What skills do you need for a Green ICT Job?

EMF is a partner in a new project (Grenn IT node ) that investigates the needed skills and competences for green ICT jobs. 

The project started in November 2011 and address the shortage of skilled professionals in the Green IT field. During the 24 months of the project, Green IT node  will analyse the market needs, the existing trainings available for the different components and competences, and define a professional standard in the participating European countries. 

GreenIT node will develop European specialist profiles that are in compliance with the principles of the European metaframeworks EQF/e-CF and ECVET as well as guidelines for developing/setting-up further vocational training measures for Green ICT jobs. The expected impact will allow for comparable skills sets for these professions of the future which supports the European labour market and tus, the employability of professionals while at the same time contributing to one of the major challenges of Europe 2020.

Green IT node is funded by Lifelong Learning programme of the European Commission.

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Pushing a standardised rail IT booking system for EU

The European Commision launched yesterday a new regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem 'telematics applications for passenger services' of the trans-European rail system. The document underlines that ticket details and reserations will be standardised, allowing information exchanges between rail companies and ticket vendors. Besides, the regulation requires operators to make timetabling open to the public and forces rail partners to share fare information.
A second regulation will be presented next year to standardise rail operators computer systems and practices to facilitate data transfer among them.

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