ICT Certification

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ICT Certification Training in Europe

• Steve Gilroy
• Vice President, International

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CompTIA and eSCC

• CompTIA
• Established in 1982
• Currently comprised of more than 20,000 member
  organizations in 102 countriesand growing
• Members include IT resellers, distributors,
  manufacturers, training, academic and government
  organizations
• Offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Chicago,
  Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London,
  Toronto, Ottawa, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney,
  Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.
• The developer of 11 vendor-neutral ICT
  certifications
• More than 600,000 CompTIA certification holders

• eSCC
• e-Skills Certification Consortium
• Multi-stakeholder consortium industry,
  government, training institutions
• secure endorsement for and use of commercial,
  informal (open, distance or adult learning) and
  formal (state-recognised) ICT training
  certifications within government endorsed
  education and training frameworks across Europe
• CompTIA, Microsoft, Cisco, ECDL, Certiport

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Why ICT Certifications?

• Global ICT Industry
• Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Motorola, Siemens,
  Nokia, Vodafone, IBM, HP, Oracle, SAP, Dell
• Global Solutions
• PC, Printers, Networks, Wireless, Mobile,
  Convergence, PDA, Web Solutions
• Global ICT Skills Standards
• Certifications
• Microsoft, Cisco, HP, CompTIA, ICDL, MOS, IC3
  etc.
• Real Industry Need for skills consistency
• HP Worldwide Reseller / Partner Network
• UK National Health Service - ECDL

• Mobility of labour
• Within the EU and across the world
• Offshore effect not just about cost, its about
  where the skills are
• Cost/Speed of ICT Implementation
• Lack of appropriate skills slows down ICT
  development
• Lack of appropriate and reliable skills prevents
  reliable implementation
• ICT fundamental to all industries
• Its not just about ICT Professionals and the ICT
  Industry
• Banking, Health, Automotive
• Expansion of the EU
• Many more different systems may slow down
  economic development of the region
• Position of the EU vs. other developing regions
• Asia moving ahead rapidly
• Middle East making significant investments and
  changing quickly
• Demands of Industry dont wait
• Government and academic systems generally slow to
  change

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A way forward
Vocational Qualifications
3-4 year Degree Qualifications
STEVE GILROY 2004 Qualifications MSC
Information Systems (UK) Certifications A,
Network, MCSE Skills Passportwww.euskillspassp
ort.com
On-the-job experience
Credits
Industry Certifications
Industry Certifications
Credits
Credits
Degree-level Courses
Vocational Course
EU or Industry Skills Database
Credits
Credits
Qualifications, Credits, Industry Certifications,
Validated Experience
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ICT Certification Training in Europe

• Steve Gilroy
• Vice President, International