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ECDL Foundation announces 7m ECDL/ICDL candidates worldwide

The ECDL Foundation has announced that is has issued the 7 millionth Skills Card for its end-user computer skills certification.

The ECDL Foundation introduced the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL / ICDL) in 1997. The Foundation says ECDL / ICDL is available in 146 countries globally and has been translated into 38 languages.

Speaking on the occasion of issuing the 7 millionth Skills Card, Damien O’Sullivan, CEO ECDL Foundation, said: "For the past 10 years the ECDL Foundation has worked to raise the level of ICT Skills in society, to increase users’ confidence in computer usage and to enable access to the information society for all citizens.

"Seven million Candidates being registered with the ECDL / ICDL certification programme is a significant achievement which shows that we set the global benchmark in end-user computer skills programmes. Nevertheless, this achievement also indicates that the public’s awareness of the importance of ICT certification has increased over the past few years."

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