Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
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Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Damien O' Sullivan
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| Position: |
CEO |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Fiona Fanning
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| Position: |
EU Affairs Manager |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
n/a Portview House, Thorncastle street
Dublin 4
IRELAND
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| Telephone number: |
(+353) 6306000 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
ECDL Foundation - Brussels office
Avenue Roger Vandendriessche 18,
B-1150 Brussels,
Belgium
Tel: +322 7728251
Fax: +322 6463032
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
ECDL Foundation's mission is to enable proficient use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that empowers individuals, organisations and society, through the development, promotion, and delivery of quality certification programmes throughout the world.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
4
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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ECDL Foundation advocates for the importance of digital literacy for all irrespective of age, gender and location.
ECDL Foundation's values are:
Social Responsibility: as a not-for-profit organisation, we are committed to improving digital skills proficiency within society. Our certification programmes are designed to be accessible to all citizens, irrespective of age, gender, status, ability or race.
Vendor Independence: our certification programmes give candidates the flexibility and freedom to acquire digital skills and confidently apply them in any software environment that they may be required to use.
Quality: we strive for continuous improvements in all that we do and ensure that our programmes are implemented to consistent standards internationally.
The Foundation believes that all national reforms introducing IT infrastructure or services in government and society should be supplemented by investment in people to ensure that the Europe has the skills necessary to benefit from technology.
Furthermore, the Foundation believes that allocated EU funding for education, training and human capital development should support initiatives and projects for IT training and certification as an objective measure of return on investment.
ECDL Foundation’s certification programmes are vendor neutral. This means that our programmes are not tied to any one brand of software and are designed to enable people to gain skills that can be used in any appropriate software environment.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Education
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Enterprise
- Information Society
- Research and Technology
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
0 |
| Number of member organisations: |
0 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
- AUSTRIA
- BELGIUM
- BULGARIA
- CYPRUS
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- DENMARK
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- HUNGARY
- IRELAND
- ITALY
- LATVIA
- LITUANIA
- LUXEMBOURG
- MALTA
- NETHERLANDS
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- SLOVAKIA
- SLOVENIA
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- UNITED KINGDOM
- CROATIA
- NORWAY
- SERBIA
- SWITZERLAND
- TURKEY
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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ECDL Foundation is a member of the European e-Skills Association
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Total budget:
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4,489,000
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€
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of which public financing:
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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€
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- from national sources:
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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from other sources: |
4,489,000
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€
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- donations:
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€
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- contributions from members:
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€
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- Certification revenues :
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4,489,000
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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450000
€ - 500000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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ECDL Foundation operations are financed by revenue received for its certification programmes. This also includes courseware approval and testing of automated testing software for ECDL tests.
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