Training

Italy launched a new Agid three-year Plan with public e-procurement in a key position of Information Technology and digital Public Administration (PA). Among the new measures mentioned in the Plan for innovation of public services, there is the shift towards the adoption of emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence and the Blockchain technology. Nevertheless, to avoid possible negative impacts of innovation, appropriate regulatory framework and training programs have to be created.

It appears that there is less or no doubt “blockchain” technology is now the leading word of the year 2019, thus, the government of Italy has come out to deeply study the strategy to support all initiatives specifically related to this field.

South Korean authorities have decided to establish a blockchain course to help boost development of distributed ledger technology in the country. After an intensive study of the matter, forty-two residents will be immediately set up for a job on the domestic market.

ConsenSys has officially launched a 12-week Ethereum Blockchain developer programme in full support of one million (1m) Arab Coders, a development by the Dubai Future Foundation, created to array and fully equip juvenile Arabs with coding skills and education.

The City of London Police's Economic Crime Academy has recently launched a fresh course focusing on cryptocurrencies for United Kingdom police training.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency courses are growing in demand as FinTech adoption rises. On September 15, B9lab, a company providing training on Blockchain, announced the graduation and certification of the first Ethereum Blockchain developers course students.