Digital reskilling: empowering under-resourced communities on both sides of the Atlantic

Digitalisation and new technologies radically transform our economies and labor force. To remain competitive in a geostrategic world, economies on both sides of the Atlantic are in need and search of a workforce with skillsets to meet the new demands and jobs that digital transformation brings. This ranges from general digital literacy skills to simple coding and software engineering, to advanced skills in machine learning and AI. How can economies on both sides of the Atlantic engage, empower and train so far untapped and typically overlooked members of society, such as former inmates, single parents, refugees, or migrant newcomers in this “great re-train and upskilling”? What are the roles and duties of businesses and government in skills training for the new digital world?