EUCIP for Competence and Career planning in
Norway
Renny Bakke AmundsenCEO, EUCIP Norway
WCC2008 in Milan
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Markets Data in Norway
Population: 4.7 mill.
ICT Professionals: 100 000
ICT Students: 2 500 per year
EUCIP Norway’s Ambition:
-> Critical mass: 2% = 2000-> 5% = 5 000 Certified in 5 years
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DND formed a 100% owned Ltd. Company: “EUCIP Norge as”
Launching the EUCIP Scheme I
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Significant IT-Organisations as Partners
"EUCIP is a common language for describing skills, and we will strongly recommend that our members start speaking this language"
Launching the EUCIP Scheme II
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Launching the EUCIP Scheme III
Significant IT-Organisations as Partners
"This is a big step forward; Certainly there are a number of certification programmes which document competence within specific products,but a general competency standard has been sorely missed."
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Competence & career = The HR Approach
Standardisation of ICT Competence:
Define Describe Measure Development
Launching the EUCIP Scheme III
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Early adopters in Norway I
2 Business Analyst 1 Project Manager 1 Security Adviser
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Early adopters in Norway II
1 Business Analyst
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Early adopters in Norway III
Ole Tom SeierstadChief Security Advisor
Microsoft Norway
Putting Security on the Map in 2008Putting Security on the Map in 2008
Sponsoring 4 candidates from partners for EUCIP Professional Security Advisor
“ We need to prove their skills as Objective, Independent and Neutral in the market “
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Early adopters in Norway IV
2008: Pilot of 5 - 10 candidates
2009: Options of 100 - 200 candidates