UNDP and SAP to foster digital skills in Karnataka

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with SAP, launched the Project Code Unnati, to promote digital skilling and entrepreneurship development for youth and women across three districts in Karnataka.

As part of the Project Code Unnati, SAP and UNDP have curated three broad work-streams that will directly impact the lives of over 20,000 youth, 5000 women, and 300 community-based enterprises in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Raichur, and Bengaluru Rural during the project duration of three years.

The initiative seeks to enhance the following,

• Imparting digital literacy, enhancing entrepreneurial skills, and providing digital financial education for women
• Building digital skills and entrepreneurship development at the university level for youth
• Connecting youth to the Government incubation centers (Atal Incubation Centres), and providing them with opportunities to participate in design-thinking workshops, innovation challenges, and boot camps
• 20,000 youth will undergo 21st century and digital skills training coupled with Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) in the target districts

Students will have the opportunity to attend and participate in design-thinking workshops, demonstrations, digital skills championship leading to scholarships, Youth Co Lab innovation challenges, boot camps, and connecting them with Atal Incubation Centers (AICs) of NITI Aayog in Karnataka.

It also plans to create a direct impact on the lives of at least 5000 women as a part of the Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP).

Employees of SAP Labs India will provide strategic mentorship for all the initiatives. SAP Labs India has also created the Code Unnati digital platform as a mobile application which provides access to over 230 courses for Youth and the workforce of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).