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2010. June 16.
Digital Literacy has become one of the main competences in the 21st century. Without being able to use digital media effectively and responsibly the chances on the global market are very low. Nowadays more than 250 million Europeans are regular visitors to the Internet. More
2010. June 08.
Against the backdrop of the biggest eSkills campaign in Europe, an exciting national eSkills roadshow to help stimulate economic growth in Hungary was launched by Microsoft together with the Association of IT Enterprises and the HELB Foundation More
2010. May 20.
Implementing the ambitious Digital Agenda for Europe unveiled today by the European Commission would contribute significantly to the EU's economic growth and spread the benefits of the digital era to all sections of society. Half of European productivity growth over the past 15 years was already driven by information and communications technologies (see IP/10/571) and this trend is likely to accelerate. The Agenda outlines seven priority areas for action: creating a digital Single Market, greater interoperability, boosting internet trust and security, much faster internet access, more investment in research and development, enhancing digital literacy skills and inclusion, and applying information and communications technologies to address challenges facing society like climate change and the ageing population. Examples of benefits include easier electronic payments and invoicing, rapid deployment of telemedicine and energy efficient lighting. In these seven areas, the Digital Agenda foresees some 100 follow-up actions, of which 31 would be legislative. The Digital Agenda is the first of seven flagship initiatives under the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (see IP/10/225). More
2010. May 13.
EeSA is pleased to note that in a recent communication by Commissioner Kroes "Digital Agenda: Kroes welcomes Ministerial support " (19 April 2010), there is clear attention to the importance of increased e-skills in the coming Digital Agenda. Commissioner Kroes astutely identified the exclusion of many citizens from the information society and the professional ICT skills shortage as constraints to the further contribution that ICT can make to productivity and growth. More
2010. March 03.
This study, which was aimed at “investigating appropriate financial and fiscal incentives, in full respect of State aid rules, related to e-skills
training, especially for SMEs, and studying the potential of a human capital investment tax credit for individuals” is one in the series of
actions launched by the European Commission in responding to the policy of the European Union to present a long-term e-skills agenda
for Europe. More
2010. January 21.
Research from 13 European countries indicates ICT skills requirements is driven by technology trends – not the recession. Global IT research firm IDC and Microsoft Corp. today released the results of European research measuring the importance of IC...T skills in the European Union. The IDC study, entitled “Post Crisis: e-Skills are Needed to Drive Europe's Innovation Society” and commissioned by Microsoft, investigates why the next generation of workers will need ICT skills to participate in the job market.
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