EMF attended the e-Skills Week stakeholders opening conference

EMF as e-Skills Week stakeholder attended on 19 March 2012 the  e-Skills Week stakeholders opening conference in Brussels. The Conference bought together all stakeholders – such as high-level public authorities, key industry representatives and research organisations - to discuss the current situation and needs of the e-Skilled workforce.

The event featured a plenary session on e-Skills policy in practice, as well as panel debates on the topic of e-Skills with both young people and ICT professionals.

More events and activities are foreseen for the upcoming weeks, culminating in a dedicated e-Skills Week final conference on 30 March 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)

A new project to investigate the skills and competences needed for Ambient Assisted Living jobs

A recently started project (CompAAL) investigates the skills and competences neededfor Ambient Assisted Living related jobs.  The ageing society will need a lot more specialised jobs than exist today. New skills profiles have to be set-up for professionals from various backgrounds, for example architects building AAL compatible homes, staff of ambulatory home care, and most of all IT specialists in order to enable them to design AAL systems and interfaces, to manage interoperability, as well as to create, manage and moderate social networks.

The project is funded by the Lifelong Learning programme of the European Commission. During 24 months CompAAL will generate:

• A set of defined professions in the field of ambient-assisted living;
• National qualification profiles in the field of professions in ambient-assisted living described by learning outcomes that will lead to
• Comprehensive European qualification profiles;
• Guidelines for training institutions complying with the principles of the ECVET

More information on CompAAL
More information on e-Jobs in Europe

What´s the future for Internet related Jobs?

In the following video made in the context of the first Round table of the ProInterNet (PIN) project, I. Marinou, director of the Greek Man Power Employment Organization (OAED) in Patras and I. Kostopoulos, ICT consultant in the Municipality of Patras, discuss about the future of Internet related Jobs. They speakers outline their views on future needs and make suggestions about what can be done to improve the situation in the Internet related job market.

EMF is partner of the ProInterNet (PIN) project funded by the LLP programme of the European Comission. PIN aims to improve transparency, information systems and guidance on skills and qualifications for Internet related professions at European Level. As a result of the project the e-Jobs Observatory has been implemented as the one-stop-shop for e-Jobs, e-skills and e-competences in Europe.

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.

More information on the project
More information on eJobs in Europe

European e-Skills Conference, 13 December 2011, Brussels

The European e-Skills 2011 Conference will be a kick-off for the preparation of the European e-Skills Week, which will be held on 26-30 March 2012. As an initiative of the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry, the European e-Skills Week Conference will feature the presentation of the roadmap for the European e-Skills Week campaign in 2012, together with presentations from industry leaders, policy makers and key note speakers from universities and an overview of different national activities.

The conference is organised by the European Commission Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, in partnership with DIGITALEUROPE, EUN Schoolnet and other leading stakeholders.

More information and registrations

LLP Infoday 2012, 28 October, Brussels

Organised by the European Commission (Direction General Education and Culture) and the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency, The Infoday 2012 wants to give useful information on the priorities of the 2012 call and what's new to the programme. The event will also provide practical advice on the preparation and submission of proposals, and on the management of grants.

EMF will activelly take part in this event, looking for new projects opportunities in Session 3.2: Key activity 3 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and promoting the two running LLP projects on e-Jobs e-Skills and e-Competences in which it participates: www.ejobs-observatory.eu and www.eqf-iserve.eu

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