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e-Skills Website
Multistakeholder platform for the European ICT sector
The CEN Workshop on ICT Skills is a European work group consisting of both national and international representatives from the ICT industry, vocational training organisations, social partners and other institutions. The workshop aims to create long-term human resources (HR) and competence development solutions for the European Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
The CEN ICT Skills Workshop has been operational since early 2003.
From its inception the Workshop has contributed to the long-term e-Skills agenda of the European Commission (EC). Information on the EC's e-Skills policy initiatives is available from the e-Skills web page of the European Commission/ DG Enterprise and Industry.
The Workshop is currently working on the following two subjects:
- European e-Competence Framework (e-CF) support and maintenance
- Towards a European ICT skills end-user Framework
As project results since 2006, the following CEN Workshop Agreements have been published:
- CWA 16458:2012
European ICT Professional Profiles - CWA 16367:2011
Implementing the e-CF into SMEs - CWA 16234-1,-2,-3:2010
European e-Competence Framework 2.0: The framework, user guidelines and methodoloy documentation - CWA 16213:2010
End user e-Skills Framework requirements - CWA 16053:2009
Interoperability of European e-Career Services - CWA 16052:2009
ICT Certification in Europe - CWA 16053 :2009
Interoperability of European e-Career Serviced - CWA 15893-1:2008
European e-Competence Framework - Part 1: The Framework - CWA 15893-2:2008
European e-Competence Framework - Part 2: User Guidelines
All CWAs published by the CEN ICT Skills Workshop from 2004 to 2012 can be downloaded here.
Join the workshop - get registered
Interested parties can register for participation in this activity by contacting the CEN Workshop Secretariat.
