CEPIS

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The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) is a non-profit organisation seeking to improve and promote high standards among Informatics Professionals in recognition of the impact that Informatics has on employment, business and society. CEPIS is comprised of 37 Member Societies across 33 European Countries, representing over 250,000 informatics professionals.

One of the goals of CEPIS is to be a leading organisation in the promotion and development of ICT Skills across Europe. CEPIS has developed the highly successful ECDL and EUCIP programmes and produces a range of research and publications in the area of skills, including UPGRADE an independent publication for informatics professionals.

As a professional body, CEPIS is actively involved in promoting Professionalism in IT practice amongst its Members. This occurs through regular European-wide events and specific publications.

Education & Research forms the third field of focus for CEPIS. CEPIS is committed to supporting the development of Education & Research into Informatics in the academic field.

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[edit] CEPIS Goals

CEPIS Goals are:

  • To be the main network of European ICT professionals
  • To become established as the leading independent European ICT Certification Organisation
  • To raise the profile and promote the views of the European Informatics Societies and Informatics Professionals, to the European Commission and Institutions
  • To promote the development of the information society through digital literacy, skills, education & research, and professionalism

[edit] CEPIS Certifications

CEPIS has created two leading European ICT skills certifications:

[edit] CEPIS Publications

Founded in October 2000, UPGRADE, is The European Journal for the Informatics Professional - a technical, independent, non-commercial, and freely distributed electronic publication.

UPGRADE appears bimonthly in English on www.upgrade-cepis.org (no printed edition is available). Its monographic section is also published in Spanish by Novática, our UPGRADE partner in Spain.

In UPGRADE outstanding international specialists cover research and technical developments of current or future interest. This serves IT professionals in Europe and worldwide, in developing their technical expertise and broadening their professional knowledge. To sign up for this free publication please see UPGRADE.

Publisher: Novática on behalf of CEPIS
ISSN 1684-5285

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