Digital Upskilling for the Green Economy: Empowering Rural Labor Forces in Sustainable Local Development Planning

Abstract

The global transition toward a green economy demands significant adaptation from rural labor forces, who frequently encounter barriers such as technological vulnerability and limited access to professional training. This community development initiative aims to implement a digital upskilling program specifically tailored to support sustainable local development planning in rural areas. Employing a comprehensive approach that integrates an AI-driven experiential learning model, technical geographic information systems (GIS) training, and collaborative green project formulation, this intervention engaged local government officials, community leaders, and rural youth groups. Systematic evaluation demonstrates a profound competency leap among participants, marked by a substantial increase in technical planning proficiencies and automated analytical capabilities. Crucially, the deployment of structured digital scaffolding effectively minimized cognitive bottlenecks during complex sustainability modeling. By contextualizing digital transformation within local agro-ecological frameworks, this program establishes a highly replicable framework for regional labor resilience, successfully mitigating rural marginalization and ensuring long-term institutional capacity in the green automation era.