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GIS Advanced Certification:SDIs & INSPIRE

Mauro SALVEMINI

Sapienza University of Rome

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ICT European certification programs

The characteristics.

• Analysis based on the labor market demands • Jointly developed by teams of experts (3 nations) • Different levels of certification (basic user, professional , specialized)• Standard system :

- Syllabus (requested competences)

- Question and Test Base (tests)

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ECDL Core level• The test is competency focused and sustain the “driving license” metaphor for the generic computer user

• It consists of 7 tests

Concepts of Information Technology Concepts of Information Technology

Using the Computer and Managing FilesUsing the Computer and Managing Files

Word ProcessingWord Processing

SpreadsheetsSpreadsheets

Information and CommunicationInformation and Communication

PresentationPresentation

DatabaseDatabase

• 2.700 Test Centers• 850.000 registered students• 350.000 certificated

In Italy

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ECDL Core level

Skills Card

ECDL Certificate

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Syllabus

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ECDL Certifications in Europe

GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

ECDL GIS

ECDL GIS

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GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

AWERENESS AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• GIS Advanced Certification is an end-user qualification for GIS professionals and support staff who has ability of using GIS and GI.

• GIS Advanced Certification certifies that a candidate:

• Understands ……….

• Can use ……………..

•Understands and can interpret ……………..

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Who should be interested ?

• those who wish to have officially recognised national and international certification of their skills in INSPIRE compliant SDIs;• schools and study programmes that want to provide an additional professional and technical skill and a recognised advanced professional qualification which can help job-seekers;• public bodies and agencies that require an objective certification of the basic knowledge and practical skills of their employees working, at different levels (with different qualifications) and on different tasks, with SDIs being in charge of insuring INSPIRE compliance for the European Spatial Data Infrastructure.• Private companies working in a range of sectors from GIS to IT networks and services, etc., that intend to employ people based on an objective evaluation of their knowledge and skills.

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GIS Advanced Certification covers the following areas:

Part 1: SDI General Concepts • Understand the SDI• Understand SDI technology• Understand Geospatial services framework

Part 2: SDI and INSPIRE• INSPIRE Directive general concepts

• Understand the INSPIRE Directive • Understand the INSPIRE Directive provisions

• Players, roles and Road-map of INSPIRE• Identify the INSPIRE Directive Players and roles• Identify the INSPIRE Directive phases of implementation• Understand the INSPIRE GeoPortal• Identify the INSPIRE Users• Understand the measures that address to SDIs use

Part 3: User Skills on geoportals• Use the network services• Connect to web-services through GIS desktop• Use the INSPIRE metadata editor

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Further developments :

• the first draft of the programme with the syllabus and the related documents has been realised by an initial Italian WG formed by experts and professional in GIS and experts in ECDL programmes

• the syllabus will be gone over by European experts and professional in GIS after a signed “NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT”

• the European WG formed by experts and professional in GIS is open to new nominations

• all experts and professional in GIS interested to candidate themselves for the aforesaid work must send an email to mauro.salvemini@uniroma1.it

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Contacts

11Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland

mauro.salveminiuniroma1.it laura.berardi@uniroma1.it

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