Telecentre-Europe Summit 2012 - Keynote Presentation of Andrea Parola: "Skills and Jobs: a new challenge for digital inclusion?"

1. Skills and Jobs: a new challenge
for digital inclusion?
Andrea Parola
European e-Skills Association – General Manager
Telecentre-Europe Summit Warsaw 17 October 2012
European e-Skills Association

2. EeSA Members
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3. Innovation, Creation
Skills for employability, Certification, up-skilling,
Training
Formal Education
Basic Skills, Digital Literacy, Digital Competence
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4. European e-Skills Association

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6. Toward a Job-Rich Recovery
• The Employment Package (18 April 2012):
– The European Commission will
• Set-up a multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Strengthen the European e-Skills Framework
• Support an increase in highly qualified ICT labour Force
• Promote greater use EU funds for investment in ICT Skills
•The Grand Coalition for ICT Jobs: A call from VP Kroes
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7. The evolved Networked Readiness Index Framework
Source: WEF – The Global Information Technology Report 2012
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8. Source: Manpower – 2012 Talent Shortage Research Results
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9. EeSA members in actions via EeSA, some examples
Training and Certification, to prepare ourselves for our future
European e-Skills Association:
CEN Workshop on ICT Skills (EeSA holds the vice-chairmanship):
- e-Compentece Framework (EeSA has organized the first stakeholders’ workshop of eCF governance)
- e-Competence Framework for ICT Users (also link to the work done by IPTS)
Workshop on Digital Competence descriptors (IPTS)
The Grand Coalition for ICT Jobs
New Skills for New Jobs
E-Skills Week 2012
European Internet Foundation
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10. EeSA members in actions…some examples
Cisco Academy in EU countries
Students: 258,141 (+25% of Networking Academy global student population); Academies: 3376; Instructors: 6526
ECDL:
Engage with 5 million citizens to acquire digital skills
The cost of ignorance: The cost of digital illiteracy in Europe is calculated to be up to 2,600 Euro per employee per
year and can result in a productivity loss of up to 5.4 hours per week
European Schoolnet:
Survey of Schools: ICT in Education (EU27, Norway, Turkey, Iceland, Croatia): The focus of the study is students’ use,
competence, and attitudes to ICT. Teacher and school level factors will be investigated as regards their impact on
students.
HP
HP Catalyst, Education Cloud Pilot, Learning initiate for Entrepreneurs, Youth Enterprise Development Assistance
Microsoft
The recently launched, Microsoft YouthSpark initiative aims to connect 20 million European youth with greater
opportunities for education, employment & entrepreneurship, over the next 3 years.
ORACLE Academy
Over 300,000 students and faculty and 1,500 education institutions across Europe
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