Introduction. Idigitalisation, Innovation And Education For Socioeconomic Development - Outline Of Issues

This monograph focuses on issues related to identifying and developing the transdisciplinary factors to increase the ICT industry’s position as a central element of the economy. We see the necessity of the dialogue between the ICT industry and the educational sector, including higher education and the role of universities in framing trends on the market. This monograph is aimed also to enhance the employability of ICT specialists, foster entrepreneurship and formation of start-ups in the ICT industry, and thus to improve the position of higher education and lifelong learning. This monograph emphasizes the necessity of ICT courses programs to become more labor market- and society-oriented, practice-based, and trainees/students-centered. We are wondering how to combine the traditional professional skills and competencies with soft and transferable skills and to focus more on multidisciplinary studies and internationalization of the study environment