" platform will be used to manage the students for the pilot and the eventual scaling in collaboration with edX and harvard.

Please paste any link(s) to blog(s) or publication(s) that articulate the learnings on your frontier challenge.

Data and Methods

Relating to your types of data, why did you chose these? What gaps in available data were these addressing?

Why was it necessary to apply the above innovation method on your frontier challenge? How did these help you to unpack the system?

Partners

Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.

Please state the name of the partner:

ICT division, Government of bangladesh

What sector does your partner belong to?

Government (&related)

Please provide a brief description of the partnership.

Co-design and possible implementation

Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?

Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.

Please state the name of the partner:

Harvard University

What sector does your partner belong to?

Academia

Please provide a brief description of the partnership.

Harvard will execute the training for the pilot and future scale-up

Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?

Yes

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Bonus question: How did the interplay of innovation methods, new forms of data and unusual partners enable you to learn & generate insights, that otherwise you would have not been able to achieve?

Please upload any further supporting evidence / documents / data you have produced on your frontier challenge that showcase your learnings.

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