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: david.carpenter@ecdl.com

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