An e-Training Support Program for Regional and Local Development

The dynamics of the new global economy form an environment characterized by uncertainty, insecurity and risky decision-making. This established status urges countries to implement and incorporate a digital policy in all financial and social sectors in order to achieve solid, sustainable development. Contemporary politicians, businessmen and citizens are compelled to think in digital terms; to see future economic viability and social growth under a digital umbrella. The prospect of a digitized world, that is, an organizational configuration where computers, network communications and almost every device equipped with electronic circuits and processors will control and administer procedures and actions, presents in parallel both challenges and threats. One major issue that arises, known as digital divide, is the possible marginalization of those human groups that will be unable to adjust or be incorporated in the new setting. For example, observers noted that people executIve Summary