cepis activities 2014 - 2015 · 1. cepis e-competence benchmark 2. cen workshop on ict skills 3....

CEPIS Activities

2014 - 2015Fiona Fanning

Extract from ‘10 Years of CEPIS’ (1999)

“The House has been designed. The

foundation has been laid. Now the

house has to be built.”

Inge Hamburg

Business &

Employment

Society

ICT Professionalism

Professionals

Users

CEPIS Mission:

Promote High Standards in Informatics

CEPIS MEMBERS

Green ICTWomen In

ICT

Legal &

SecurityEducation

1. CEPIS e-Competence Benchmark

2. CEN Workshop on ICT Skills

3. International Dimension of ICT

Professionalism

4. Grand Coalition For Digital Jobs

5. Professionalism Task Force

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2014

CEPIS e-Competence Benchmark

• 31 countries

• 2200 benchmarks

Results now available!Hot off the press: Published this week


• National

Reports

• Printed

copies


8 National Reports


• European

Report

• Executive

Summary

Brochure


Published under Grand Coalition – as an

Initiative of the EC

Marketing

support

Infographic for

each country


• Upgrade to e-CF 3.0

• Disseminate results

• Support Members in dissemination

(e.g. event in Belgium)

• Continue hosting and promoting

PLANS FOR 2015


• New: Member Coordination on

frameworks

• BCS / AICA and e-CF

• Technical scoping of frameworks

• Assessment of business case

• Examine possible business models




Professionalism





• E-CF 3.0 Released

• New Body on e-CF

• CEPIS continues to Chair CEN

Workshop

• CEPIS gained Official Liaison

status with CEN PC 428



• Influence PC 428: e-CF to become

a formal European standard (EN)

• As early as end of 2015

• CEN to work on professionalism

as a whole not only competences

PLANS FOR 2015




Professionalism





Professionalism

• Completed new work with EC on

Professionalism


Professionalism

• Objectives:

• Examine International dimension of

professionalism

• Impact of globalisation on e-Skills in

Europe


Professionalism

• Final Report

• Findings

• Primary research

that shows CEPIS at

forefront of thinking

of future of the

profession




Professionalism




4. Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs

• Part of Secretariat of Grand Coalition

for Digital Jobs

• A network of stakeholders helping to

help address the ICT mismatches, fill

ICT vacancies and boost employment

Project PartnersSecretariat of the Grand Coalition

Established to support the GC goals

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Status of National & Local Coalitions

NCs LCs

Bulgaria

Greece

Malta

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Romania

Italy

Austria

France

Hungary

Portugal

Slovenia

NC/LC in

progress

Croatia

Ireland

Slovakia

Spain

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Grand

Coalition

for

Digital Jobs

NEW FORMS OF

EDUCATION

Offer more aligned degrees

and curricula that will respond

to the needs of the students

and the industry

ICT TRAINING

Offer training packages

co-designed with the ICT

industry

CERTIFICATION

Stimulate take-up of a

European certification

scheme for digital skills

for ICT practitioners

MOBILITY

Reduce labour market

mismatches by

stimulating mobility

AWARENESS

RAISING

Improve the image and

attractiveness of ICT

jobs and careers

Network of Stakeholders

Five focus areas

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CEPIS: Coordination of the e-CF platform




Professionalism




4. CEPIS Professionalism Task Force

• Experts from 10 Countries

• Focusing on ethics: micro conference

• Prominent ethics experts from

around the world

• Build statement of professional

ethical aspiration

• Input to Body of Knowledge Project

Body of Knowledge Project (EC)

Develop an EU reference

point for a Foundational

ICT Body of Knowledge

defines the base-level

knowledge required of ICT

professionals and acts as

the first point of reference

for anyone interested in

working in ICT.


• E-Skills for Jobs Campaign

OTHER PLANS FOR 2015

• E-Skills for Jobs Campaign 2015-2016

• EC support for further work on ethics

• Further refine the BOK (via CEN)

Business &

Employment

Society

ICT Professionalism

Professionals

Users

CEPIS Mission:


CEPIS MEMBERS

EducationGreen ICTWomen In

ICT

Legal &

Security

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Computing in Schools SIN

• SIN: virtual meetings / in-person meetings

• Advocacy materials: Draft Paper

Draft Letter to Government Ministers

• Chair: Bob McLaughlin – more later today

• EQANIE (BCS, GI)

WOMEN IN ICT

WOMEN IN ICT

Women in ICT

• Providing ongoing information and support to

the Task Force (12 countries)

• Further develop the role models platform in

conjunction with members and external

stakeholders

• Active engagement in the ECWT group

• Facilitating member engagement with ECWT

as necessary

WOMEN IN ICT

Women in ICT Award

GREEN ICT

GREEN ICT

Green ICT Task Force

• Green ICT Task Force

• Code of Best Practice

• The Code seeks to raise awareness and

adoption of easy-to-implement and cost-saving

best practices amongst all European

enterprises

• It describes what organisations and individuals

can do to use ICT devices in a more

environmentally friendly manner.

LEGAL AND SECURITY

New Statement:

Draft CEPIS (LSI) Statement on Supporting

High-level Decision Making on Cyber

Security and Privacy Protection with

Reliable Data

Legal and Security Issues SIN

http://www.cepis.org/media/Statement_Supporting_high-level_decision_making_with_reliable_data1.pdf

COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION

Communication

• CEPIS Member Update: Internal for Member

• CEPIS External News: NEW

• External newsletter targeting key contacts at the

EU level, relevant stakeholder organisations,

• Objective: showcase the activities of CEPIS and

its Member Societies

• Social Media

GOVERNANCE

Business &

Employment

Society

ICT Professionalism

Professionals

Users

CEPIS Mission:


CEPIS MEMBERS

EducationGreen ICTWomen In

ICT

Legal &

Security

Thank you!

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