CEN Workshop on ICT-Skills

The ICT Skills Workshop has been operational since early 2003.

From its inception the Workshop has contributed to the long-term e-Skills agenda of the European Commission (EC). Information on the EC's e-Skills policy initiatives is available from the DG ENTR e-Skills web pages.

ICT Skills workshop aims to address e-Skills shortages, gaps and mismatches as well as a persistent digital divide that affects productivity growth, competitiveness, innovation, employment and social cohesion in Europe. This workshop brings together relevant stakeholders from industry, human resources, academia and IT associations.

As ICT is developing rapidly, e-Skills are increasingly becoming important and need to be constantly updated. In addition, the development of e-business is increasing in demand for individuals with creativity, innovation and higher-level conceptual skills. 

 
The various CWAs produced by this Workshop can be downloaded here.

Workshop status

CEN ICT Skills Workshop has the following ongoing projects:

• Towards e-Job Profiles
• Euro-Mediterranean Repository of Digital and ICT Professions -(EUROMED Phase 1)
• End User eCompetence Framework- Phase 2

Workshop and project meetings

• ICT Skills Workshop Plenary meeting, Brussels, 12 December 2011
• European e-Skills Conference, Brussels-European Commission, 13 December 2011

 A European e-Competence Framework, a reference document of 36 ICT competences, has been developed in the framework of this workshop. More information is available on the web site of the project.

Video: eSkills for Europe (web page about European Commission webcast)

Contact Points

Workshop Chair
Dudley Dolan
CEPIS

Workshop Secretary
Philippe Magnabosco
AFNOR