Digital Transformation Center
Digital Transformation Centers are venues where digital skills, from basic, and intermediate to advanced, will be developed and acquired, in order to ensure that Filipinos have the digital skills needed to participate in the digital economy.
There are five DTC levels:
Level 1 DTCs are partner-managed Tech4ED Centers that the DICT has assessed to have met the requirements needed to be upgraded into a Digital Community Centers. By upgrading the existing Centers, the DICT will be leveraging the Tech4ED Center network and be able to provide higher-level trainings to Filipinos in the countryside.
Level 2 DTCs will be established in DICT-owned facilities and will be able to provide access to basic online training via livestream or through the Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs.
Level 3 DTCs have an area where ICT training can be conducted. It shall have two to three training spaces. The DTC shall have Internet Connection and video conferencing equipment in order to allow those inside the training area to participate in basic, intermediate, advanced, and complex ICT skills/literacy training held remotely. It shall also have co-working spaces that will support local MSMEs and start-ups.
Level 4 DTCs are Innovation Hubs and will provide necessary capacity-development support for ICT innovation (e.g., training in technopreneurship, emerging/transformative technologies), laboratories, and co-working spaces. This space shall have an Internet Connection and video conferencing equipment in order to allow those inside the training area to participate in basic, intermediate, advanced, and complex ICT skills/literacy training held remotely.
Level 5 DTCs are Innovation Hubs that also house Data Centers that will provide not only a venue for ICT skills training, practice and knowledge generation, but also have Tier 4-compliant data centers that are able to provide colocation and managed network services to government units and agencies in surrounding areas.
