ICDL References

Government Endorsements and Framework Mapping

ICDL Foundation is a Global Social Enterprise dedicated to raising digital competence standards in the Workforce, Education and Society. We believe that access to technology and developing digital skills dramatically improves lives and that no one should be left behind in this era of digital transformation.

ICDL Foundation is the regulatory body for the ICDL Certification, recognised throughout the world as ‘The Digital Skills Standard’. ICDL was formerly known as ECDL in Europe, from its launch in 1997 until May 2019, when the new ICDL brand Identity was launched, officially uniting ECDL and ICDL as one brand.

ICDL Certification is now available in over 100 countries, across our network of more than 20,000 Test Centres, delivering over 70 Million ICDL Certification Tests to more than 16 million people worldwide.

ICDL Foundation supports the initiatives of National Operators of the programme in Europe and the Arab States from our headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and our European office in Brussels, Belgium. We have also established three regional operations – ICDL Africa (based in Rwanda), ICDL Asia (based in Singapore) and ICDL Americas (based in Panama). Our National Operators, Partners and Test Centres adhere to strict Quality Assurance Standards, which ensure that ICDL Certification is the trusted digital skills standard wherever you are in the world.

Governments on almost every continent have endorsed the ICDL programme for their citizens, or use it to train and certify the digital skills of their public servants.

• ICDL References and Endorsements
  The post ICDL References and Endorsements appeared first on ICDL Africa.
• The Universal Service of Electronic Communications and Post (ABSU-CEP)
  Beninese Agency for the Universal Service of Electronic Communications and Post (ABSU-CEP) This is Government of Benin Agency whose main objective is to guarantee access […]
• Guinea – The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research​
  The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Guinea launched the digital access program in partnership with ICDL Africa, which will be implemented by Dixinn-Gate. ​ The project is a […]
• Tanzania – ICT Commission recognised ICDL for the workforce
  The Tanzania Information and Communication Technologies (lCT) Commission (ICTC) is a government of Tanzania agency. ​ In 2019, The ICT Commission recognised ICDL Africa as a partner to certify people with an […]
• Kenya – Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVETA)​
  The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) accredited ICDL Africa as a “Foreign Examination Body” and approved the ICDL programme as a certificate level qualification in the […]
• Uganda – UCC Adopts ICDL for Small Scale Digital Skills​
  Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) is a Government of Uganda agency that is mandated to regulate the communications sector in Uganda.  UCC set up the Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF) to […]
• Rwanda Revenue Authority becomes ICDL Accredited Test Centre
  The Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) is a government revenue collection agency established by the Parliament of Rwanda. The RRA is charged with enforcing, assessing, collecting, […]
• ICDL AFRICA signs Agreement with Benin Ministry of the Digital Economy and Communication
  ICDL Africa met with Benin’s Minister of the Digital Economy and Communication, Aurélie Adam Soule Zoumarou, in May to sign an agreement to raise digital […]
• The National Bank of Rwanda
  The National Bank of Rwanda strives to be a world class Central Bank that contributes to economic growth & development, by using robust monetary policy […]
• June 2006 – Major ICDL Implementation Underway in the Middle East
  The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt has undertaken to certify the computer skills of at least 1 Million public servants over the next […]

ICDL Europe

• Digital skills for jobseekers in Spain
  The ICDL programme is used in two municipalities in Spain for the digital skills training and certification of unemployed people. The post Digital skills for […]
• ACE CREDIT Recommendation
  The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®) has evaluated and recommended college credit for five of ICDL Foundation’s modules. The post […]
• National Commission for Further and Higher Education maps ICDL (formerly ECDL) to the Maltese Qualifications Framework
  The National Commission for Further and Higher Education (NCFHE) in Malta mapped ICDL (Formerly ECDL) to the Malta Qualifications Framework since 2010. The post National […]
• ECDL is on the National Register of Professional Qualifications (CPF) in France
  ECDL has been mapped to the French National Qualification framework. The mapping to the National Register of Professional Qualifications means that ICDL (formerly ECDL) candidates […]
• The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)
  ECDL is mapped to the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which replaced the Qualifications & Credit Framework and the National Qualifications Framework in October 2015. The […]
• ECDL is equivalent to Romanian Baccalaureate test in digital literacy
  Since 2010, ECDL has been recognised by the Romanian Ministry of Education as equivalent to the Baccalaureate test in digital literacy. The post ECDL is […]
• ICDL Certification used as an exemption for over 40% of QQI awards
  ECDL is mapped to the National Framework of Qualifications (QQI) in Ireland. Candidates can use ICDL Certification as an exemption for over 40% of QQI […]
• Agreement between AICA and Ministry of Education helps spread digital skills in Italy
  AICA, the ICDL National Operator in Italy signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education to strengthen and improve the spread of digital competences and […]
• ICDL supports access to teaching and training jobs in Portugal
  Under Portuguese law, teachers and trainers who work in adult education teaching ICT are required to hold either a computer science qualification, an ICT focused […]
• ECDL mentioned in Polish Ministry of Education guidelines
  Since 2010, ECDL is the only digital skills certification which is explicitly mentioned in the guidelines published for funding perspective 2014-2020 by the Polish Ministry […]

ICDL Americas