G20 meeting focuses on safe digital economy

Bangalore: The Sultanate, represented by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology participated in the meeting of Digital Economy Ministers, held in Bangalore, India, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

The meeting concluded to a number of recommendations focused on the general digital basic structures, the significance of establishing a safe digital economy and development of digital skills for building international power ready for the future.

The participants agreed, during the meeting, on establishing a joint framework for the general digital basic structures. The purpose of this framework is to develop, which comprehensive framework would develop and showcase the general digital basic structures and to recognize the significant role of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the need for development of curriculum that ensure safety through the internet and Protection of the privacy of children and their personal details, protection of human rights and development of cyber education and awareness tools for children and the youth.

The participants welcomed the initiative of development of Virtual Center of Excellence concerned with digital skills programs practices, occupational criteria, and skills classification among other issues. The participants also agreed on the development of tools for the design and introduction of programs for improving digital skills.

They also agreed on a roadmap to facilitate comparison and understanding of job roles, digital skills and qualifications related to the members of the G20 Group.

The Sultanate's delegation was chaired by Dr. Ali bin Amer Al Shizani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology for communications and information technology, who spoke on the national program for digital economy and its various executive programs including government digital transformation, the digital industry programs and the cyber security industry programme.

He also spoke on the efforts of the Sultanate of Oman on the enhancement of the regional and international cooperation in the field of cyber security. These efforts included the Sultanate's hosting, management and operation of the Arab Regional Cyber ​​Security Center affiliated to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the national imitative of Makeen which aims to equip 10,000 Omanis with digital skills by 2025.