Constructing a Stronger, Extra Safe, Extra Related Ukraine Collectively

Cisco Launches Nation Digital Acceleration Program in Ukraine

For the reason that conflict in Ukraine started, Cisco has stood by the nation’s facet: serving to defend its vital infrastructure in opposition to cyberattacks, establishing Wi-Fi connectivity for Ukrainian refugees, and offering Ukrainians with IT schooling to construct their digital abilities and employability by  Begin IT. Cisco4Ukraine. Many of those initiatives have been spearheaded and punctiliously coordinated by Cisco’s Nation Digital Acceleration (CDA) program, in partnership with native ecosystem companions and supported by the Ukrainian authorities.

This summer time, we have been proud to increase on our dedication by launching the following wave of Cisco’s CDA program initiatives in Ukraine. On the Ukraine Restoration Convention in London, CDA Vice President for EMEA Chris Reeves and I joined Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Schooling, Science and Expertise Growth Михайло Федоров/Mykhailo Fedorov and Deputy Minister for Eurointegration, Ministry of Digital Transformation Валерія Іонан/Valeriya Ionan to signal a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assist additional safe the nation’s vital infrastructure, promote ubiquitous web connectivity, and provide coaching in cybersecurity and networking by the Cisco Networking Academy.

Ukraine is now certainly one of 49 international locations taking part in Cisco’s CDA program, a strategic partnership with authorities management to deliver to life parts of a nationwide digital agenda and create new worth for a rustic, its industries, and residents. As a part of this system, Cisco and the Ukrainian authorities will collaborate on the next vital areas:

Cisco Networking Academy and Expertise Bridge — Rising Ukraine’s Digital Workforce

At a time when the one fixed is uncertainty, at the very least two issues are clear: digital abilities are in demand in every single place, and when the conflict is over, Ukraine will want a workforce able to rebuild and shield its vital IT infrastructure from day one. To assist residents reskill and upskill for the digital economic system regardless of the place they’re, Cisco Networking Academy coaching programs in networking, cybersecurity, knowledge science and extra might be made obtainable on the Diia.Schooling platform, Ukraine’s free digital studying hub that connects customers to employers by creating individualized schooling roadmaps.

Cisco Networking Academy is among the longest-standing IT skills-to-jobs applications on this planet, coaching learners in vital digital abilities and enabling them to earn industry-recognized Digital Badges and certifications that unlock employment alternatives within the digital economic system. The Diia.Schooling platform may even connect with the Cisco Expertise Bridge Matching Engine, a software that makes it simpler for HR managers to seek out candidates in 190 international locations and helps learners discover and apply for jobs that match their ability degree.

Schooling for CDTOs — Supporting Ukraine’s Chief Digital Transformation Officers

Working with the Ministry of Digital Transformation (MDT), Cisco will assist the technological growth of Ukraine’s Chief Digital Transformation Officers (CDTOs), the leaders of the county’s digitization efforts on the ministry and native authorities degree. Along with leveraging in-country assets, Networking Academy instructors, and native studying companions, Cisco will present CDTOs with entry to our workplaces, labs, and briefing facilities internationally to be taught concerning the newest applied sciences, finest practices, and tendencies within the digitalization sector.

Collaborating with the Ministry of Digital Transformation — Serving to to Shield Ukraine from Cyberthreats

We are going to construct on our current commitments to serving to restore vital telecommunications infrastructure and defending Ukraine’s communities from cyberthreats by Cisco safety applied sciences and our risk intelligence group at Cisco Talos.

We’re All in This Collectively

Cisco’s CDA dedication is a testomony to the facility of working collectively, beginning with Cisco’s group on the bottom in Ukraine, who, regardless of terribly troublesome circumstances, proceed to assist Ukrainian prospects and stay as much as their mission of constructing Ukraine “enticing, snug, and protected.”

Rebuilding Ukraine’s digital infrastructure and workforce requires that corporations, governments, and establishments from around the globe work collectively in new and progressive methods. That is what Cisco’s CDA program was made for. Collaboration throughout authorities, {industry}, and academia is in our DNA, and I’m heartened to see that our efforts are going down in opposition to a backdrop of monumental worldwide assist.

The conflict in Ukraine is just not over, and the street to restoration is tough. However Cisco, together with greater than 400 corporations from 38 international locations who signed the Ukraine Enterprise Compact, is in it for the lengthy haul. Wıth hope and dedication, we sit up for rebuilding a stronger, extra linked, safer Ukraine. Collectively.

“Cooperation with Cisco opens up new alternatives . It is very important take note of the event of human capital as international locations compete for abilities and specialists. The memorandum with Cisco is an funding in our future and a sign to the entire world to work with Ukraine. Collectively, we’ll implement technological instruments and progressive options in instructional tasks, share experiences within the area of digitalization, and use the content material and finest practices of one of many prime corporations globally.”

—Михайло Федоров/Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Schooling, Science and Expertise Growth

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