ICDL South Africa Supports the South African e-Skills Institute Information Exchange Visit to Ireland

A delegation from the South African e-Skills Institute[1] visited Ireland for two days (April 18 & 19) to understand how the experiences of successful e-skills activities in Ireland can help advance the National e-Skills Plan of Action in South Africa, especially in terms of scalability and impact.

The success of ECDL in Ireland was a central theme of the event: delegates learned of how ECDL / ICDL has set the international benchmark for ICT certification in regard to curricula development. Derval Kennedy of the Innovation Value Institute also discussed a successful joint project conducted with CEPIS, ‘e-Skills & ICT.