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ICDL CELEBRATES 17 MILLION CANDIDATES WORLDWIDE: EMPOWERING DIGITAL COMPETENCE IN THE WORKFORCE, EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

ICDL has recently marked a significant milestone in our mission to raise digital competency standards through the development, promotion, and delivery of quality certification programmes worldwide. With over two decades of experience, ICDL has successfully delivered our certification programmes to over 17 million candidates across more than 100 countries in the world.  The ICDL 17 …

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Celebrating 20 years of Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day 2023 today celebrates it’s 20th anniversary of the landmark event in the online safety calendar. Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and current concerns, from online bullying to social media usage, healthy use of the internet to digital identity. Funded by the European Commission, the initiative puts …

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ICDL Europe’s look back at the year in digital skills

2022 has been a busy year at ICDL Europe. We’d like to share some of the highlights with you so please read on below to see what we were up to this year and events across the digital skills landscape in Europe. Spring 2022 Spring 2022 was the season when the majority of European countries …

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In focus: computing in education across Europe

ICDL has long understood the importance of computational skills in education. ICDL believes that computing skills and digital literacy skills are essential elements of digital competence. Coding, computing, and computational thinking are terms that currently dominate the debate on digital skills development in Europe and worldwide. This is influenced by the rising demand of ICT …

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ICDL Europe joins DigiSkills Belgium

ICDL Europe has joined DigiSkills Belgium, the Belgian national digital skills coalition, which brings together organisations working on digital skills from across the country. DigiSkills Belgium provides an opportunity for members to share their activities, initiatives and best practices, as well as serving as a forum to discuss the future of digital skills. At the …

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ICDL Vietnam delegation visits ICDL Italy

Last month, ICDL Italy welcomed a large delegation from ICDL Vietnam on a visit to see how ICDL is implemented in Italy. The delegation included team members from ICDL Vietnam, teachers, government representatives and Vietnamese school leaders. The delegation visited an Italian ICDL school, IIS Giovanni Falcone – Augusto Righi in Corsico on the outskirts …

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Enhancing Singapore students’ employability through digital skills: ICDL Asia  announces strategic partnerships with two leading IHLs

An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, witnessed the signing of new agreements between ICDL Asia and two leading Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) during his official visit to Singapore from 19 to 22 July 2022. The purpose of the Taoiseach’s visit was to reinforce important bilateral relationships between Singapore and Ireland, and support Irish based organisations like …

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ICDL helps to identify key talent in semi-finals of Azerbaijan career development competition

ICDL formed part of Azerbaijan’s competitive national Yüksəliş (Yukselish) career development contest in July 2022. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət İmtahan Mərkəzi, the State Examination Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan, managed the provision of the ICDL Computer and Online Essentials certification exam for the 332 candidates who had made it to the semi-finals of the Yüksəliş …