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* EU TASK FORCE REFERS TO ECDL AS "ICT SKILLS TOOL"
PRESS RELEASE
Date: 9 January 2002
Status: IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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EU TASK FORCE REFERS TO ECDL AS "ICT SKILLS TOOL"
The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) has been refered to as a tool for developing ICT skills and definitions in a recent report by the EU High Level Task Force for Skills and Mobility.
Set up by the European Commission at the Stockholm Council Meeting in
June 2001, one of the key reporting areas of the Task Force was in
relation to the development of a knowledge based EU workforce and
society, facilitated through ensuring that all citizens acquire a
range of essential skills.
Amongst the recommendations of the Task Force report was that Member
States should ensure that all citizens acquire skills in the areas of
literacy, numeracy, social competencies and information technology -
with a focus on ICT skills, through tools such as the European
Computer Driving Licence.
It also recommended that the EU should develop ICT skills definitions
based on tools such as the European Computer Driving Licence to make
them transparent and available within and between Member States, to be
backed up by EU-wide standards and validation and accreditation and
recognition schemes for ICT and e-business skills, with Member States
being expected to comply with such standards.
This latest EU report further underscores the standing and recognition
of the European Computer Driving Licence by European Governments as
one of the significant contributing factors in creating a better
skilled and adaptable workforce through ICT literacy and
certification. Application of ECDL in conjunction with the development
of broader ICT and e-business skills is intended to provide greater
occupational and geographic mobility and adaptability for the
effective functioning of the increasingly knowledge based European
labour markets. It is also expected to result in opportunities for
groups under-represented in the labour markets to achieve information
society literacy and in doing so, increased prospects for
employability.
The development of a knowledge based economy is a fundamental
determinant of competitiveness and growth in the global market. ECDL
is widely regarded as a key programme in ensuring the continuation of
this development by providing a recognised essential ICT skills
learning and certification framework to meet the growing demand of the
European e-Society.
ENDS
For further information, please contact;
Neven Senek
Marketing Manager
ECDL Foundation Ltd
107 The Windmill
Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Tel: +353 1 679 2847
Fax: +353 1 679 2920
e-mail: neven.senek@ecdl.com
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