European e-Skills strategy & e-Skills week Alexa Joyce

MST as a gatekeeper for e-Skills MST knowledge ICT studies Other subject + ICT ICT job Any job w/ ICT

The European e-Skills agenda Launched by DG Enterprise and Industry e-Skills are critical for growth, competitiveness, employment and cohesion ICT represented 50% of productivity growth in EU (2000-2004) Need for long term policy

Launched by DG Enterprise and Industry

e-Skills are critical for growth, competitiveness, employment and cohesion

ICT represented 50% of productivity growth in EU (2000-2004)

Need for long term policy

The European e-Skills agenda e-Skills go beyond basic ICT competence  high level ICT skills for ICT careers e.g. programming, green IT, security, networking… But also wider issue of basic ICT literacy (i.e. eInclusion) and ICT productivity

e-Skills go beyond basic ICT competence  high level ICT skills for ICT careers e.g. programming, green IT, security, networking…

But also wider issue of basic ICT literacy (i.e. eInclusion) and ICT productivity

The e-Skills strategy Long term policy approach (2007 on) ICT faced with a similar problems to wider MST sector Poor image (young people, parents, teachers + gender issue) Lifelong learning / retraining Fragmented approaches across EU ‘ ICT pipeline’ issues

Long term policy approach (2007 on)

ICT faced with a similar problems to wider MST sector

Poor image (young people, parents, teachers + gender issue)

Lifelong learning / retraining

Fragmented approaches across EU

‘ ICT pipeline’ issues

The e-Skills strategy But also special issues: Disparite approach (industry / formal ed.) Industry training has wide uptake Academic approach radically different Positive perception of ICT not necessarily related to knowledge of ICT Multi-stakeholder approach needed

But also special issues:

Disparite approach (industry / formal ed.)

Industry training has wide uptake

Academic approach radically different

Positive perception of ICT not necessarily related to knowledge of ICT

Multi-stakeholder approach needed

Some results of strategy Industry set up e-Skills Industry Leadership Board (IT companies, ed & training organisations) EU funded e-Competence Framework Pilot e-Skills career (operated by European Schoolnet on behalf of e-Skills ILB) Regular e-Skills conferences

Industry set up e-Skills Industry Leadership Board (IT companies, ed & training organisations)

EU funded e-Competence Framework

Pilot e-Skills career (operated by European Schoolnet on behalf of e-Skills ILB)

Regular e-Skills conferences

European e-Skills Week Major new outreach campaign between Oct 2009 – March 2010 Culminating in 1st week of March 2010 EU + EFTA Financed by DG ENTR Coordinated by DIGITAL EUROPE and European Schoolnet National contact points in 20 countries + more than 100 stakeholders

Major new outreach campaign between Oct 2009 – March 2010

Culminating in 1st week of March 2010

EU + EFTA

Financed by DG ENTR

Coordinated by DIGITAL EUROPE and European Schoolnet

National contact points in 20 countries + more than 100 stakeholders

European e-Skills Week Career information ICT professionals / CEOs go back to school Student outreach: visit ICT facilities meet young ICT professionals get basic training Competitions based on digital media SME conferences on ICT skills

Career information

ICT professionals / CEOs go back to school

Student outreach:

visit ICT facilities

meet young ICT professionals

get basic training

Competitions based on digital media

SME conferences on ICT skills

More information? Visit pilot e-Skills career portal: http://eskills.eun.org Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/eskillsweek Contact us at: [email_address] Alexa Joyce – alexa.joyce@eun.org

Visit pilot e-Skills career portal:

http://eskills.eun.org

Follow us on Twitter:

www.twitter.com/eskillsweek

Contact us at:

[email_address]

Alexa Joyce – alexa.joyce@eun.org