Fiona.Fanning

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Fiona Fanning

Based in Brussels
Organization: ECDL Foundation (Association / NGO)

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Created date: 1 year 4 weeks ago

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Digital Skills Deficiencies Cost Europe Billions!

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Submitted by Fiona.Fanning on Tue, 2012-06-19 15:55

Since ICT is now clearly entrenched in almost every sector of the economy we need to focus on strengthening the competence of the entire European labour force through digital skills proficiency. We've seen immense benefits to organisations through saving costs, and increasing their own employees’ efficiency via ECDL certification. In the Netherlands, ECDL Nederland, our national partner, co-commissioned a study which showed that workers’ lack of ICT skills could cost €19.3 billion losses in productivity for businesses and that's just in the Netherlands.

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Are 'Digital Natives' Really Skilled Enough for the Labour Market?

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Submitted by Fiona.Fanning on Tue, 2012-06-19 10:09

For an economically inclusive Europe, everyone entering the labour market needs to have the right digital skills to be able to function and thrive in day-to-day working life. As ICT becomes transversal in all areas of future jobs, it is dangerous to assume that all young people today who are referred to as ‘digital natives’ are automatically skilled enough to engage in the workforce.

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