All Digital Weeks put focus on digital skills across Europe
March and April saw a focus on digital skills during All Digital Weeks, a series of events organized or coordinated by All Digital, an organization representing digital competence centres.
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16,000 new candidates registered for ICDL certification in France in 2020
Beyond any clichés of digital skills being limited to the mastery of social networks among the youngest or the use of video conferencing so that seniors can keep in touch with their grandchildren, the testimonies of candidates give us a broader picture. ICDL France interviewed both the youngest and oldest candidates for ICDL certification.
Online events held in Czech Republic to update employment offices on digital skills news and ECDL
ECDL Czech Republic is holding a series of online informative colloquiums for heads of departments from employment offices around the country.
Belgium announces refreshed Digital Belgium plan to boost digital skills and services
The Belgian Government has included strengthening digital skills in its recently adopted government agreement.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in North Macedonia adopts ICDL
ECDL Macedonia and FEEIT, an electrical engineering and IT learning institution in North Macedonia, have signed an agreement to adopt ICDL and adapt the institution’s computer science programme to ICDL syllabi.
Guide to social media awareness published in Hungary
A new guide for social media awareness has been published by the John von Neumann Computer Society, the ECDL National Operator in Hungary.
Digital certificates drive recognition of new ICDL identity in Ireland
Tens of thousands of ICDL Digital Certificates have been issued to successful candidates in Ireland since June this year. ICDL Ireland launched the innovative new digital certificates earlier this year and has used them as a key part of their campaign to introduce the new ICDL brand to Ireland.
ICDL launch in Germany was event number 500 of the European Vocational Skills Week 2019
DLGI, the operator of the ICDL programme in Germany, organised an ‘ICDL Kick-off’ event to launch ICDL in the country on 10 October. The event, which took place in Bonn, featured experts in the field of education and economy and was part of European Vocational Skills Week.
ECDL Cyprus launches ECDL Computing with an e-Learning Platform
The Cyprus Computer Society, the National Operator of the ICDL programme in Cyprus is launching the Computing module as of October 1, 2019.
Digital Skills for Employability – ICDL Launch in Germany
ICDL will be launched in Germany at a kick-off event on October 10. The event will feature a keynote speech by the President of the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Professor Dr Friedrich Hubert Esser.
