e-Skills for the 21st Century

Fostering Competitiveness, Growth and Jobs

Madrid, 20 April 2015

The Challenge

• Contributing to the availability of an adequate e-skills supply is the immaturity of the ICT profession compared to other professions.

• This is evident with respect to agreed bodies of knowledge, standards of education and training, competences, and ethical conduct.

• Poor public perception of ICT education, jobs and careers

• Insufficient number of people entering ICT education and careers

• Disturbing rate of ICT project failures

• Traditionally, professions have formed when failure to apply domain-specific knowledge successfully had the potential to adversely impact on society. As we enter a new wave of pervasive computing the extent to which ICT is embedded in society will inevitably grow.

• If we fail to take steps to mature the ICT profession, the risks may grow to unacceptable levels – as such, the call for action is clear.

ICT workforce today and

since 2000

Management, architecture and

analysis

ICT managers Management and organization analysts (partly)

Systems analysts

Core ICT practitioners -

professional level

Software developers Web and multimedia developers

Applications programmers Other software and app developers and analysts

Database designers and administrators Systems administrators

Computer network professionals Other database and network professionals

Other ICT practitioners -

professional level

Electronics engineers Telecommunications engineers

IT trainers ICT sales professionals

Core ICT practitioners -

associate/ technician level

ICT operations technicians ICT user support technicians

Computer network and systems technicians Web technicians

Other ICT practitioners -

associate/ technician level

Electronics engineering technicians Process control technicians not elsewhere classified

Air traffic safety electronics technicians Medical imaging and therapeutic equipment technicians

Medical records and health information technicians Broadcasting and audio-visual technicians

Telecommunications engineering technicians

total

Source: empirica based on Eurostat LFS data

29,4%

4,5%

-20,9%

6,6%

-26,8%

0,6%

Core definition

(previous slide)

Broad definition

(previous slide)

Structural changes of the ICT workforce - EU27, 2011-2013

Management, architecture and

analysis

Core ICT practitioners -

professional level

Other ICT practitioners -

professional level

Core ICT practitioners -

associate/ technician level

Other ICT practitioners -

associate/ technician level

< -1SD> +1SD > +0.5SD > Avg. < Avg. < -0.5SD

% of workforce in ICT jobs

50,000 ICT workers

FI

NL

LU

SE

UK

DK

BE

IE

DE

EE

AT

LV

MT

FR

BG

CZ

SI

ES

CY

PL

LT

IT

HU

PT

GR

HR

SK

RO

Index - prevalence of top ICT jobs

Source: empirica, based on Eurostat LFS data

75.429

87.203

97.218

109.128

120.674

128.266

130.491

125.336

122.348

115.249

115.314

114.378

111.348

0

20.000

40.000

60.000

80.000

100.000

120.000

140.000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Tertiary ICT graduates EU28

7.594.000

7.700.000

7.866.000

8.060.000

8.270.000

8.471.000

8.650.000

8.809.000

7.437.000

7.529.000

7.598.000

7.686.000

7.780.000

7.881.000

7.984.000

270.000 262.000

337.000

462.000

584.000

692.000 769.000

825.000

7.000.000

7.200.000

7.400.000

7.600.000

7.800.000

8.000.000

8.200.000

8.400.000

8.600.000

8.800.000

9.000.000

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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EU28 - Main Forecast Scenario

660,000 realised

potential

Source: empirica and IDC

7,325,000

Demand

potential total

Jobs total

e-Skills and ICT Professionalism in Europe

Commission Communication on "e-Skills for the 21st Century" and Competitiveness Council Conclusions

Monitoring Supply and Demand + Foresight Scenarios

Benchmarking Member States Policies and Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in Europe + Detailed Country Analysis and Reports

European Framework for ICT Professionalism (with CEN)

European e-Competence Framework and ICT Jobs Profiles

European Foundational ICT Body of Knowledge and Curriculum Development Guidelines

Quality Label for ICT Industry Training and Certification

Professional Code of Ethics

e-Leadership and KETs skills + Digital Entrepreneurship

Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs

e-Skills for Jobs Campaign (2015-2016)

www.ecompetences.eu

ICT Professionalism

European Framework for ICT Professionalism

• Pan-European Quality Labels for

• ICT training programmes: transparency of learning outcomes

• Delivery: transparency of quality

Based on European and International Standards

• The European e-Competence Framework (CEN)

• Existing quality systems and accreditations

See: http://www.eskills-quality.eu and also http://www.e-competence-quality.com/

http://eskills4jobs.ec.europa.eu

Contact

André Richier

European Commission DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Unit H3: Key Enabling Technologies and Digital Economy

e-mail: andré.richier@ec.europa.eu

website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/digital-economy/e-skills/index_en.htm

Thank You