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Since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, digital transformation has become a crucial tool in several aspects of life. Experts and scientists agree that digitalization is the essential key for all governments to implement sustainable development in both developed and developing countries. For example, many African countries are focusing on improving their digital systems in order to meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Today, this Agenda represents United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to improve the lives of billions. In the last few years, Algeria has seriously taken up the issue of digital transformation to achieve sustainable development. This research paper discusses the concept of sustainable development in Algeria and how digital transformation can contribute to reaching sustainable development. It also illustrates different aspects of sustainable development that can be impacted by the digitalization process. The paper demonstrates the efforts deployed by the Algerian government in terms of digitalization to reach sustainable development. The other objective of this study is to highlight the different challenges faced by the Algerian government during the digital revolution. To do this study, the researcher adopts a descriptive analytical method. In addition, data was gathered from various research sources (national and international literature), reports, documents, and websites in order to make a comprehensive assessment of Algeria's efforts to reach sustainable development via digitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects, not only on public health but also on the global economy, social interactions, and daily life. It has highlighted the importance of global cooperation and the need for more investment in public health and emergency preparedness. The pandemic also exposed weaknesses in many countries' educational management systems; it has forced many higher education institutions to adopt new teaching and learning methods to minimize the risk of transmission. This resulted in the need for comparative studies to evaluate the effectiveness of different pedagogical responses and to find common ground on the most effective practices and responses that would help higher education institutions better prepare for similar challenges in the future. The present study provides a comparative study and outcomes through a record of the pedagogical responses by higher education authorities in two completely different contexts (Algeria and the UK). The authors of the paper adopted a desktop analysis approach through valid and first-hand reliable sources like government and university official releases. This research methodology would involve a systematic and rigorous approach to data collection and analysis to ensure the reliability and validity of the research findings. Through coding and thematic analysis of the collected data, the researchers concluded that the efficiency of the responses and decisions adopted by higher education institutions varied depending on a range of factors such as the institution's resources, infrastructure, and student population. However, the pandemic highlighted the need for agile and serious responses to ensure the safety and well-being of students and the campus community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is an attempt to understand and overcome the peculiarity of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), described as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Covid-19 is spreading around the world, and particularly in Algeria, which announced the identification of the first case on the 26 February 2020. The number of confirmed cases is increasing day by day. Currently, we experience the spread of the word "resilience" in most diverse research areas and policy fields of modern society. Social resilience is the capacity of a social entity to proactively adapt to and recover from disturbances that are perceived within the social entity to fall outside the range of normal; this includes expected and unexpected disturbances. The main objective of this study is to contribute towards connecting the socio-economic vectors of this pandemic, and to integrate them into the GIS (Geographic Information System), in order to analyze the level of social resilience in Algeria. The analysis adopted the method known as the Hierarchical multi-criteria analysis (AHP), which defines the relative importance of each characteristics. The findings of our research show that the factors of high unemployment and housing occupancy rates, high population density and the share of citizens aged over 60 directly influence the reduction in the level of social resilience to the novel coronavirus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]