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Tunis, November 2005 - European Commissioner Viviane Reding said at the UN World Summit on Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia that "an e-skills society is the most valid guarantee against exclusion." The Commissioner for the Information Society and Media addressed the e-Skills Capacity Building Symposium, which dealt with the key importance of ICT skills for bridging the digital divide. » MORE

Madrid, November 2005 - The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is an initiative of the World Bank to promote knowledge-sharing in the belief that know-how is a key success factor to development. CEDDET, the Spanish affiliate together with public and private organizations, has developed a wide range of online training programmes. Irene Zurborn explained the role of CEDDET to CHECKpoint eLearning. » MORE

Schwarmstedt, September 2005 - Bit media has joined the EU's WELCOME project and is making a considerable contribution to the development of internationally certified eLearning programs for the technical trade. Initiator and consortium leader of the WELCOME project is the "Berufsbildungszentrum Hellweg", the Career Training Center in the area of Hellweg in the German state of North Rhine- Westphalia. Brussels is funding the project with 1.2 million euros. » MORE

London, July 2005 - Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) will play an essential role in raising skills levels among young people and adults, said Bill Rammell, the Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, speaking at the official launch of LLUK at the House of Commons. » MORE