Vocational Training Initiative aims to create more partnerships with the public and private sectors to develop digital content

The Saudi Center for ‎Government Communication at the Ministry of Media recently announced the start of the Vocational Training Initiative, one of the initiatives of the ‎Ignite‎ digital content program, in the second half of 2023, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

According to Dr. Abdullah Al-Maghlouth, undersecretary of the Ministry of Media for Communication,‎ ‎‎the initiative aims to propel the Kingdom to global leadership in the digital content sector by 2030.

It aims to create more partnerships with the public and private sectors to develop digital content in several tracks, most importantly digital video, audio, games and advertisements.

Candidates will have to pass through three stages of nomination determined by specialists in the field, as well as partner companies in the initiative. ‏

The ‎Ignite‎ program was launched to produce digital content, attract new investments and support the next generation of communications infrastructure. The program is a part of the Kingdom’s plan to boost its digital content and become a leading digital media and audio and visual content production hub.

The CGC’s primary mission is to enhance government communications tools and achieve integration between them within the Ministry of Media’s strategy to improve the capabilities of those working in media.