Title: Learning
across Boundaries: Developments towards a European Framework for ICT Skills
Abstract: Substantial effort is currently
being made by the e-Skills community and involved stakeholders to establish
a common European Framework for e-Skills (or more specific ICT Skills) and
competences in Europe. ICT skills/competence frameworks are an important prerequisite
for ICT competence development and related quality assurance for recognition
and transferability of qualifications. The framework aims to provide a common
language that allows describing e-Skills by means of ICT (Information and
Communications Technology) worker profiles. Though a number of frameworks
exist, today mobility of ICT workers and learning across boundaries is hampered
by the observable divergence of the different approaches. It is in this light
that the prior objective of the European Commission and Cedefop is to support
the developments towards an “overarching framework that supports transparency,
mobility, and recognition for skills and qualifications in the ICT sector
and that will primarily allow learning across boundaries. AIFB jointly with
Cepis1 has made substantial inputs to the prevailing development process
and the work within the CEN/ISSS Workshop ICT Skills.2 The paper presents
insights in the related research work undertaken and run investigations.