| European Commission to launch Digital Opportunity Scheme | |
| 2017/08/25 | |
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The European Commission is planning to launch a pilot Digital Opportunity Scheme in the course of 2018. Running within the scope of the Erasmus + programme, the scheme promotes the development of digital skills through cross-border traineeships. Students taking part in the scheme will receive hands-on experience in such fields as cybersecurity, data analytics, artificial intelligence,...
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| European platform for classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications goes live | |
| 2017/08/02 | |
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The Commission has launched the first full version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO). The classification is available in 26 languages (the 24 EU languages, Icelandic and Norwegian).
ESCO facilitates the dialogue between labour market and the education/training sector by providing a common language...
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EeSA is governed by its members through the General Assembly (GA) and the Board of Directors (BoD). The BoD is the executive body of EeSA. Two co-Chairs lead both the GA and BoD.
Executive Committee
EeSA also has an Executive Committee (ExCom), as well as a secretariat headed by the EeSA General Manager Mr. Andrea PAROLA, in charge of day-to-day management of EeSA, based in Brussels.
The Excom led by the co-Chairs steers EeSA policies and supports the BoD in carrying out their tasks and priorities. This committee consists of 3 - 5 Board Directors (or their delegates). The General Manager of EeSA is an ex officio member of the Excom.
EeSA members are invited to take on or are assigned specific tasks and commitments in line with the EeSA Vision and Mission.
Members of the EeSA ExCom are as follows:
- EuroCIO – Mr. Freddy Van den Wyngaert
- ECDL Foundation - Ms Austeja Trinkunaite
- CEPIS – Ms. Fiona FANNING
- Oracle – Mr. Danny Gorris
The Board of Directors (BoD) is entrusted with carrying out EeSA’s tasks and objectives, as well as maintaining control of member obligations in accordance with set priority actions. The BoD is composed of high-level executives, chairmen, CEOs, presidents, and/or vice-presidents of member organisations. The BoD meets in-person at least three times per year, one of which is in preparation of the annual General Assembly.
Members of the EeSA Board of Directors are as follows:
