Founded on 7th June 2007 in the
presence of Vice-President Guenther
Verheugen of the European Commission
(Please click here for Commissioner's Verheugen speech),
with the vision of “Fostering 21st century e-skills and
digital literacy of Europe’s
workforce and citizens for a
competitive, innovative and inclusive
Europe”, the
e-Skills ILB is set to lead the
ICT sector’s contribution to the development and implementation
of a long term e-skills and digital
literacy agenda in Europe.
The e-Skills ILB works in partnership with public authorities across Europe, other industry sectors, SMEs and all relevant stakeholders, building upon the European Commission recommendations and other reference initiatives on e-skills.
The members of the e-Skills ILB include British Computer Society, CEPIS, Cisco Systems, CompTIA, ECDL Foundation, ECONET, EITO, euroCIO, European Schoolnet, European Software Association, EXIN, Global Knowledge Network, HP, INLEA Foundation, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Prometric and Siemens Enterprise Communications.
The e-Skills ILB is mainly structured as an umbrella organisation with
a multitude of Stand-alone Initiatives (open for new entries in line with the key e-Skills ILB principles
as expressed in the Founding Declaration).
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