The purpose of this study is to analyse the specific
e-skills requirements to green IT, cybersecurity and cloud
computing with special focus on competetiveness, innovation
and the needs of SMEs and startups.
The study identifies and promotes best practices and formulate
concrete proposals to address the e-skills requirements and
recommendations for follow-up actions at EU and national level.
About the Study
In January 2011, the European Commission, DG Enterprise and
Industry, launched an initiative to study the specific e-skills
requirements relating to green IT, cyber security and cloud
computing with special focus on competitiveness and innovation and
the needs of SMEs and start-ups. The finished study explores the
needs of ICT practitioners and entrepreneurs. It provides input to
the e-skills agenda, and identifies and promotes best practices at
EU and national level.
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Press Release
e-Skills are critical to European innovation and growth. A new
study analyses the impact of cloud computing, cyber-security and
green IT on e-skills requirements.
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What are e-skills?
The European e-Skills Forum has defined three main types of
e-Skills
- ICT practitioner skills;
- ICT user skills; and
- E-business skills.
In September 2007, the European Commission adopted a
Communication on "e-Skills for the 21st Century" based
on the definition and the recommendations formulated by the
European e-Skills Forum. The Digital Agenda for Europe adopted in
2010 further confirmed the importance og enhancing European
e-skills. In the study, we focus on the needs of ICT practitioners
and entrepreneurs.
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