EUROPE’S NEXT DIGITAL COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT-ELECT VON DER LEYEN
European Commission President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen has announced her college of commissioners for the 2019 – 2024 period. Several commissioners will share responsibility for digital affairs. Margrethe Vestager will take on the role of Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the digital age. Mariya Gabriel will serve...
PROMINENT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN DJIBOUTI OFFERS ICDL TO STUDENTS
Specto, the ICDL operator in a number of Arab States, has signed an agreement with the Centre Universitaires des Sciences et Technologies Industrielles (CFD) in Djibouti to deliver ICDL in several languages to its students. The initiative will start with 20 students and increase over...
FUTURE OF ICDL IN SCHOOLS DISCUSSED AT EVENT FOR TEACHERS IN JORDAN
Specto, the ICDL operator in several Arab States, recently organised an event for private schools in Jordan at the Crowne Plaza Dead Sea Resort. The event was attended by around 100 principals and teachers from schools across Jordan. Specto believes that the success of the...
MALAYSIA’S TOP UNIVERSITY TO OFFER ICDL PROGRAMMES ON CAMPUS
ICDL Asia reached another significant milestone as it welcomed the top university in Malaysia, University of Malaya (UM), as a newly accredited test centre in the country. UM will offer ICDL programmes to students and staff through its private education centre, called UM Innovations. In...
PREPARING HUMAN RESOURCES GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA FOR THE DIGITAL WORKFORCE
A talk for the final year Human Resource (HR) degree students was hosted by the UNITAR International University (Malaysia) on 25 June 2019, to build awareness on the challenges in creating a digitally skilled workforce for the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Mr Syed Fairul Al-Mashoor, ICDL...
ICDL ASIA RECEIVES OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD FROM MENDAKI SENSE
Mendaki SENSE, one of ICDL Asia’s prominent test centres in Singapore organised a ‘Let’s Raya’ event on 27 June 2019. The annual Hari Raya celebration was celebrated by the local Malay community. Social Enterprise Network Singapore (SENSE) is the training arm of YAYASAN MENDAKI, which...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING COLLABORATES WITH ICDL TO UPGRADE DIGITAL SKILLS OF ENGINEERS IN THAILAND
ICDL Thailand signed an agreement with the Thai National Institute of Engineering to upgrade the digital skills of engineers in the country. The memorandum of cooperation with the Institute, which enjoys the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King of Thailand, was signed in June...
CHILDREN AT SOS CHILDRENS’ VILLAGE DANANG IN VIETNAM TO FOLLOW ICDL CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES
30 underprivileged children from SOS Children Village in Danang will be able to receive ICDL certification programmes through a partnership between Danang Vocational Training College (DANAVTC) and ICDL Vietnam. A signing ceremony was held to officiate the three-party collaboration to conduct ICT training which hopes...
COMPUTING MODULE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED IN AUSTRIAN SCHOOLS
Nearly 100 pupils have successfully passed the Computing module in Austria so far, following its introduction by OCG, the ECDL operator in the country. The need for IT experts and a digitally educated workforce continues to rise. As a result, problem solving, and coding have...
ICDL FOUNDATION CEO DELIVERS KEYNOTE SPEECH AT ANNUAL ICT CONFERENCE IN CYPRUS
Damien O’Sullivan, CEO of ICDL Foundation, was invited to Cyprus by ECDL Cyprus and Cyprus Computer Society to participate in the 9th Information and Communication, Technology Conference & Exhibition. The conference that took place on June 7, 2019 at the Hilton Park Hotel in Nicosia...