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eSkills & Work, General

empirica study revealed: e-Skills gap and digital vacancies to increase: Potential for more than half a million unfilled new jobs for ICT practitioners by 2015 in Europe

01 April 2014: In Europe the demand for ICT practitioners, with growth of around 4% a year is outstripping supply resulting in a shortage of 509,000 jobs in 2015 compared …

eSkills & Work, General

Article: Developing e-Leaders: The Why, What and How

What e-Leadership skills are needed? What skills are needed? From my experience running major business IT transformations as a European CIO and directing e-Leadership education programmes, the big challenge is …

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Overcoming care silos – INDEPENDENT project ends successfully

Today, care services are often delivered independently. This can lead to inefficiencies, duplication of resources, and potentially to reduced levels of quality of care. Older people are particularly affected by …

eSkills & Work, General

What Are the e-Leadership Skills that SMEs Need?

The first results of the project are available in a report which investigates e-leadership metrics, higher education offers, and national policies and initiatives in this field. Comments and suggestions for …

eSkills & Work, General

ICT Professionalism: Proposal for a pan-European Foundational ICT Body of Knowledge

The European Commission launched this new initiative on e-Skills and ICT Professionalism as part of the EU e-Skills strategy and with a view to support the development of a pan-European …

eSkills & Work, General

2015 Erasmus+ Call and Programme Guide

The Erasmus+ programme aims to boost skills and employability, as well as modernising Education, Training, and Youth work. The seven year programme will have a budget of 14.7 billion; a …

eSkills & Work, General

Key Enabling Technologies Skills Initiative: Vision and Sectoral Pilot on Skills for Key Enabling Technologies

The work is coordinated by Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission. The activities within the initiative are carried out by PwC EU Services, and particularly the …

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First e-Competence Quality Label Awarded by EXIN to LPI

In attaining the e-Skills Quality Label designation, the Linux Professional Institute has proven that their certifications successfully map to the e-Competence Framework. “The European e-Competence Framework is a critical initiative …

eSkills & Work, General

First e-Competence Quality Label Awarded by EXIN to LPI

In attaining the e-Skills Quality Label designation, the Linux Professional Institute has proven that their certifications successfully map to the e-Competence Framework. “The European e-Competence Framework is a critical initiative …

eSkills & Work, General

What is the Impact of Globalisation on e-Skills?

E-leadership skills have been identified as one of the top skills that are most likely to remain ‘onshore’, while coding and app building are among the ICT skills most likely …

eSkills & Work, General

Ninth e-Leadership Cluster Event in Paris: France on its way to delivering skills for transforming the economy

CIGREF has been working on the topic of competence frameworks and development already since 1991 contributed to the development of the e-Competence Framework and just published the 2014 edition of …

eSkills & Work, General

Eighth e-Leadership Cluster Event in Aarhus: Views from Denmark and the Nordic countries on new skills for business development and ICT in innovation

By stating that technology itself does not disrupt: it is the use and management of technology that is disrupting – he underlined the importance of an education ecosystem with strong …