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ECDL - Computer Skills For LifeECDL - Computer Skills For Life
The ECDL certifies that the holder has knowledge of the essential concepts of IT and is able to use a personal computer and common computer applications at a recognised level of competence.
What is ECDL? is ECDL?
Test of practical skills and competenciesECDL is a recognised standard for computer literacySingle agreed vendor independent / generic syllabusInternational Support - computer societies, international bodies, governmentsComputer society ethos
ECDL DevelopmentECDL Development
Finland - CDL
Employers, Unions, Govt, Education
Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) Task Force
European Commission - ESPRIT
Pilot Tests - April 1996
ECDL - August 1996
ECDL Foundation - January 1997
The ECDL history
A not-for-profit global governing body of the world’s leading
computer skills certification programme
Members - computer societies in Europe
Established in January 1997 by CEPIS (Council of European Professional Informatics Societies)
ECDL FoundationECDL Foundation
Overview
Help raise the general level of computer skills in society
Establish a global benchmark for core computer skills competency and ICT knowledge
Raise the level of ICT skills in the workplace
Provide an essential qualification that allows all people to participate in the Information Society
Be an inclusive programme, “Open to everyone”
The Mission
ECDL FoundationECDL Foundation
ΤΤhe ECDL-F Validation Processhe ECDL-F Validation Process
CEPIS (250,000 IT Professionals)
National Computing Societies
Practicing Computing Professionals
National Operators
Test Centres / Courseware & Test Providers
Subject Matter Experts (SME’s)
Specialist Expert Groups
ECDL Candidates
Levels of Input
The ECDL Programme MapThe ECDL Programme Map
Levels of Levels of Certification Certification
Community Snapshot
Success & DevelopmentSuccess & Development
138 Countries
36 Languages
4,780,000 Candidates
+ 18,000,000 Tests
20,000 Test Centres
Multiple Products– Entry Level– Core V4.0– Advanced– Specialised
1% of EUROPEAN CITIZENS ARE ECDL CANDIDATES (Eurobarometer)
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SKILLS CARDS WORLD-WIDE
Source: ECDL Foundation
Registrations to DateRegistrations to Date
Growth Snapshot
ECDL - an Inclusive ECDL - an Inclusive ProgrammeProgramme
Specific design to ensure equal and fair access
for all people
Regardless of gender, ethnicity, physical
ability, age or speciality area the ECDL
certificate represents the same recognised
standard for the whole community
Not for profit, commitment to raising skills,
disability issues
Open to Everyone
Inclusiveness: ECDL for People with Disabilities - EU Project with partners in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Norway
UNHCR - Global Catalyst Foundation project in Mtabila Refugee Camp, Tanzania
Ramallah Refugee Camp - UNESCO test centre
Zimbabwe - WorLD Links for Development Project
Chile Califica Program
Tristan da Cunha
Kabul, Sarajevo, Tsula
Social Ethos
ECDL - an Inclusive ECDL - an Inclusive ProgrammeProgramme
EU Activities
DG EMPLOY, INFOSOC, EAC, ENTERPRISEe-LIG e-Learning Industry GroupCEDEFOPe-Skills Forum Copenhagen Oct ’02, Thessalonica Sept ‘04e-Skills Consortium Industry associationERIS@ European Regional Information Society AssociationEASK European Association for Skills & KnowledgeEIF European Internet FoundationCEPIS
Promoting Digital Literacy
International RecognitionInternational Recognition
The only computer skills certification program adopted and
recognized by:
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
European Commission initiatives: ESDIS Committee Oct ‘02 recommended that ECDL“be accepted as a Europe-wide basic IT accreditation scheme”
500 Employees participate in ECDL pilot project
UNESCO
ICDL program in Arab States delivered through UNESCO Cairo Office.
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
April 2003: UNDP enrolled 5,000 staff members in 131 countries in the ICDL program.
Organizations all over the world
Significant Examples
In Great Britain: Mapped into the National Qualifications FrameworkBasic IT standard for the 1.300.000 million employees of the National Health Service Endorsed by the biggest Boroughs and MunicipalitiesPartly-funded through the government incentive “Individual Learning Account”
In Italy:Ministries of Labor / Education and the Headmasters Organization of Italian Universities have signed agreement for the universal recognition of ECDL
572.000 young people, under 18, receive compensation for the purchase of PC, provided they acquire ECDL
>500 public schools are ECDL Test Centres
Ministry of Defense approved ECDL for the certification of army, navy and air force recruits
International RecognitionInternational Recognition
In Ireland:Ministries of Defense and Agriculture have taken up ECDL for their staff 300 public schools are ECDL Test Centres12% of labor force possess ECDL Mapped into the National Qualifications FrameworkAccording to the Irish Government, ECDL has contributed significantly in the rise of the country as one of the leading European nations in “digital economy”
In Austria: Additional vocational qualification for employment in the public sector Provided free of charge to the personnel of the Ministry of Defense and army, navy and air force recruits & officersSupported by the Ministry of Education, Culture & Science and included in the “e-Education” action plan of the “e-Fit” initiative
International RecognitionInternational Recognition
Significant Examples
International RecognitionInternational Recognition
In Latvia: 50% of IT teachers have become ECDL certified. Requirement for graduation from secondary school
In Lithuania:Resolution “On the Approval of Training Strategy for Civil Servants for 2002–2006” states that priority objective of the civil servants’ training shall be the acquisition of basic IT skills according to ECDL standard
In Hungary:Teachers & civil servants can study free or at a low cost for ECDL certificationFinal-year secondary school students may have ECDL fees reimbursed
In Moldova:All civil servants and graduates of secondary and tertiary education need to acquire ECDL, according to the National Strategy for the Information Society (2005-2010)
Significant Examples
The Universities & Colleges Information Systems Association of Great Britain is ECDL Test Centre and promotes the programme to universities
Several British universities adopted ECDL for their staff & students (ie University of London, Oxford University, University of Warwick, London School of Economics)
British Universities like the Metropolitan University, University of Hall, Anglia Polytechnic University, University of Glamorgan, Coventry University, University of Teesside, University of Wales Bangor, have incorporated ECDL in their IT curricula and provide “academic credits” for its acquisition
In Italy ECDL is compulsory for the majority of 1st-year students
In Turkey, students of the universities Ege, Afyon Kocatepe, Cankaya, Maltepe and Isik who acquire ECDL do not have to attend the module for the basic ICT skills
In Greece the University of Macedonia and Aegean University are ECDL Test Centres
For Academic Community
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Irish Life Insurance
Delta Corp. DHL IBM Rank Xerox Renault
Ricoh Volvo DTS IVW A.S Insurance Procter & Gamble
IKEA
Unibank Citibank Dunlop KPMG Bank of Ireland
Exxon
HSBC TetraPak Laiki Bank Scottish Power Ericsson LM
Credit Lyonnais 3M SAS Bank of England Dated Sharp
TSB Rolls Royce Bank of Cyprus Eurolife Insurance
Banque of France
Fujitsu Siemens
Philips Allied Irish Bank
Ernst & Young Levi's Motorola Shell
HF Electrolux Lever SEB Belgacom Gateway
Motor Vehicle Siemens Belgian Bankers Association
General Electric Nokia Siemens
Business Services
BG Bank Generali Insurance Nortel Siemens-Nixdorf
BMW
Guiness Northern Telecom
South African Bank Reserve
BNP Factor Hansa
AB Stockholm Opel Statoil Boston City Campus
Hellenic Bank Parisian Bank
Telenor Henkel Pfizer
For Business Community
ECDL in GreeceECDL in Greece
Organizations of the wider public sector are ECDL Test Centres (Public Power Corporation, Greek Aviation Company, Universities, Boroughs and Municipalities etc)
ECDL has been the first choice of Vocational Training Centres (KEK) in the 1st phase of the Information Society project “Training in Basic IT Skills” that has been partly-funded by the EU and the Ministry of Labor
ECDL is mentioned as required or additional qualification of basic IT skills in a variety of officially publicized job vacancies in the public division
The Hellenic Navy has created “ECDL Schools” for the provision of IT training up to the ECDL standard to sergeants, officers and recruits
Recognition by Public Sector
1,2% of GREEK CITIZENS ARE ECDL CANDIDATES (Eurobarometer)
ECDL
…Gateway to the Information
Society
…Gateway to e-
Europe
David Carpenter
Chief Executive Officer
The European Computer Driving Licence Foundation Ltd.
Third Floor, Portview House, Thorncastle Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Phone: ++ 353 1 6306000, Fax: ++ 353 1 6306001
E-mail: [email protected]
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