economic adviser to the States of Jersey, the OECD and a number of other public, private and third sector organisations. Terra has provided 33 recommendations for Jersey to enact, covering our business environment, our access to money, our talent, and even education policies. Coordinating the next stage of this work has required the coming together of no less than ten departments and agencies, and we will be publishing a detailed action plan before the end of 2015.
Building on this, my team has also been working to ensure that firms in Jersey will be able to do business more effectively. The shift towards focusing efforts to making markets work better is recognised by policy-makers around the world. Ensuring open markets with a low barrier to entry leads to effective competition between companies and better deals for consumers. In the last decade there have been important lessons and developments in regulatory and competition policy in both small and larger jurisdictions around the world. I am absolutely determined to ensure that our laws, policies and arrangements are the best that they can be. This is designed to keep our markets working in the interests of consumers and Jersey as a whole. This also has an important role in supporting jobs and growth and keeping inflation low. It is for this reason that my team has just had published a detailed independent review of the competition framework in Jersey. The purpose of this framework was to promote competition in the supply of goods and services in Jersey for the benefit of Islanders and to improve competitiveness. Now and into future, the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority has a continuing important role to play in properly regulating markets and taking action against abusive
practices which contravene the Competition Law. But as well as looking at new industries created by technology and innovations enabled by a strong business environment, I am also determined to see the digitalisation of our schools. Because even though connected devices and apps are now everywhere in our lives, most of them are not any older than our youngest students. We need to actively encourage innovative practices in our schools and ensure that all young people in Jersey have access to high-quality digital learning opportunities. I am pleased to see that Digital Jersey is working on a number of digital roadshows in schools this year. One such initiative is the Digital Jersey partnership with Grainville School, which has launched a youth entrepreneur programme. Students have received training from business leaders, as well as opportunities to apply those skills in real- life business environments. There are also other fantastic initiatives available for those who have left school to continue their education. Digital Jersey Coding Programme is a great example of this, providing a six-month vocational programme for anyone wanting to become a trainee programmer once they have finished full-time education.
The emergence of the digital revolution will continue to disrupt the way we learn and the way we work. We must not hide from the reality that it has both the capacity to erode existing jobs, as well as create new ones. By building our digital skills and trying out new technologies we can bolster what has already been achieved, signpost Jersey as a world- leading location for innovation and innovative tech firms, and ensure that Jersey will still have a place in the global economy in years to come.
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