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Let's touch to the High-tech Leadership Skills

2020-2-BG01-KA105-0795092020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: BG|IT|RO|HR|EL · Grant: €15,623
Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship)Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Objectives

According to the EC report on high-tech leadership skills from 2017 in order for Europe to be competitive, to grow and create jobs, it must be ensured that it has the people who can lead digital innovation and the transformation of industries. New technologies are a major driver of growth, supported by the ideas of highly qualified professionals and leaders at all levels. Calculations show that by 2020, the shortage of IT professionals will reach over 800,000 and for business leaders it will be 200,000. If we add up the numbers, it means that Europe will need to create an additional 50,000 high-tech leaders per year by 2025 or a total of about 450,000 by 2025. It is estimated that in the coming years, 90% of jobs will require basic digital skills and, together with the emergence of entirely new professions, the demand for new skills will dramatically increase, in particular for high-tech leadership skills. Promoting high-tech leadership skills and providing a large contingent of professionals require long-term, focused and consistent efforts from a wide range of stakeholders, including youth and non-governmental organizations. This is why more than ever a concentration is needed on the ability to develop these high-tech leadership skills mainly in young people, representing the potentially active part of the population, with a view to their future professional realization and employability. The skills needed to make successful technological innovation happen are vital to enhancing Europe's competitiveness and innovative capacity. The main objective of the project "Let's touch to the High-tech Leadership Skills" is to create high-tech contemporary leaders who can manage complex situations in a rapidly changing environment; have a vision and ambition to change the environment to achieve greater results, using the opportunities for innovation in high technology trends; the ability to identify the risks and opportunities that innovation offers to people and society as a whole and to develop their teamwork skills, know-how, business sense, innovation development, communication, perspective planning, networks, critical thinking , overall understanding, analytical thinking, problem solving and project management.

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