Growing the Green ICT Sector in Europe

Mr. Leo Brincat, Maltese Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change, has called for Green ICT to Boost Green Growth and Create Green Jobs in Europe, at an EU Environment Council Meeting (Government of Malta Press Release 7 March 2015). I am not sure what the Minister had in mind, but I have been teaching ICT Sustainability at the Australian National University (ANU) and designing a new course in "Innovation: Commercialisation and Intrepreneurship in Technology" to help students start-up their own business. I plan to be in Europe in late June for the 10th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE 2015). ANU has a Centre for European Studies funded jointly with the European Commission. I would be happy to discuss green ICT for growth with government and industry while in Europe.

eSkills Alliance Malta

The eSkills Alliance Malta has been announced by Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) a Government agency .The Alliance includes industry bodies, such as the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry,and the Malta Employers Association, the eSkills Alliance Malta Strategic Plan 2010 - 2011 (PDF, 627 Kbytes). Unfortunately like many such government documents, the strategic plan is so badly formatted as to be difficult to read and use online. I suggest a first step for the alliance should be to publish a readable version of their plan, thus demonstrating some competence in ICT. The next step might be to look at using global standards for ICT professionalism, such as those from IP3. A later step would be the consistent use of e-learning.