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 will work 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, 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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e-Skills ILB Press Release, 4 March 2008
