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Spearheaded by German software company SAP, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and Ireland's Galway Education Centre, the programme aims to tackle the unemployment that has accompanied the refugee crisis in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt by equipping participants with the type of technical know-how that is in increasingly high demand by employers.
Information and communications technology (ICT) spending in the Middle East and Africa will reach $260bn this year, according to the American market research firm IDC, while a recent survey of MENA educators by Microsoft found that just 32 percent include digital literacy as part of their curricula.
"The region has an acute lack of skills in the ICT area, yet there is growth in the market," Batoul Husseini, the corporate social responsibility manager for SAP MENA, tells Al Jazeera. "Bridging this skills gap is a great opportunity for those countries most affected by the refugee crisis."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 29 2016, @02:21AM
These people oppose my way of life. Some would kill me if they had a chance, and nearly all of the rest would silently approve.
In a liberal western society, they would gain control and ultimately replace that society with their own barbaric society. This is partly intentional; many have expressed a desire to win by immigrating and breeding. It is partly unintentional; they like some benefits of western society (particularly the prosperity and safety) but will destroy it due to the nature of their culture.
I'd rather my grandchildren not lose a civil war and then face genocide. I prefer that the suffering and dying happen to other people in far off lands. I especially prefer that it happen to those who would gladly impose it on my and my descendants.
Do not press the self-destruct button for your own culture.