ECDL® PD - Using a Well Known Standard to Lift Barriers on the Labour Market

In September 2001, the European Commission decided to fund a pilot project called ECDL® PD which aims at adapting the widespread and well known ECDL® /ICDL® certificate to the needs of people with disabilities. The ECDL®/ ICDL® should not only become a tool for people with disabilities, but also for the increasing number of other underprivileged people on the labour market (e.g. older people, people with poor education, people with a weak social background, immigrants...)This paper consists of two main parts: Part I introduces the certificate ECDL®/ICDL® in general; Part II explains the idea ECDL® PD and presents first results.