The European Information Technologies Certification Institute (EITCI) is an international

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headquartered in

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, aimed primarily towards promotion of

digital literacy Digital literacy is an individual's ability to find, evaluate, and communicate information using typing or digital media platforms. Digital literacy combines technical and cognitive abilities; it consists of using information and communication tec ...

and prevention of digital exclusion, by providing standards for the certification of knowledge and skills in the area of

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, in accordance to the

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's guidelines. EITCI is not an official EU organization.

Knowledge and skills certification standards

EITCI provides constant development, governance, and certification of the following professional ICT knowledge and skills certification standards: * European Information Technologies Certification (EITC) programme - provides certification of individuals' knowledge and skills in narrow, specialized single-subject areas of ICT such as ''Office software'', ''Computer-aided project management'', ''Online collaboration systems'', ''Raster graphics processing''. * European Information Technologies Certification Academy (EITCA) programme - provides certification of individuals' knowledge and skills in broader field-oriented areas of ICT expertise such as ''Computer graphics'', ''

Information security Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...

'' etc. The EITCA programmes, referred to as ''EITCA Academies'', include selected sets of several to over a dozen of individual EITC programmes, that together comprise a particular area of qualifications.

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Knowledge and skills certification standards

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