Press Information -
18th June
2007
Global Knowledge EMEA joins industry
leaders to fight digital illiteracy in Europe
New industry alliance wins European
Commission backing for increased investments in IT skills for the
European workforce
Leading industry representatives have agreed
to set up an e-Skills Industry Leadership Board, in a signal that
European businesses are committed to invest more in workforce
skills and in the fight against digital illiteracy.
The e-Skills Leadership Board will cooperate
closely with the European Commission to ensure that every European
has the opportunity to become equipped with the basic skills needed
in today’s labour market, and in particular the ability to use
information technologies, which play an increasing role in business
and public sector alike.
As a founding member, Global Knowledge has a
key role to play as they are a partner for many of the
organisations within the Industry Leadership Board and as Europe’s
leading IT Training company, they have unrivalled experience and
capability to deliver training solutions throughout Europe.
Richard Pryor-Jones, EMEA President states
that, “We are delighted to be a member of the e-Skills Leadership
Board. Its members are the right mix of academia, IT industry
and Government bodies, and are the stakeholder’s in providing a
solution to one of Europe’s critical economic challenges”.
The e-Skills Leadership Board has agreed to
focus on the following four objectives;
- inspiring e-skills learning in future
generations;
- promoting ICT practitioner education,
competencies and training;
- boosting the employability of the workforce
with ICT user skills, including the deployment of multi-stakeholder
partnerships;
- providing foresight and support for future
skills needed in a changing environment with emerging technologies
and new business models;
“The board is determined to make an early
difference” says Pryor-Jones, “by leveraging the capability of the
organisations represented to meet the self-evident need for more
e-Skills across Europe”.
Other founding members of the Leadership Board
include Cisco, CompTIA, ECDL Foundation, ECONET, EITO, EXIN, HP,
INLEA Foundation, Microsoft, Oracle, Pearson, Prometric and Siemens
Enterprise Communications.
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Notes to editors about Global Knowledge:
Global Knowledge is Europe’s leading provider
of learning services for IT and management professionals. The
company offers a broad array of hands-on IT, project management,
and professional skills training featuring proprietary core and
custom curriculum as well as content from leading companies,
including Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, and Red Hat as well as
generic networking, security, VoIP and wireless courses. Our
management curriculum includes project management, professional
skills, business analysis, and ITIL training. Delivered in
classrooms, at private facilities, or over the Internet, Global
Knowledge has helped many blue-chip companies, organizations and
government agencies leverage learning to turn knowledge into
productivity for employees, customers, and channel partners.
Founded in 1995, Global Knowledge employs more than 1100 people
worldwide and is headquartered in Cary, N.C and EMEA headquarters
in Wokingham, UK. The company is owned by New York-based investment
firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe.
Learn more at www.globalknowledge.net
Contact: Felicity Bryant, felicitybryant@globalknowledge.net
Tel no: 0118 912 1853