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3. Note that schools will have to undergo fundamental reforms to meet the challenges of
the digital age and this by:
a. Putting in place programs concerning advanced digital skills, which are skills
necessary to create, manage, test and analyse ICTs,
b. Developing professional skills, namely the ability to work in a team, lead a team,
communicate effectively and take into account clients’ needs, which are skills
necessary to collaborate effectively in the digital economy;
4. Draws attention to a benchmark study conducted by researchers at the University of
Oxford in 2013, on the probability of computerization for 700 different professions, which
could be useful in helping students to better understand the job market that they will
be confronted with in the near and far future, so that they avoid the sectors at high risk
of automation;
5. Encourages companies of all sizes to take into consideration the reuse of their digital
material, in an ecological approach, but especially in that of widening internet access
for the most disadvantaged, by a device that revolves around three main axes:
a. The creation or reuse of warehouses in which public or private companies can
store their digital material that they no longer use,
b. The creation of an organisation that would be funded by the United Nations,
whose purpose would be to pass through the said warehouses every two years,
in order to recover the material stored there, then to redistribute it in schools in
countries that cannot afford digital equipment,
c. Each company involved in the digital tools redistribution program will have its
taxes reduced in the countries where the program is implemented, with
reductions which will depend on the quantity of material offered but also on the
company's turnover;
6. Invites member States to facilitate access to digital business internships for students
through conferences in schools for example, or with company representatives which
will visit the schools, in order to enable them to discover and be familiar with their world
of work, in order to encourage them as much as possible to orient themselves towards
pathways focused on digital areas, but also so that they understand them better;
7. Proposes the repackaging and sale of digital equipment intended for disposal with a
reduction of 30% instead of 15% of the current price, if it is intended for use in schools;
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