Council of European Professional Informatics Societies
Highlights of our work
Through its member societies, CEPIS is active in various topical fields of the digital world. Find out about the most important initiatives on this page.
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Gender equality in the IT workplace: breaking down the barriers – 26 November
On 26 November 2021 we held a webinar on "Gender equality in the IT workplace: breaking down the barriers". This event was a part of CEPIS work on the DiversIT Charter, the programme for companies and organisations to recognise and further their efforts in increasing gender equality in their tech teams.
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Awareness of the DigComp framework among the CEPIS community
CEPIS carried out a survey among its network about the awareness of the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp) framework. The goal of this survey was to find out how aware the CEPIS community is about the use of the DigComp framework in their countries, especially by the national governments, education sector and industry.
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IT Professionalism Europe
Advocating for IT professionalism - the maturing of the ICT profession - has always been one of CEPIS's top priorities. To take its commitment to the next level, CEPIS, together with ICDL Foundation, launched a flagship initiative - IT Professionalism Europe (ITPE).
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Featured News
Three young women win gold and silver at Italian IT Olympics
7 December 2021
The 2021 edition of the Italian IT Olympics sees the triumph of three young women, who have obtained a gold and two silver medals and therefore will be three of the 4 participants who will represent Italy at the International Olympics in Indonesia next August.
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ITPE webinar on IT professional ethics to be held 15 February
12 January 2022
The next ITPE webinar ‘Responsibility in tech – ethical challenges for IT professionals’ will take place on 15 February at 10:00 CET. We will discuss the responsibility of IT professionals when developing new technologies that may have legal/ethical implications related to e.g., data usage or biased algorithms.
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CEPIS warns against new regulation to oblige monitoring of encrypted content
7 December 2021
The CEPIS Legal and Security Issues expert group has prepared a statement opposing the European Commission’s planned new regulation to oblige the communication services providers to monitor all content, even if it is encrypted.
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Breaking down the barriers for women working in tech in Europe
7 December 2021
CEPIS recently hosted an event to tackle the lack of women in tech in Europe, titled: “Gender equality in the IT workplace: breaking down the barriers”. he focus was on the challenges and opportunities related to breaking down barriers in gender gap in ICT professions.
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