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Candidates for Election to the Board of Directors of CEPIS

57th Council Meeting Amsterdam, 25 November 2016

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Contents

1. Election Overview .................................................................................................. 3

1.1 Positions .......................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Special Transitional Measures ......................................................................... 3 1.3 Relevant Extract from the Constitution ............................................................. 3 1.4 Relevant Extract from CEPIS Standing Orders ................................................ 4

2. Candidates for Members of the Board ................................................................. 6

2.1 Brady, Declan .................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Dukic, Djordje .................................................................................................. 8 2.3 Erkul, Erdem .................................................................................................. 10 2.4 Fernández, Luis ............................................................................................. 13 2.5 Ftáčnik, Milan ................................................................................................. 15 2.6 McLaughlin, Robert ........................................................................................ 17 2.7 Timmermans, Jos .......................................................................................... 19 2.8 Schgör, Paolo ................................................................................................ 21

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1. Election Overview

1.1 Positions

The positions of 6 members of the board are vacant as of November 25th 2016.

1.2 Special Transitional Measures

The April Council meeting agreed to the following transitional measures to implement a cycle where Directors retire every two years. Since all six current directors are retiring in November, the proposal approved at the 56th Council is to transition to the new model as smoothly, fairly and quickly as possible. The 2 candidates who receive the highest votes in November will serve a 3-year term, the 2 candidates who receive the next highest number of votes will each serve a 2-year term and the two members with the next highest votes will serve a 1-year term. This ensures that in one election we have implemented the desired cycle of elections in a fair and transparent manner that ensures the candidate with the most support from Council has the 3-year term.

1.3 Relevant Extract from the Constitution

Constitution 4.2.3 Election The members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed from the company of full members by the Council. Each member of the Board of Directors shall hold his seat for three years in accordance with the retirement schedule and can be re-elected once for a subsequent period of three years. A resigned member of the Board of Directors who served two subsequent periods can be re-elected again at least one year after his retirement. Each year two members of the Board of Directors will retire in accordance with the retirement schedule. Election of the ordinary members of the Board of Directors will take place at Autumn Council. All full members will vote for the number of candidates for which there is a vacancy. The members will select two candidates from the list of eligible candidates and the two candidates with the highest total vote will be elected.

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Election of the President will take place at Spring Council. The newly elected President will start his first term as of the Autumn Council. The retiring President will serve until the Autumn Council of the relevant year of his retirement. If a member of the Board of Directors fails to complete his three-year term Council shall elect (at a meeting) a successor, said appointee to serve the balance of the original term plus the following term, to be considered an initial term.

A member of the Board of Directors may at all times be dismissed or suspended by the Council by a majority vote.

1.4 Relevant Extract from CEPIS Standing Orders

3. Elections

3.1 Nomination 3.1.1 At least three months prior to an election, the Board of Directors shall invite each Full Member to propose as many candidates as there are vacancies. Such proposals must be forwarded to the Secretariat in writing no later than two months before the election. The invitation to nominate candidates for election will be accompanied by the criteria for each office for which there is a vacancy. 3.1.1.1 Those candidates who have been proposed by at least four Full Members, are asked by the Board of Directors to provide written confirmation that they will be a representative of their country’s Full Member at the time of election and are willing to serve as a CEPIS Board Member, if so elected, and to submit a short biography, a written statement of their expected contribution to CEPIS, and a photograph. 3.1.1.2 Candidates for whom such confirmation has been received no later than one month before the election are announced by mail from the Secretariat to all Full Members as Nominated Candidates. 3.1.2 If insufficient nominations have been received for any position, at the discretion of Council, Members actually present at a Council shall have the right to propose candidates from the floor. New candidates proposed from the floor during the election session must be endorsed in writing by at least four Full Members, including agreement of the candidate and a statement of their expected contribution to CEPIS, to be announced as Nominated Candidates. 3.2 Election 3.2.1 The voting shall be conducted by secret ballot for each member of the Board of Directors, even when the number of Nominated Candidates equals the number of vacancies (n). 3.2.2 For each ballot the number of votes for each candidate is counted and the candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. If it is not possible to separate n candidates from others because some candidates have an equal number

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of votes there shall be another ballot, appropriately structured, in which these candidates are the only candidates. The results will be formally declared. 3.2.3 In the case where the number of Nominated Candidates is equal to the number of vacancies, Council can agree to elect candidates by acclamation. If Council agrees to hold a ballot, any candidate receiving fewer than 50% of the valid votes cast will be eliminated from the process. A further election will he held to fill the position(s) remaining vacant, even if such election has to be postponed to a subsequent meeting. Until then it is the responsibility of the Board of Directors to perform the duties allocated to the position(s) remaining vacant. 3.3 Criteria for Candidates for Office 3.3.1 Candidates must conform with the rules as set out in the CEPIS Constitution. 3.3.2 As a necessity, Candidates should have sufficient time to devote to CEPIS and the work between meetings as well as attendance at meetings. 3.3.3 It is strongly recommended that candidates should also have:

Links with their national policy makers.

Contact with the Commission of the European Union.

3.3.4 Financial support is desirable, for participation at meetings. 3.3.5 Wherever possible a good geographic spread should be represented on the Board of Directors.

3.3.6 The CEPIS Board of Directors Responsibilities and Expectations are outlined in Annex II of these Standing Orders. 3.4 Rules concerning Candidates 3.4.1 Candidates must have the support of their national society, whose membership has not been suspended at that time. (If membership fees are not paid on time the Board of Directors may suspend the member involved until payment is made. While suspended the member involved shall not be allowed to exercise its membership rights). 3.4.2 The members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed from full members by the Council. Each full member is entitled to put forward one or more candidates for appointment as a member of the Board of Directors. Such a candidature is not binding. Each member of the Board of Directors shall hold his seat for three years and can be re-elected once. A resigned member of the Board of Directors who served two subsequent periods can be re-elected again at least one year after his retirement. Within an interval of less than five years no two persons from one and the same country shall be appointed President.

3.4.3 Only full members shall have the vote. Each full member shall have one vote, which may be cast through one of its delegates, unless the full member has duly appointed a proxy to exercise its vote.

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2. Candidates for Members of the Board

2.1 Brady, Declan

2.1.1 Confirmation of Candidacy

I, Declan Brady, am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of Member of the Board for the election to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.

2.1.2 Biography and Professional History

I graduated in Computer Science from DIT in 1986 and later obtained MSc’s in Computer Applications (from DCU), and more recently an in IT Management (from NUIM). My career of some 30 years in ICT has included roles with ICL, Ingres, Computer Associates, Hoskyns and Fujitsu, where I became a Distinguished Engineer. I am currently Principal Consultant with SQS, specialising in in Quality and Capability Improvement. I have served on the CEPIS Board (formerly Execom) since 2003, most recently as Honorary Secretary. During this time I was instrumental in establishing our facilities in Brussels, and in enabling our successful working arrangement with ECDL Foundation. I was initiator and chair of the Professionalism Task Force, which has steered CEPIS’ strategy and raised its profile throughout Europe and beyond, through EU projects, conferences and establishing links with other bodies. I am currently the President of the Irish Computer Society, and serve as honorary Treasurer to IFIP. I live in a country town northwest of Dublin in Ireland, at the gateway to the Boyne Valley (where all of Irish History can be seen); there I enjoy life, home improvement, leading the local Scout Group, and being parent to two children (now young adults!) with my wife Maria.

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2.1.3 Objectives in CEPIS

CEPIS gives great value to its member societies; it provides thought leadership through its thematic areas and SINs; it provides insight through its research projects; the sharing and discussion of ideas has provided member societies with new approaches; CEPIS has made the IT Profession centre stage as a topic in the European Commission. In the last several years, CEPIS has created a significant presence at the heart of Europe, and obtained a stature which benefits all its members. Nevertheless, I believe that much of CEPIS’ potential remains untapped. As a member of the Board, I have sought, and will continue to seek, ways of leveraging CEPIS’ potential to add value to individual member societies. Of considerable and continued importance to me is to be able to maintain the momentum which CEPIS has built up in IT Professionalism. My objectives in CEPIS are:

To drive CEPIS to continue to put effort into ensuring that the success that CEPIS has become will continue to grow to the benefit of member societies.

To increase and promote the degree to which CEPIS has become a consultative body on the ICT profession.

To find and leverage ways that creates added value in CEPIS for its member societies and their members in turn.

To extend and enhance CEPIS’ relationship with other bodies.

To continue to ensure the sustainability of CEPIS as a voice for its members.

To raise the visibility and profile of CEPIS to the benefit of its members.

To enlarge the number of cooperative efforts that CEPIS supports as an inter-societal body.

To seek ways to ensure that CEPIS has representation from throughout Europe. I shall continue to represent and reinforce the views of all the member societies to the CEPIS Board, and continue to leverage the experience I have gained in the past years to the benefit of CEPIS and its members.

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2.2 Dukic, Djordje


I, Dukic Djordje am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of CEPIS Board Director for the election to be held in Amsterdam in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.


Born in Belgrade, Serbia, (1950). Educations: Global Economy and ICT - University of Belgrade Work Experience: - From 1988 as a member of the National Import Commission in the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce. - In 1989 founded own company Meridian in Belgrade, than companies in Macedonia, Hungary, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and finally in Slovenia. All those companies have been working in area of ICT, TV solutions, document management systems, service... - From 1993 becomes member of National Commission for main strategic investments in National Bank of Yugoslavia, becomes advisor to Governor and worked with many ministers and presidents of biggest domestic banks. - From 1994 founded JISA – Union of ICT Serbia and Montenegro together with all leaders of ICT companies, ICT associations, government and major ICT users. - From 2004 founded SEFICT – Southeast European Forum for ICT with ICT representatives of all ex-Yugoslavian country’s Chambers of Commerce - From 2008 becomes President of Central office for Business Communications and Marketing in European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry Brussels. - From 2011 becomes Professor at Carolus Magnus University in Brussels.

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If elected to the CEPIS Board of Directors I shall make every effort to support CEPIS goals and try to develop additional cooperation with others European institutions. All my activities will be connected with ICT - information and communication technology, and will help our Member Societies to find new market inside business activities connected with e-government, e-commerce and similar. As economists and businessman with good experience in leading own companies and professional organisations I am hopeful that my contribution in the CEPIS Board of Directors, can be successful and will bring the benefit to CEPIS and all members of our organization. Djordje Dukic JISA

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2.3 Erkul, Erdem


I, Dr. R. Erdem Erkul, am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of Member of the Board for the election to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.


R. Erdem Erkul is the External Affairs and Public Sector Country Director at Samsung and he is Vice President at Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) He started his academic career in Hacettepe University, Turkey. Department of Political Science and Public Administration in year 2003. He is an entrepreneur. In 2005 he established www.digitaldevlet.netweb site which is a web portal on e-government and informatics. He is also the editor of this web site. He started a new international e-government portal: www.digital-government.net In February 2008 R.Erdem Erkul who has publications & studies on e- government, web 2.0, New Public Administration, Informatics and Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Media also gives seminars... He received his doctoral degree from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration Erkul conducted research at National Center for Digital Government, (Which was established at Harvard University in 2002 in USA) with Prof. Jane Fountain as a Doctoral Reserach Fellow in 2008-2009 Academic Year. He studied at Massachusetts University about Public Policy, e-Government, Innovation in 2009.

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Erkul, Awarded a certificate of completion for the Innovation for Economic Development Program, June 2013, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Program. When he was Harvard, He studied Public Policy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. His research interests are implementation of digital government as a public policy. He is also interested in issues regarding mobile government (m-government) NGO's is very important during Erkul's life. He was Vice President and member of Executive Board of Turkish Informatics Association between 2011 and 2015. He consults many digital government and public policy activities and awards. Since January 2010, Representative of Turkish Informatics Association in Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) in Brussels. He is a member of European Commission Informatics Portal-Informal Expert Committee since April 2010. As of June 2012 he was also elected as a peer reviewer to European Journal of Epractice. He is a member of Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA). He managed and attended many social responsibility projects. He is member of Executive Board of Turkish Informatics Foundation. He is a Selection Committee Members of Young Innovators Competition of International Telecommunication Union Erkul played Basketball between 1990 and 2009 in amateur and national league. He worked as a Manager and Director Public Affairs & Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft Turkey between 2010 and 2013. Erkul was the Regional National Plan Manager at Microsoft Middle East & Africa Headquarters until August 2014. Erkul was selected top 50 ICT influencer by European Commission Digital Agenda Unit.


If I have the honour to be elected as Vice President of CEPIS, I shall endeavour through my experience, competence and influence to accomplish the following objectives:

Support member societies to collaborate more, benefit from CEPIS more, improve their local, regional and global impact through right partnerships and resources provided by CEPIS

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Support Digital Agenda for Europe Support Cepis with Social Media Strategic partnerships with public, private and non-governmental institutions in

local and regional levels Enhance programs enabling young people in ICT to be a part of CEPIS Raise the profile and promote the views of European informatics societies and

professionals, within the European Institutions Promote the development of the Information Society through digital literacy,

skills, education & research and professionalism To fully support member societies in their attempts to resolve major ICT issues at

local, national and European level To work systematically for the continuing success of a variety of CEPIS

initiatives, such as ECDL, and others To maintain the constructive relationship of CEPIS with the ECDL-F and

establish innovative ways for facing future challenges

I consider the role, values and mission of CEPIS as indispensable for the benefit of the ICT industry, the up skilling of all people involved and the formation of accommodating policies by central bodies. My experience, my current entrepreneurial and professional activities and my network in ICT industry allow me to dedicate substantial time, knowledge and determination for the achievement of CEPIS goals.

I would like to express my gratitude towards the Informatics Association of Turkey (IAT) for my nomination and thanks to Cepis Members for supporting my nomination.

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2.4 Fernández, Luis


I, Luis Fernández, am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of Member of the Board for the election to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.


Born in 1964, married, two sons, earned BSc+MSc in Informatics from UPM (1989) and Ph.D. in Informatics from UPV-EHU (1997) with extraordinary doctoral award. Assistant professor at UPM (1989-1996), senior lecturer, head of department, representative at national conference of IT Schools directors and director of IT degrees at UEM (1996-2008) and associate professor at UAH (from 2008). Member of executive committee (2007-2016) and vice-president (2011-2016) of ATI, chairman of SQ group (2000-2016) and editor of REICIS (www.ati.es/reicis) from 2005-2012 is now delegated of execom for ECDL. He is also expert in SREF Core Group on ICT services at ESCO (https://ec.europa.eu/esco) since 2013, representative of ATI at CEN Workshop on ICT skills and working with two projects referred to eCF and ESCO (www.ecfalliance.org y www.ekillsmatc.eu). Within CEPIS, he has been vicepresident of CEPIS from 2011 to 2013, chairman of SQSIN from 2009 and revived the R&D&I Task Force from 2012, promoting up to 4 proposals for EU Funding involving CEPIS member societies. Luis is now managing more than 7 EU-funded projects with an aprox. amount around 3 M€.


By adopting a really active role within executive committee beyond a just inertial attitude, the main goal is to act as catalyst of disruptive changes to assure that members societies are getting the maximum value of CEPIS in a wide range of

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aspects. With my experience in the Execom as vice-president, I want to promote important actions which benefit member societies aligned with the following points:

Promoting CEPIS endorsement for actions of member societies reinforcing both the presence of CEPIS across Europe as well as highlighting the international importance and affiliation of member societies.

Increasing collaboration with European R&D initiatives and academia (even seizing opportunities of funding and support from EU programs) to provide opportunities to member societies for being involved all types of interesting projects, from educational ones to transfer of innovation and collaborative schemes of research with industry (especially SME)

Promoting better understanding of IT profession and professionals not only along the ongoing actions of professionalism and Women in ICT but also promoting specific European-wide surveys and studies on profession topics (and the corresponding dissemination). My current participation in the core group of experts of the ESCO Review project of the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion may lead to clear benefits to CEPIS, ECDL Foundation and member societies as services and products like ECDL or eCompetence Benchmark would be benefited from it. New opportunities from cutting-edge projects like http://www.ecfalliance.org/ and , with connection to relevant EU actors like trade unions, industry (Exin, Digital Europe, Digital SME) and policy makers in several countries would lead to more advances in ICT professionalism through tools, models, accreditations, etc. My experience in 7 EU projects (some of them totally linked to professionalism, eCF, ESCO, tools, etc.) during these years would be a valuable asset for actions in CEPIS.

In general, after showing in my past activity as vice-president that the possibilities which CEPIS offers to networking and collaboration can reach even higher levels, I will pursue finding more synergistic opportunities which in the end contribute to the benefits of societies and their members and representatives.

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2.5 Ftáčnik, Milan


I, Milan Ftáčnik, am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of Member of the Board for the election to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe. Milan Ftáčnik, v.r.


Born: 30.10.1956 Status: Married, three children Contact: [email protected], +421905411922 Education: 1980 - Graduated in Computer Science on Faculty of Mathematics and

Physics of Comenius University in Bratislava 1987 – Finished PhD. studies on the same faculty 1989 – Awarded with the title Associate Professor

Work: 1986 – until now – teacher at Comenius University 1990 – 2002 – Member of Parliament 1998 – 2002 – Minister of Education 2006 – 2010 – Mayor of City District in Bratislava 2010 – 2014 – Mayor of Bratislava Milan Ftáčnik was born and all his life lives in Bratislava, now the capital of Slovakia. He started to study Computer Science at Comenius University in 1976 and his major was Image Processing. After graduation he started his PhD. studies oriented on theoretical problems of Computer Vision. He started to teach at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at Comenius University where he remained until now. He taught at the faculty also when he was active in politics. He worked as the Head of the Department of Computer Graphics and Computer Vision and later as the head of the Department of Applied Informatics. He worked in the area of image processing and computer vision. He is the co-author of the university textbook on Artificial Intelligence. When he served as the Minister of Education, he was responsible also for informatics in public administration. In 2015 he was elected as the president of Slovak Society for Computer Science. In this position he serves as the member of Government Advisory Board on digitalisation of Public Administration and Single Digital Market.

mailto:[email protected]

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I prepared the document about the extended vision of CEPIS as the base for discussion on the next CEPIS Council and afterwards in Member Societies. I proposed six priority areas around which CEPIS should organise its work in years 2017 - 2020: 1. Skills 2. ICT Professionalism 3. ICT Education and ICT in Education 4. Information society 5. Smart Industry 6. Members and partners I am ready to contribute to the priority area of skills, because I actively deal with ECDL in Slovakia and wider with e-skills in general. Because of my university background I am ready to contribute to priority area ICT Education and ICT in Education. I can also contribute to new priority area Information society, where all European countries are facing changes, and CEPIS can contribute to the area of digital services in public administration, smart cities, Open Data and many others. I can also be useful in the work with Member Societies and in establishing the partnership on European level to promote the CEPIS ideas and positions. My vision is that CEPIS is an active player on European level towards the European Commission and it´s initiatives and proposals and in the same time the space for exchange of views and best practice of Member Societies to help them operate effectively on the national level.

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2.6 McLaughlin, Robert


I, Robert McLaughlin am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of Member of the Board for the election to be held in Amsterdam in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.


My background covers academic, commercial, government and professional roles.

Academic. I was Head of Research, Development and Audit at the Computer Centre of Queens University of Belfast, an Honorary Lecturer to Master students in Computer Science and a Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster

Industry. I have set up and was a major shareholder, Chairman of the Board and a working director of seven small computer companies covering maths assessment, electronic voting, cultural heritage, a radio station and telecommunications. (in all there were a total of c. 400 employees)

Government. I spent 15 years as a government agent dispensing knowledge transfer funds to 200 university-company partnerships totalling approximately 70 million euro and monitoring their performance. My company and British Telecom formed the UK arm of the 1 billion euro STAR programme run by the Commission to bring Strategic Telecoms to the peripheral Regions.

Professional. I was a member of the council of the BCS for 30 years and its Vice President(1980_1983), President (1986), First Senior Trustee (2010).

I would hope to bring this personal experience, and as a representative of BCS, the society’s experience from the major investment in its evolving transformation programmes, to CEPIS.

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With fifty years involvement in the various committees of the BCS, I have participated in its many different structures and governance arrangements. As Vice-President for three years I was responsible for the 44 branches of the society from small widespread branches in the North of Scotland and Ireland to the large branches in central London covering a spread of industries and cultures.

The new direction for CEPIs outlined at the last Council meeting is very similar to the change which the BCS has recently undertaken - to involve and influence companies more effectively in professionalism. I would hope to bring this experience as CEPIS evolves to take on the challenges facing professionalism. .

We need to ensure that the young students of today are aware of the exciting field in which we work, the many and varied opportunities that exist there, and that they are guided and equipped to join us. The SIN which I have chaired has done some excellent work to-date but has much more to do. It is a great team and I would like to continue with this project.

I have been concerned since becoming a member of CEPIS of the evolution of the two standards e-CF and SFIA. Ideally we want at least a mechanism of mutual recognition and transfer and preferably a convergence to one standard or meta standard. I will press continually to achieve that objective.

I have acted as Treasurer for the past two years and would be happy to continue in the equivalent role within the new board structure.

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2.7 Timmermans, Jos


I, Jos Timmermans am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for a position on the board of director, the election to be held in Amsterdam in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.


Jos Timmermans, born May the 23th 1957 in Heerlen (NL). I am married and together we have three daughters. After high school I followed a combined mathematics/ law study at university level. After successfully finishing this education I was offered a job at the Dutch land office, where I was asked to introduce digital working. After that they asked me to reinforce the IT department at the headquarters. Thereafter I worked for several banks and government agencies as IT manager/ management consultant. Since 1992 I started working as ICT interim manager/ ICT change manager in both national and international organizations. During these contracts I operated on the level of Board of Directors, Senior leaders at C-level and middle management in ICT departments as well as other business units; and, I managed teams and departments of up to 120 people at both central teams and geographically separated teams. My objective has always been to enhance the value of IT as a business enablement function by bringing the simplest and most cost effective application of technology to any business challenge requiring an IT solution, without losing out of side the social implications. In the past 20 years I have led several businesses through (radical) changes.


If I have the honour to be elected, I shall endeavour through my experience, and competence to accomplish the following objectives:

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• Support members societies in the creation of shared visions and targets, while settling inconsistencies upfront in the discussions with the members. • Supporting member societies in their attempts to resolve major ICT issues at local, national and European level • Support member societies to create strategic alliances with public institutes and commercial companies to support the global European IT visions and targets. • Support and facilitate member societies in setting up a European register for ICT professionals which is based upon the ECF recommendations. • Devising new and fresh means for the advocacy of core EU strategies like e-skills, mobility, life-long learning • Enhancing the profile of the Council, via the member societies, to third parties • Maintaining the constructive relationship of CEPIS with the ECDL-F and establishing innovative ways for facing future challenges • Fostering both the autonomous and the collective efforts of member societies, with due reverence and integrity I consider the role of CEPIS as indispensable for the benefit of the ICT industry, the up skilling of all people involved and the formation of accommodating policies by central bodies. I would like to express my thanks towards the VrI/NGi/NGN for nominating myself.

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2.8 Schgör, Paolo


I, Paolo Schgör, am pleased to confirm that I accept my nomination as a candidate for the position of Member of the Board for the election to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in November 2016. If elected, I am willing and I am prepared to act solely for the benefit of Member Societies and CEPIS and the further development of the IT profession in Europe.


I was born 1963 in Milan, and I can speak fluently just in Italian and English; I can understand some German and French, but not as much as I'd wish. I graduated in Electronic Engineering in 1987, and I've been working in the IT sector for over 25 years: initially as a software developer, then as a consultant for enterprise applications, finally as a manager at KPMG Consulting, and at Vanenburg Business Systems (owned by Baan). My involvement with AICA began in the second half of my working life, around 2001 when I started my own micro-business, offering consultancy and IT education in partnership with Politecnico di Milano (where I was also guest lecturer of Information Systems, till 2008). Among other assignments, I had the honour to chair the EUCIP Product Development & Quality Board, and later the CEN Workshop on ICT Skills. I'm now full-time engaged with AICA: in 2016 I've been appointed both as Treasurer and as Secretary General, in addition to my international responsibilities as representative of AICA at the ECDL Foundation AGM and at CEPIS. Incidentally, during my first term as CEPIS Vice President I've become a grandfather.

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In the past 2 years I had my first experience in the CEPIS Execom (now “Board”), and I supported the changes which help us to streamline the decision-making process. I support the idea that CEPIS should pursue a leadership role in IT professionalism and in the large-scale circulation of digital education and culture across Europe, where we can leverage on our achievements. My intended contribution to CEPIS would be mainly focused on three proposals:

1. European Union – CEPIS should play a more pragmatic role, e.g. by proposing specific projects to be run by Member Societies and funded by the EC;

2. Enlargement and co-operation with other International organisations – CEPIS should seek new Member Societies in missing European Countries, and improve co-operation with organisations such as ACM, IEEE, IFIP, IT STAR, UNESCO;

3. the ECDL Foundation, as ECDL is an essential part of our business, and our major contribution to the reduction of the digital divide;

in order to keep it relevant, CEPIS should support the further development of the e-CF for users and of new guidelines on digital innovation leadership, as parts of a wider CEN production of European Norms and recommendations to National Standardisation Bodies regarding IT professional competences, e-leadership competences and digital skills.

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