期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2012
卷号：9
页码：41-61
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：There is widespread agreement of the importance of information and communication technolo-gies (ICT) in building equitable prosperity and globally competitive economies. Effective use of these technologies, however, requires building new capacities and skills, here referred to as e-skills, not only in the working force but the entire population. These skills are in very short sup-ply all over the developing world, and are of particular concern in South Africa. In order to ap-propriately address this issue, South African government has taken a systematic and systemic ap-proach, to address the matter and has developed an approach involving a number of stakeholders from all spheres of government, business, education, civil society and organized labor. That effort led to the e-Skills Summit (2010), which provided the guidelines for the creation of the national e-skills policy named the National e-Skills Plan of Action (NeSPA). This paper, based on descrip-tive case study methodology, brings a portrayal of that systematic and systemic approach. The paper, aimed at academics, practitioners and policy-makers, also depicts the e-skilling key suc-cess factors, expected impact of NeSPA, and the principles for monitoring and evaluation. The paper ends with a brief description of some lessons learned during the initial implementation phase of NeSPA.
关键词：e-skills, national policy, aligning policy, systemic and systematic approach, educa-tion, training, developing country, South Africa.
