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CYPRUS
policies SDGs digital transformation post-COVID
• The Council of Ministers • The Department of • In 2012, the Digital • The HRDA prepared the
approved the Cyprus Secondary Technical and Strategy for Cyprus was Supplement of Policy
Qualification Framework Vocational Education approved, including the Guides and Procedures
(CyQF) in 2012 and the (STVE) offers training to education and training "Utilization of distance
EQF in 2021 youngsters and adults area and digital learning methods in
• CyQF enables the defying skills mismatches entrepreneurship training programmes",
validation and and unemployment • Cyprus’ industrial applied since March 2020.
comparability of (SDG4). strategy 2019-30 focuses • The HRDA promoted the
qualifications and • VET programmes are on digital skills and use of e-learning by
therefore the mobility of offered to prisoners to digitalisation among subsidised training
workers and learners. help them reintegrating others providers. (HRDA, 2020).
• The Human Resources into society. (SDG4) • New specialisations • In September 2020, the
Development Agency • Gender Equality related to digital skills Education ministry
(HRDA) developed the Committee in have been introduced in submitted a proposal
system of vocational Employment and VET STVE which amends existing
qualifications (SVQ) as (SDG5). • The Cyprus Digital regulations on primary
part of the CyQF, with • Scheme for job Champion prepared a and secondary education
standards for VET placement of memorandum of to explicitly include
qualifications unemployed young collaboration to develop distance learning.
tertiary education citizens’ digital skills and
graduates (SDG8). train ICT professionals.

POLAND
policies SDGs digital transformation post-COVID
• Poland developed a • In terms of education, • One Polish priority • Covid has enforced
Polish Qualifications the SDGs in Poland focus regarding digital digitisation in public and
Framework (PQF) in 2006, on the implementation of transformation is to private institutions
that was linked to the Goal 4: widespread digital • There is ongoing
EQF in 2013 and - global education: technologies, introduce development to equip
integrated in the interrelations between them into classrooms and families with necessary IT
qualifications system in people and events around pride all schools with a tools and internet
2016. the world high-speed network • Safe use of the Internet
• The PQF additionally - using good examples • Another priority is filling is promoted
includes three degrees of from around the world the gap in the ICT sector, • Schools are being
learning outcomes - improving key skills such increasing its innovation equipped with digital
descriptors: as communication, and combating digital tools and teachers with
- universal descriptors, creativity, and conflict exclusion skills to conduct online
applying to all types of management • Secondary schools are classes
education; - supporting integration being trained on how to • Poland Strategy for
- specific descriptors, - developing open-minded use online resources and Responsible Development
applying for VET and/or attitudes among learners higher education on how foresees provision of
higher education; to introduce digital broadband to all schools,
- subject area/discipline education especially in rural areas.
descriptors.

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