Workshop 3: Digital skills for employees

The CORA online workshop series on digital transformation in rural areas sensitised and inspired the attendees, provided them with practical knowledge and concrete guidelines on different topics of the digital transformation in rural areas in the North Sea Region. The attendees met and exchanged with experts and stakeholders and gained knowledge on practical ways of approaching the digital transformation in a municipality. The workshops were free and open to everyone interested. Check workshop summaries for the main take-away messages.

The Workshop 3 focused on Digital skills for employees. To not leave anyone behind, a municipality needs skilled employees to support citizens in using more digital services. Therefore, this workshop focused on the importance of digital skills in times of continuous digital change and transformation. Download the agenda and presentations, and check the recording (Password: CORA_Workshop3) for more details.

Agenda in brief (13:00-16:30, 9 November)

• Welcome and introduction
• Expert talk: People first, technology will follow
• Inspiring cases.
  – Region of Innlandet County Municipality in Norway
  – Medium size municipality: The city of Waregem in Belgium
  – Small size municipality: Torsby in Sweden
• Panel discussion. Opportunities, challenges and solutions. During this 30 minutes session you will get a view on the future and potential policy recommendations.
• Summary and wrap-up. What did we learn from our expert and from the 3 inspiring usecases?
• Break-out rooms. Place for discussions with presenters of the case studies.

Check the overview and details for all six CORA online workshops on digital transformation in rural areas.