University of Panama partners with ICDL to develop skills for employability and productivity

Internationally recognized, the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) is the only university association actively present in the Americas. Its objective is to encourage higher education institutions and affiliated partner organisations to participate in a collaborative common area that advocates for cooperative debate, reflection, and action regarding the current state of higher education and its …

IBEC® is a leading international company in the development of communication, digital, logical and business skills. Since 2018 they offer the ICDL certification as part of their ICT training programmes in educationalinstitutions of middle and high education level in Peru, Ecuador and soon other countries in the Latin American region.

A Cooperation agreement has been in place with CONACED, the National Catholic Confederation of Education of Colombia, since 2019, with the goal of joining efforts to implement strategies and projects for training and certification in digital skills and other projects in areas of mutual interest in Colombia.

ICDL Americas is working with the Faculty of Computing Science, Electronics and Communication of the University of Panama on the first international digital skills ICDL certification process in this country. This Academic Cooperation Framework Agreement, is based on the their mutual interest in developing innovation, technological advancement and skills for employability and productivity in Panama.

The Colombian National Service of Education (SENA) has adopted ICDL as a standard for ICT skills development of their trainers in the past; and our Colombian partner is part of the Executive Council of the Sectoral Group forTechnology Management and Digital Talent to discuss strategies in this sector.