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The 2021 WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards program

The 2021 Awards will be presented to select individuals, academic institutions, corporations, NGOs or governments whose use and applications of digital technologies exhibit exceptional achievement within the following broad categories: Private Sector/NGO    Digital Opportunity/Inclusion Award Smart Cities Award Sustainable Growth/Circular Economy Award Innovative eHealth Solutions Award Public/Private Partnership Award E-Education & Learning Award Emerging Digital Solutions Award Startup Ecosystem Award Public Sector (aici […]

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CEDEFOP SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF DIGITAL SKILLS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) has published an article summarising the current needs and trends of digital skills in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic the digitalisation processes have sped up in most sectors, including those where digital skills were previously not a necessity, such as food and […]

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IFIP PUBLISHES CODE OF ETHICS

The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) has published their Code of Ethics which will also be brought out as a book later this year. The Code outlines principles that IT professionals should aspire to. The first section contains seven common ethical principles that are shared by other professions. The second section, “Professional responsibilities”, outlines […]

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NEW ERASMUS + PROJECT BY AUSTRIAN COMPUTER SOCIETY AND GERMAN INFORMATICS SOCIETY

The CEPIS member societies, the Austrian Computer Society and the German Informatics Society, together with academic and public authority partners from Austria, Germany and Lithuania have been selected to conduct a policy experimentation project starting in early spring 2021.  Competences in computational thinking, data and technology have become a deciding factor for every citizen when […]

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WITSA Elects New Officers for the 2020-2022 Term

Fairfax, Virginia: At its Board of Directors meetings on December 1, 2020, the World Information Technology and services Alliance (WITSA) voted on a new slate of officers for the 2020-2020 term. Joining WITSA’s Chairman, Mr. Yannis Sirros,  Mr. Sean Seah representing the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) was elected WITSA’s Deputy Chairman, who will […]

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