ECDL in Lithuania

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ECDL Lietuva

• ECDL in Lithuania
• Juozas Zalatorius

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Foundation Membership

• 1.523.987 ECDL/ICDL Students
• 33 Licensees, 24 within Europe
• 23 SubLicensees, 56 Countries
• Lithuania CEPIS membership 1998, LIKS
  (Lithuanian Computer Society)
• Lithuania ECDL Foundation membership 2000, ITI
  (Information Technologies Institute)

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Licensees

• ARGENTINA,AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BERMUDA,
  CANADA, CYPRUS, CZECH, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND,
  FRANCE, GREECE, GERMANY, HONG KONG, HUNGARY,
  IRELAND, ITALY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, NETHERLANDS,
  NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA,
  SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM,
  UNITED STATES, UNESCO, ZIMBABWE

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Sub-Licensees

• BOSNIA, BOTSWANA, FIJI, GHANA, ICELAND, JORDAN,
  KENYA, LESOTHO, LIECHTENSTEIN, LUXEMBOURG, MALTA,
  MAURITIUS, MOCAMBIQUE, NEWZEALAND, PAPA NEW
  GUINEA, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SLOVAKIA, SRI LANKA,
  TUNISIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UKRAINE,
  YUGOSLAVIA

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Achievements

• Syllabus Version 3.0 and Version 4.0
• Global Standardisation Programme, QA System
  Version 2.0
• Leaders Sweden 3.3, Denmark 2.5
• New Leaders Ireland, Italy
• Continued Expansion, ICDL
• EC DG EMPLOY ECDL Pilot
• ECDL ADVANCED

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ECDL and EU

• High Level Group Employment and Social Dimension
  of the Information Society (ESDIS)
• Recommends to the COMMISSION
• That the ECDL be accepted as a Europe wide
  basic IT accreditation scheme, fulfilling the
  referenced eEurope2002 action line intension.
  

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The ECDL Start in Lithuania

• The Swedish Assistance, Y2000, Dataforeningen i
  Sverige (Kurt Gladh)
• Lietuvos Telekomas, 3.000 SCs
• Lietuvos Telekomas, 2.900 Pre-tests
• 8 Books, 3.000 Copies
• 192 Exams, 25 Full, 141 Start certificates
• 7 Tests, 60-90 Questions/Test, Office 2000 vers.

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The ECDL Current Situation in Lithuania

• Lithuanian TestEngine, commercial use at
  www.ecdl.lt
• Tests and Pre-tests for all the modules and
  different software versions
• Books, 2nd Edition, 5.000 Copies
• 17 Authorized Test Centres

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The ECDL Current Situation in Lithuania

• 2001 10
• 75.165 Succ. Questions, 86.11
• 12 124 Not-Successful
• 400 START Certificates
• 145 ECDL Certificates
• Computer Literacy Standard for Teachers
• Tender to create Computer Literacy Standard for
  Civil Servants

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ECDL Lithuania Plans

• All the basic TestEngine functions
• TestEngine approval by the ECDL-F
• ECDL Marketing lines for Teachers and Civil
  Servants
• ECDL-F Audit
• TestEngine Translation into English and
  Performance-based Features
• Plastic ECDL-Cards

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The Main Problems

• Terminology
• Localization
• Legislation
• Internet

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2001 10 START Level
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2001 104,5,6 modules
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Gift to the President

• During the Opening Ceremony of the Third
  International Conference INFOBALT2001, October
  22, 2001
• ECDL Skills Card LT 000001
• was granted to The President of Lithuania
  Valdas Adamkus