European Information Technologies Certification Institute

The European Information Technologies Certification Institute (EITCI) is an international non-profit organisation headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, aimed primarily towards promotion of digital literacy and prevention of digital exclusion, by providing standards for the certification of knowledge and skills in the area of information and communication technologies, in accordance to the European Commission's guidelines.^[1][2][3][4] EITCI is not an official EU organization.

European Information Technologies Certification Institute (EITCI)

Official EITCI logo.
Abbreviation	EITCI
Formation	2008 (2008)
Type	Qualifications standardization and certification body
Legal status	Non-profit organization
Purpose	Combating digital exclusion
Location	Avenue des Saisons 100-102, bte 30, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Region served	Worldwide
Main organ	EITCI General Assembly
Website	eitci.org

Knowledge and skills certification standards

EITCI provides constant development, governance, and certification of the following professional ICT knowledge and skills certification standards:^[1][5]

• European Information Technologies Certification (EITC) programme - provides certification of individuals' knowledge and skills in narrow, specialized single-subject areas of ICT such as Office software, Computer-aided project management, Online collaboration systems, Raster graphics processing.
• European Information Technologies Certification Academy (EITCA) programme - provides certification of individuals' knowledge and skills in broader field-oriented areas of ICT expertise such as Computer graphics, Information security etc. The EITCA programmes, referred to as EITCA Academies, include selected sets of several to over a dozen of individual EITC programmes, that together comprise a particular area of qualifications.

See also

• EITCA programme
• EITC programme