1. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory The GIS certification endorsed by the ECDL Foundation : how to support the capacity building for SDIs. http://www.ecdlgis.com

2. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory Some NON trivial questions ? How many users are able to use effectively GI, GIS, SDI ? How to check /to certificate the ability ? Is it our interest to develop usable systems? Which are the most relevant braking forces in GIS and SDI ? How much we spend for the ITC (GIS) illiteracy ? 2

3. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 3 GIS certification : specialized ICT European certification programs The European certification programs in the ICT sector. The STANDARD: Analysis based on the labor market demands Jointly developed by teams of experts Different levels of certification (basic user, professional, specialized) Standard system : - Syllabus (requested competences) - Question and Test Base –QTB- (tests)

4. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 4 ECDL and ICDL around the world Currently available in 138 countries, in Europe, China, Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, Chile, etc. Translated into 32 languages 4.5 mil. registered students 2.0 mil. certificated (October 2004) 300,000 tests each month

5. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 5 Licenseer of ECDL Foundation Greece :ECDL Hellas Albania : ECDL Hellas Czech Rep. : Ceska Spolecnost pro kybernetiku ainformatiku (CSKI), Praha Hungary : John von Neumann Computer Institute, Budapest Romania : ECDL Romania, Bucharest Bulgaria : ECDL Bulgaria, Sofia Croatia : Croatian Information Technology Society - ECDL CROATIA, Zagreb Bosnia & Herzegovina : Asocijacija Informaticara U Bosni I Hercegovini, Sarajevo Serbia : JISA - Jedinstveni Informaticki Savez Srbije, Beograd Israel : ICDL Israel, Tel-Aviv

6. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 6 The workforce in Italy in the ICT sector (*) ICT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDERS 580.000 ICT FUNCTIONS IN USERS COMPANY 389.000 Professionals (1,375 mil.) HEAVY USERS 2.525.000 GENERIC USERS 6.700.000 Users (9,225 mil.) NO USERS 11.332.000 Total workforce 21.932.000 NET WORKERS 406.000 (*) 2002

7. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 7 GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation System of certifications of competences about the professional knowledge related to the basics of the computer science and its components used in the GI&GIS field. Levels : Base (endorsed) Advanced Professional

8. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 8 GIS certification : candidates and users They who wish to demonstrate to have a robust knowledge of basic principles governing the GI techniques and their basic use through a specific software. They who wish to have evidence that the GIS users have certificated basic competences.

9. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 9 GIS certification Base syllabus STANDARD : it follows the structure of the European certification programs syllabus in the ICT sector

10. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 10 GIS certification Base syllabus It is organized in  3 Modules Module 1: Cartography. Categories : 6 Knowledge areas : 18 (e.g. reference systems, coordinates, geometry, Italian cartography, EU cartography, digital cartography, metadata, etc.) Knowledge items : 36 Tests : about 120

11. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 11 GIS certification Base syllabus Module 2: GIS Categories : 5 Knowledge areas : 12 (e.g. basic concepts, scale, modeling the reality, topology, spatial analysis, classification, etc.) Knowledge items : 40 Tests : about 120

12. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 12 GIS certification Base syllabus Module 3: Use of a GIS software. Requires the candidate to demonstrate the ability to use a GIS software. Developed in conjunction with ESRI and Intergraph. The candidate shall be able to accomplish everyday tasks associated with basic use of GIS commands. The module is using the homogeneity of knowledge areas and items necessary to drive a GIS software respecting the peculiarity of the commands. It may run in open source sw ( e.g. QGIS, etc.)

13. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 13 Certification features Quality check, transparency, standard (syllabus), certificated test center, continuous checking (e.g. audit, etc.) Anonymous tests evaluation Vendor neutrality (tests are independent, commands depend on sw.) Multilanguage

14. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 14 GIS certification : who is involved AICA Not-for-profit organization, founded in 1961 Founder of IT certifications in Italy Italian chapter of ECDL Foundation LABSITA Others involved: Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano University of Bologna, University of Siena ESRI Italia and Intergraph Italia, ESRI and Intergraph corporation CEMAGREF, France UPSAM Spain University of West Hungary University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany Van Hall Instituut, Netherlands University of Utrecht Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, ERI, University College Cork, Ireland

15. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 15 References The ECDL Foundation has analyzed the project and has given the endorsement In EU the subject has been explored also within AGILE, EUGISES and EC GI&GIS conferences (Kemp, Toppen, and others); EU projects have addressed and explored the issue, some are still running (HUMBOLDT, VESTA-GIS). Some educational and training activities are related (Unigis, National initiatives, etc.)

16. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 16 EU perspective ECDL-GIS as a facilitator for INSPIRE data and principles diffusion and better using ECDL-GIS as a common reference layer for EU GI ECDL-GIS for facilitating professional mobility and vocational training ECDL-GIS as basis for building scientific knowledge (e.g. courses, etc.) and specialized skills (e.g. sw training) →VESTA-GIS “endorsment” as a specific facilitator for INSPIRE data handling and sharing. Basic knowledge is only the start for vocational training, higher education and professional specialization

17. GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico Territorial and Environmental Information Systems Laboratory 17 LabSITAwww.labsita.orgwww.labsita.org Ecdl (www.ecdl.com)www.ecdl.com Mauro Salvemini mauro.salvemini@uniroma1.it