Where does ICDL come from?
ICDL emerged from an effort in the early-mid 1990’s to define what constitutes adequate basic computing skills for for the 21st century. The sponsoring body (CEPIS) is an international consortium of professional computing societies. They created an open process, broadly participated in by all the stakeholders in a capable workforce, and developed the seven categories of knowledge and the detailed syllabus that guides educators. Today, ICDL is undergoing constant review by a foundation – the ECDL-F – set up expressly to manage the body of knowledge and educational activities required to support ICDL around the world.
