he ICT sector is a key contributor to EU growth. It contributes 5.3% of EU's GDP and 4% of its jobs. It also accounts for 20% of economy-wide labour productivity growth. The ICT sector achieves above-average growth and is the EU’s most innovative and research-intensive sector, accounting for 25% of the total EU research effort in the business sector.
However, less and less young people, particularly women, take up ICT-related subjects or pursue an ICT career. Without the necessary number of well-skilled employees the sector will not remain competitive. It is expected that there will be a shortage of 300,000 qualified staff in this sector by 2010. One way to reverse this negative trend is to encourage young people, particularly women, to take up an ICT-related career.
We want to raise awareness of the problem. We use this page to keep you updated with what is the state of affairs. You will find some statistics which are preliminary results from a study commissioned by the European Commission, as well as the final report of another study aiming to identify best practices in private and public organisations in the Union (25 MS when the study was launched).
More information of this type will be available soon, so don't forget to look this page up regularly.
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