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advancements, and urban ¾ Skillsets related to protection Up skilling:
planning with an overarching and restoration of urban
objective of improving the infrastructure such as ¾ Offer online courses,
quality of life of citizens. healthcare facilities, water workshops, and certification
and sanitation systems, and programmes for urban
¾ In order to ensure the power grids holds pivotal professionals
good quality of life, it importance. ¾ Provide mentorship
is important to develop opportunities and networking
multidisciplinary skillsets 3. Strategies to Foster Skill events
amongst the workforce which Development Efforts in
combine medical/ clinical Alignment with Urban ¾ Encourage interdisciplinary
knowledge coupled with data Development learning and knowledge
management and technology sharing across sectors
integration. Development and a) Educational Initiatives:
management of telemedicine ¾ Integrate urban planning, d) International
platforms and patient sustainability, and Collaboration:
portfolios, usage of remote community development ¾ Participate in global urban
diagnostic devices can prove into school curriculum development networks and
to be the required skillsets conferences
to enhance accessibility of ¾ Offer vocational training
telemedicine. in trades like construction, ¾ Engage in international
energy efficiency, and green capacity-building programs
e) Resilience, Crisis infrastructure and training initiatives
Management, and Climate
Adaptation: ¾ Provide technical training ¾ Collaborate with foreign
in urban-focused fields like universities and research
¾ Smart urban areas transportation management, institutions on urban-focused
demonstrate adequately public health, and research projects
preparedness to fight against environmental science
natural and man-made b) P u b lic -P rivate 4. Future of Work and its
hazards ensuring the safety of Partnerships: Impact on the Development
urban citizens. This requires of Urban Areas
necessary skills in emergency ¾ Collaborate with private Urbanisation and future of work
response planning, sector companies to develop are closely intertwined concepts,
assessment of risks, analysis training programmes in each having significant impact
of vulnerabilities, post- emerging technologies on one another. On one hand,
disaster needs assessments, the growth of urban areas shape
and disaster risk reduction. ¾ Partner with educational the future of employment and on
institutions to create the other hand, changes in future
¾ A sound knowledge of customised training of work significantly impact
Incident command System initiatives the growth and development
(ICS) is a mandatory skill ¾ Leverage government of urban areas. In this section,
to mitigate the adverse funding and resources the focus is entirely on the latter
effects of disasters through to support workforce interlink age. The future of work
clear emergency response development programmes is set to transform the way cities
operations, emergency are designed, managed, and
rehabilitation camps etc. c) Continuous Learning and inhabited. With the advent of

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