Improve productivity and quality of life of the needy through technology, is the premise that applies daily Diego Molano Vega . , Minister of Information Technology and Communication (ICT)
Medellín plays a leading role in achieving this objective. For this reason, the Government is developing a partnership with the Mayor and the private sector to encourage the software industry in the city, Molano Vega said in an interview with El Colombiano.
Telework and applications the base of the pyramid are other priorities that has the Minister of ICT in the city and the department.
“Today we have 42,000 teleworkers and our goal is to finish this period of government with 150,000. In Medellín we have 5,000 teleworkers, according to figures from the Ministry of Labour. The point here is to try to open the eyes of people because the opportunity to telework is not only important for local businesses but to enable people to connect through technology and work with companies around the world. “
What specific activities to be performed and at what times?
“The agreement seeks to share best practices and help empower businesses that cultural change to promote job creation through teleworking and also improve the quality of life of current workers. “
Medellín is noted for entrepreneurship and innovation, how are supporting these initiatives from the MinTIC
“In the new phase of Vive Digital plan we are looking for two things: that Colombia is a leader in developing applications with social impact and the country has the government more efficient and more transparent through ICT. For both need a powerful software industry, move to another level and we plan to do a whole, in which emphasis is on talent. Today we have in the country a deficit of 93,000 engineers in the world of ICT and generally throughout the value chain.
In this direction we had a meeting with the mayor to make an alliance to unite efforts for the software industry in Medellín pass to another level. “
What will focus to move to that next level?
“In developing talent, more scholarships for people to study at universities in supporting universities to be internationally certified, support for software companies are internationally certified quality, which is very important to strengthen the APP.co program we already have with Route N. That is like a pirinola in which all put “.
What is the strategy of the applications for the BOP?
“We have understood that arrive with internet and a computer no lifts people out of poverty, if no applications to improve their productivity and give them more opportunities. With applications like ComproAgro, which is on my land (Boyacá), the children of a woman who grows onions mounted an online business to sell the crop and she told me that it has been sold in the traditional market had received 12 million pesos and managed to sell 14 million, that this lady is a lot of money. So we’re working with the DPS, the Ministries of Agriculture and Health for people to have more tools to improve their productivity and welfare. “
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