KUCHING: A team of 15 IBM Corporate Service Corps (CSC) consultants were assigned to deliver pro bono consultation with four state agencies as the state embarks on its digital transformation plan.
The team divided itself into groups to assist four agencies, the Sarawak Skills Development Centre (PPKS), State Library, Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC), and Kuching North City Commission (DBKU).
According to Minister for Education, Science, and Technological Research, Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, the arrival of the consultants from IBM was timely.
“I would like to thank IBM for applying their expertise and international experience to create recommendations specific to a digital transformation journey that is suitable to the local context and needs of the people in Sarawak,” he said.
He said this during the closing ceremony of the ‘IBM CSC Malaysia 10’ at LCDA Tower, The Isthmus here yesterday.
For PPKS, the team developed a data-driven strategy to encourage youths in rural areas to pursue Technical Education and Vocational Training (TVET) to obtain the much-needed skills to participate in the state’s digital economy.
The team assigned to the State Library devised an action plan for them to use data analytics to better understand and engage with current and potential library users in order to improve literacy and the use and delivery of the library’s services.
As for SBC, the team had outlined a roadmap to improve on the management of traditional biodiversity knowledge using analytics to quicken the discovery of medicinal uses and benefits of plants.
Meanwhile, for DBKU, they constructed an action plan to develop a digital platform that would engage the community to better collaborate and participate in preventing crime.
“Indeed, these projects are very beneficial and a case for using technology for good,” said Manyin, adding that DBKU’s project to create a digital platform that would engage the community towards reducing crime was an innovative idea.
The minister further elaborated that with the strategies and action plans developed, he was confident that the four agencies would have a fast start in transforming their organisations.
With these transformations, they could take advantage of the opportunity that digital transformation presents and to better serve and impact their beneficiaries.
“It is my hope that the four organisations will begin to implement the action plans and strategies that have been designed specifically for them.
“I understand that the IBM team has made short and longer term recommendations for these organisations and I would like to urge them to start executing these immediately,” he said.
Among those present were Managing Director for IBM Malaysia, Chong Chye Neo and IBM’s Lead, Corporate Citizenship for Asia Pacific and Greater China Group, David Raper.
