ECDL Foundation

ECDL Foundation

ECDL Foundation is an international organisation dedicated to raising digital competence standards in the workforce, education and society. Their certification programmes, delivered through an active network in more than 100 countries, enable individuals and organisations to assess, build and certify their competence in the use of computers and digital tools to the globally-recognised ECDL standard, known as ICDL worldwide.

As a nonprofit social enterprise, the ECDL Foundation (ICDL Foundation) benefits from the unique support of experts from national computer societies and partners worldwide to develop vendor-independent standards which define the skills and knowledge required to use digital technology effectively. 

For the delivery of their programmes ECDL Foundation works with education and training partners, local and regional authorities, national governments, international development organisations as well as public and private sector employers in all sectors.

The quality and reputation of ICDL is built on almost twenty years of experience in delivering certification programmes to over 15 million people and in more than 40 languages worldwide, with more than 2.5 million ICDL tests taken annually. ECDL’s success is maintained by the ongoing innovation in certification programme development, the commitment to rigorous test design methodologies, and consistent adherence to quality assurance standards.