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OMAC's Digital Transformation Workgroup is laying out a pathway of important topics to assist our members! Please complete this quick survey to help us understand the sort of guidance that is most relevant to your organization and the topics that are your highest and most urgent priorities. Your feedback will be used to direct our future projects! Complete the survey now: https://buff.ly/3XVNPsS

⚡️Reality Check #2 - Signaling Priorities 🕵️When investing in new systems, you need to give your digital champion time away from their duties to focus on delivering the change. 🤘Fail to do so and you’re signaling to them and the rest of the team that your priority still lies with the status quo. The project will fail.

In case you missed our conversation this afternoon on digital transformation

How do you signal to your team that your digital transformation project is truly a priority?

Digital transformation is creating new opportunities to strengthen Quality Infrastructure (QI) worldwide. Digital tools enhance efficiency, innovation, and trust, such as through real-time certificate verification, helping overcome geographic barriers. Both industrialized and developing nations can benefit, with the latter leveraging these advancements to enhance global trade participation and achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, challenges such as technical complexity and organizational coordination must be addressed. QI institutions are transitioning to digital systems, requiring stronger knowledge sharing, capacity building, technology transfer, and international cooperation to ensure inclusive economic and social progress globally. UNIDO and BAM jointly invite you to join this webinar, which aims to provide: •Insights from global and regional studies on digital status and trends in QI •Presentations on ongoing projects, initiatives and best practices on digital transformation in QI institutions worldwide •International expert panel discussions on opportunities, challenges, lessons learned, and ways forward. Register now! https://t.ly/wPtHu

"We have reached a rare moment of near-consensus in the global digital ecosystem, one that offers undeniable potential for revamping (and improving) our frameworks for global governance." The Global Digital Compact is to be decided upon during this month's Summit of the Future, laying the foundation for global digital governance. In a new UNU-CPR blog, Stefaan Verhulst, PhD explores the need for robust implementation strategies post-ratification to create genuine and lasting impact, proposing four potential pathways: https://lnkd.in/ereYjzbR

With a list of digital initiatives and a governance structure in place, organizations need to map the initiatives onto relevant categories. Our research suggests that this mapping process can be conducted by assessing each initiative along two dimensions. This matrix maps the digital initiatives companies most often take into relevant categories across dimensions of value potential and degree of feasibility. Learn more ▶️ https://mitsmr.com/2xH5ha6

Check out this interesting report about Digital Regulations in the Middle East! What does the future of digital regulations look like in the Middle East? You’ll find the answer in our latest article series which gives a clear overview of the current state and future outlook of digital regulations in the region: https://pwc.to/4csEyMl #Transformingtogether PwC Middle East

👇ICYMI: Making the Global Digital Compact a reality: Four steps to establish a responsible, inclusive and equitable data future.👇