New
ICDL Launched at First ICDL Africa
Forum - Kenya
On
20 August, ICDL Africa held its
first ever Forum in Africa in
Nairobi, Kenya. The Forum, which
saw the launch of New ICDL in
Kenya, was attended by over 120
delegates, including ICDL
representatives from Nigeria,
Tanzania and Somalia. Read more.
ECDL
Romania Partners with Biblionet
and Reaches Rural Village
Libraries – Romania
Individuals
from ten rural localities in Gorj
County in Romania have been
trained for free to effectively
use computers by the librarians in
their localities, and succeeded in
obtaining the introductory level
EqualSkills certificate. All this
happened with support from ECDL
Romania, which has partnered with
the national ‘Biblionet’
programme. Read more.
ICDL
Asia Exhibits at the Victorian
Information Technology Teachers
Association (VITTA) Conference –
Melbourne, Australia
Delegates
discussed the need for digital
literacy skills development in
schools with the ICDL Asia team at
this high-level educational
conference. This year’s conference
was titled: ’Provoking Learning
with ICT’. Read more.
ECDL
Provides Essential Skills for
Migrants – Hungary
Migrants
coming from different Asian and
African countries, who are now
living in Hungary, recently
received their ECDL certificates,
with the assistance of ECDL
Hungary. At the
certificate-awarding ceremony,
many of the candidates expressed
the happiness that they feel as
ECDL holders – and hope that their
certificates will help to find
them employment. Read more.
ICDL
Colombia Presents at Enter.Foros
Enter.Foros,
which is supported by the ICT
Ministry, is the business unit
that develops eContent forums,
conferences, and seminars on
topics of technology to micro, and
small- and medium-sized
enterprises in Colombia. ICDL
Colombia participated in the forum
that discussed the economic cost
that can result from a lack of
digital literacy among workers,
focusing on free trade and
technology. Read more.
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Pan-European
Study Unveils Countries’ Attitudes
Towards Children’s Online Safety
In
a recently released report on
children’s online safety, the
London School of Economics
analyses the risks and harm
experienced by children online
across Europe. Read more.
Europe
is Increasingly Online but
Citizens are Concerned About
Bandwidth Speed and Cost
According
to this European Commission
survey, six of ten households in
the EU have broadband Internet
access at home, and almost half of
EU citizens have a mobile Internet
subscription, however slow
bandwidth speed and high costs are
still a problem for many. Read more.
’Information
and Communications Technology
Workforce Study’ - Australian
Government
This
recent report gives a
comprehensive view of the current
ICT industry and workforce in
Australia, and examines the impact
that ICT - especially emerging
technological trends - will be
likely to have on Australia’s
competitiveness and general
economic makeup in the future. Read more.
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