“A PERSON WITH A SKILL WILL NOT FALL INTO HARDSHIP” (“HUNARLI KISHI XOR BO‘LMAS”): DIGITAL TALENT DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS IN UZBEKISTAN THROUGH THE IT TALENTS PROGRAMME
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24240618
Kalit so‘zlar
Uzbekistan; IT Talents; collective skill formation; state-led; digital talent developmentAnnotasiya
Developing digital talent is essential to Uzbekistan’s efforts to grow its digital economy and expand IT services exports. This paper takes the IT Talents program as a case study. It draws on collective skill formation theory and extends it to a state-led context. Using policy documents, publicly available implementation materials and two program cases, the paper analyzes the institutional linkages among the state, non-state training providers, enterprises and workers. It examines three dimensions: training objectives, how responsibilities and costs are shared, and organizational coordination. The findings show that employer associations and similar foundations for collective coordination are weak in Uzbekistan. In this setting, the state has taken over the role of organizing collective coordination. It does so by setting training priorities, linking subsidies to employment outcomes, building intermediary platforms and verifying information across agencies. The result is a state-led model of collective skill formation. The program offers comparable experience for digital talent policies in Central Asia. Its actual effects on firm capabilities and on regional cooperation still need further verification.
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