Showing posts with label Future internet week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Future internet week. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2012

EMF international stakeholder of e-Skills week 2012

EMF is part of the international stakeholder network of e-Skills week 2012, together with other industry partners, education bodies and public authorities. The European e-Skills Week 2012 is a European campaign focused on showing people how to get jobs through e-skills in the digital age. Building on the success of e-Skills Week 2010, the DG for Enterprise and Industry has again teamed up with DIGITAL EUROPE and European Schoolnet, to drive awareness of the need for e-skills and their benefits. The campaign will deliver an exciting programme of events and activities in more than 30 countries; culminating in a dedicated e-Skills Week between 26 and 30 March 2012.

EMF participates in different EU and International initiatives related to e-skills. EMF is member of the CEN ICT and it is currently participating as a core partner in 4 LLP (Lifelong learning programme) projects to develop better matching between labour market needs and training curricula in several areas of Internet related Jobs. Furthermore, EMF matches job profiles with eCF/EQF and suggests ECVET point attributions to learning outcome of training modules.

Running e-skills related projects:
  • ProInterNet-LLP Network project to create a network of Key players in the area of Internet Related jobs. Website: www.e-jobs-observatory.eu. This website provides information on job profiles in the e-content and Internet-services sector, that stem from two related projects, EQF Code and EQF iServe.
  • EQF-iServe-LLP transfer of Innovation- Identifying competences and skills needed for Internet services jobs (www.eqf-iserve.eu)
  • Green IT node-LLP transfer of Innovation-Identifying competences and skills needed for Green IT jobs (www.greenitnode.eu)
  • CompAAL-LLP transfer of Innovation- Identifying competences and skills needed for Ambient Assisted Living related jobs (www.compaal.eu)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Linking ICT SMEs to Investors - ICT Venture Gate, 19 May, Budapest

The ICT VentureGate Brokerage Event will take place in Budapest, the 19th May, 2011. The event is organized between two other major European Commission events in Budapest targeting the ICT sector: the Future Internet Week (16-19 May 2011) and the ICT Proposers Day (19 – 20 May).

ICT Venture Gate
is an EU-funded project to bringing SMEs and Investors together. The project wants to connect and better equip ICT SMEs (Information and Communication Technology-focussed Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) who have been in previous EU-funded projects, to Venture Capital and Business Angel investors.

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