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General, Skills & Future of Work
European e-Skills 2014 Conference: 2 – 3 December 2014 in Brussels Book the date, online registration to open early September

Last year, the European e-Skills 2013 Conference brought together over 300 leading experts from all over Europe It will address two key topics of e-skills: e-leadership and ICT professionalism in …

General, Skills & Future of Work
European Commission launches “e-Skills for Jobs” campaign in Athens Greek Coalition for Digital Jobs and Skills

The high-level event was organised on 6 May 2014 by SEPE, the European Commission and the Hellenic Presidency of the EU The Greek Government and ICT industry announced the establishment …

General, Skills & Future of Work
Europe-wide partnership of empirica with top-level universities and business schools for the development and demonstration of European e-leadership skills guidelines & quality labels for new curricula

Together with top-level universities and business schools from all over Europe empirica develops, demonstrates and disseminates European guidelines and quality labels for new curricula fostering e-leadership skills. Focused, active moderated …

General, Skills & Future of Work
E-skills and e-leadership skills 2020 – Trends and forecasts for the European ICT professional and digital leadership labour market

This empirica Working Paper has been released in time for the European Commission Digital Single Market Strategy calling for action also for boosting digital and e-leadership skills acquisition and learning …

General, Skills & Future of Work
Consulting services for Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen (LWK NRW) on the implementation of sustainable teleworking for more than 200 employees

The LWK NRW is in the process of closing down one of their two branch offices in Northrhine Westphalia. Those employees affected by this decision are to be given a …

General, Skills & Future of Work
Successful telework implementation at 6 large corporations and ministries in Qatar demonstrating the benefits of Work-from-Home Model to Businesses and Employees in the Arabic countries

Following previous consulting projects including the systematic exploration of work-from-home in the Arab world and the development of a blueprint for Qatari companies that can be used as a ‘how …

General, Skills & Future of Work
Successful Telework Implementation and Evaluation at Frankfurt Sparkasse – results from an evaluation by empirica

An independent evaluation of the implementation and operation of the telework pilot project at Frankfurter Sparkasse which was carried out by empirica revealed a huge success. This was confirmed by …

General, Skills & Future of Work
e-Leadership study from empirica, INSEAD and IDC Europe finds great potential for sustainable job creation

30 April 2013 – The initiative, called the “e-Leadership Vision Project”, was launched by the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission in January 2012. The goals …

General, Skills & Future of Work
Benchmarking study on policies on multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills in Europe for the European Commission published by empirica

20 January 2008 – This study has been completed by empirica for the European Commission in January 2008. The main objective was to benchmark existing policies and initiatives in Europe …

General, Skills & Future of Work
empirica study revealed: e-Skills gap and digital vacancies to increase: Potential for more than half a million unfilled new jobs for ICT practitioners by 2015 in Europe

01 April 2014: In Europe the demand for ICT practitioners, with growth of around 4% a year is outstripping supply resulting in a shortage of 509,000 jobs in 2015 compared …

General, Skills & Future of Work
Article: Developing e-Leaders: The Why, What and How

What e-Leadership skills are needed? What skills are needed? From my experience running major business IT transformations as a European CIO and directing e-Leadership education programmes, the big challenge is …

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General
Overcoming care silos – INDEPENDENT project ends successfully

Today, care services are often delivered independently. This can lead to inefficiencies, duplication of resources, and potentially to reduced levels of quality of care. Older people are particularly affected by …