furnish ICT support | providing ICT support | arrange ICT support | provide ICT support

choose ICT resources to manage work tasks | use ICT resources to solve work tasks | use ICT recources to solve work related tasks | use ICT resources to solve task related to work

European ICT Standards Board | ICT Standards Board | Information and Communications Technologies Standards Board | ICTSB [Abbr.]

basic ICT skills | basic information and communication technology skills | basic skills in ICT

carry out maintenance using ICT equipment | utilise ICT equipment in maintenance activities | carry out maintenance using ICT peripherals | use ICT equipment in maintenance activities

digital competences | digital skills | e-skills | ICT competences | ICT skills

information and communication technologies (1) | new information and communication technologies (2) [ ICT | ITC | NTIC ]

intra-corporate transfer | executive transfer [ ICT ]

Secretariat of the ICT-Infrastructure Unit

International Criminal Tribunal [ ICT | ICTR | ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ]

...een demand and supply of ICT-related job profiles - mobilise organisations and networks offering design, provision and certification of ICT skills training initiatives, with special focus on employability and certification of informal competences; - support awareness raising campaigns (European e-Skills Week[56], Get Online week), and promote ICT careers in order to attract and involve young people and underrepresented profiles such as women, mid-career workers and vulnerable groups; 2. Strengthen the European e-skills framework - by creating by 2013 a specialised section focusing on ICT careers on the European Skills Panorama websi ...[+++]te; - by further elaborating in 2012 the European e-Competences framework developed by CEN[57] to provide by 2013 descriptors of digital competences and a self-assessment tool for all learners which will be integrated in the forthcoming European Skills Passport; - by developing in 2013 European guidelines for e-learning based on business needs and best practices including industry-led initiatives; - by promoting short-cycle qualifications, both in higher education or vocational education and training, to provide focused and applied e-skills; 3. Support an increase in highly qualified ICT labour force - by developing during 2012 quality labels for ICT industry-based training and certifications compatible with the European quality assurance reference framework for vocational education and training (EQAVET); and developing in 2013 a pilot providing an interactive landscape of the ICT industry certifications and an online self-assessment test for ICT practitioners; - by promoting synergies between actions in the fields of ICT skills, entrepreneurship and cloud computing in the context of the forthcoming EU action plan on cloud computing; - further develop the EU initiative on e-leadership launched in 2012 to address the needs of entrepreneurs, managers, ICT practitioners and advanced users, with a focus on start-ups and SMEs; 4. Promote greater use of EU financial instruments for investments in ICT skills - by encouraging Member States to strengthen digital trainin ...

Calls on the Member States, with a view to achieving gender equality in the information society and ICTs, to establish multiannual action plans aimed at: increasing women’s access to the information society, improving and increasing women’s use of ICT, giving women a more significant role in ICT sectors, fostering women’s ICT knowledge through education and training, promoting employment and entrepreneurial spirit among women through regular use of the internet and digital services, developing online content that promotes gender equality, fostering the continuous exchange, dissemination and communication of equality values, promoting acc ...[+++]ess to and use of ICTs as tools against gender discrimination in areas such as gender violence, promoting international cooperation, establishing a work-life balance, and the design, implementation, dissemination and evaluation of equality policies and plans.

whereas the ICT sector is characterised by particularly high vertical and horizontal segregation, as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas less than 20 % of ICT entrepreneurs are women; whereas the majority (54 %) of women in ICT jobs occupy lower paid and lower skill-level positions and only a small minority of them (8 %) occupy high-skill software engineering positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in decision-making within this sector, with only 19,2 % of employees in the ICT sector having female bosses, compared with 45,2 % of employees elsewhere.

whereas the entry of more women into the ICT sector would boost a market in which labour shortages are foreseen and in which equal participation of women would lead to a gain of around EUR 9 billion EU GDP each year; whereas women remain heavily underrepresented in ICT degree programmes, where they constitute only around 20 % of graduates in the field, with only 3 % of all female graduates having a degree in ICT; whereas women face numerous difficulties in integrating into and staying in the ICT sector; whereas the male-dominated working environment, with only 30 % of the workforce being female, contributes to the trend of many women ...[+++]leaving the ICT sector within a few years of completing their university degrees.