NZCS is in the process of researching and planning, then implementing, an internationally-aligned and recognised ICT Competency Framework and Professional Certification process in New Zealand to ensure kiwi ICT professionals gain the professional support and recognition they need, both here and around the world.

In this overview, NZCS President Don Robertson will outline the background information gathered during his recent trip to Europe where he visited the BCS (British Computer Society), met with the SFIA Foundation (Skills Framework for the Information Age) and attended the ICT Professionalism and Competencies stream at the IFIP World Computer Conference (WCC2008).

Don provides an overview of the international research in this area, concentrating on the competency frameworks and professional programmes of our kindred organisations in other countries and how this relates to the work currently being completed in New Zealand.

The slides from this presentation are available from here.

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