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UPGRADE, Vol. X, Issue No. 4, August 2009 UPGRADE is the European Journal for the Informatics Professional, published bimonthly at <http://www.upgrade-cepis.org/> Publisher UPGRADE is published on behalf of CEPIS (Council of European Pro- fessional Informatics Societies, <http://www.cepis.org/>) by Novática <http://www.ati.es/novatica/>, journal of the Spanish CEPIS society ATI Vol. X, issue No. 4, August 2009 (Asociación de Técnicos de Informática, <http://www.ati.es/>) UPGRADE monographs are also published in Spanish (full version printed; summary, abstracts and some articles online) by Novática 2 Editorial: On the 20th Anniversary of CEPIS — Niko Schlamberger UPGRADE was created in October 2000 by CEPIS and was first Monograph - 20 Years of CEPIS: Informatics in Europe published by Novática and INFORMATIK/INFORMATIQUE, bi- today and tomorrow monthly journal of SVI/FSI (Swiss Federation of Professional Informatics Societies, <http://www.svifsi.ch/>) (published jointly with Novática*) Guest Editors: Robert McLaughlin, Fiona Fanning, and Nello Scarabottolo UPGRADE is the anchor point for UPENET (UPGRADE European NETwork), the network of CEPIS member societies’ publications, that 4 Presentation: Introducing CEPIS — Robert McLaughlin, Fiona currently includes the following ones: Fanning, and Nello Scarabottolo • Informatica, journal from the Slovenian CEPIS society SDI • Informatik-Spektrum, journal published by Springer Verlag on behalf 7 A Profession for IT? — Declan Brady of the CEPIS societies GI, Germany, and SI, Switzerland 12 The European ICT Industry: Overcoming the Crisis and Helping • ITNOW, magazine published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Others along the Way — Hara Klasina the British CEPIS society BCS • Mondo Digitale, digital journal from the Italian CEPIS society AICA 15 Legal and Security Issues in Informatics — Kai Rannenberg, Marko • Novática, journal from the Spanish CEPIS society ATI Hölbl, Eleni Kosta, Les Fraser, and Joop Verbeek • OCG Journal, journal from the Austrian CEPIS society OCG 19 The Germanic Perspective: Informatics for All - Everywhere, Any • Pliroforiki, journal from the Cyprus CEPIS society CCS • Tölvumál, journal from the Icelandic CEPIS society ISIP Time — Peter Federer, Gerald Futschek, and Jorg Ruegg 23 Challenges for IT Professionalisation — Interview with Michiel Editorial TeamEditorial Team Chief Editor: Llorenç Pagés-Casas van der Voort Deputy Chief Editor: Francisco-Javier Cantais-Sánchez 27 The State of Informatics in Portugal — José Cardoso de Matos Associate Editors: Fiona Fanning, Rafael Fernández Calvo 32 Spain: The Situation of Informatics in 2009 — Fernando Piera- Editorial Board Gómez Prof. Vasile Baltac, CEPIS President Elect 35 Current State of Informatics in Central, Eastern and Southern Eu- Prof. Wolffried Stucky, CEPIS Former President rope: The IT STAR Experience — Plamen Nedkov (with contribu- Hans A. Frederik, CEPIS Vice President Prof. Nello Scarabottolo, CEPIS Honorary Treasurer tions from Balint Domolki, Giulio Occhini, and Niko Schlamberger) Fernando Piera Gómez and Llorenç Pagés-Casas, ATI (Spain) 44 UPGRADE: The Unofficial Story of a Successful CEPIS Under- François Louis Nicolet, SI (Switzerland) taking — Rafael Fernández Calvo Roberto Carniel, ALSI – Tecnoteca (Italy) 50 1991: Making the Knowledge Work — Francisco López-Crespo UPENET Advisory Board 53 1992-1993: No Task Will Be Avoided merely because it is Matjaz Gams (Informatica, Slovenia) Impossible! — Maurice S. Elzas. Hermann Engesser (Informatik-Spektrum, Germany and Switzerland) Brian Runciman (ITNOW, United Kingdom) 55 1993-1995: Finding the Way Forward — Jaakko Kivinen Franco Filippazzi (Mondo Digitale, Italy) 57 1995-1997: ECDL Take-off Years — Giulio Occhini Llorenç Pagés-Casas (Novática, Spain) 59 1997-1999: ECDL is Launched. Now what? — Roger Johnson Veith Risak (OCG Journal, Austria) Panicos Masouras (Pliroforiki, Cyprus) 61 1999-2001: Unity in Diversity — Peter Morrogh Thorvardur Kári Ólafsson (Tölvumál, Iceland) 63 2001-2003: Some Steps Forward in Europe — Wolffried Stucky Rafael Fernández Calvo (Coordination) 65 2004-2005: Moving to the Heart of the EU — Jouko Ruissalo English Language Editors: Mike Andersson, David Cash, Arthur 66 2005-2007: Building on our Collective Strengths — Geoffrey Cook, Tracey Darch, Laura Davies, Nick Dunn, Rodney Fennemore, McMullen Hilary Green, Roger Harris, Jim Holder, Pat Moody. 67 CEPIS – Remaining Relevant for the Next 20 Years — Vasile Baltac Cover page designed by Concha Arias-Pérez "Informatics Race" / © CEPIS 2009 UPENET (UPGRADE European NETwork) Layout Design: François Louis Nicolet Composition: Jorge Llácer-Gil de Ramales 70 From Pliroforiki (CCS, Cyprus) Editorial correspondence: Llorenç Pagés-Casas <[email protected]> Advertising correspondence: <[email protected]> ICT for Education The Social and Cognitive Dimensions of Computer-Supported Co- UPGRADE Newslist available at operative Learning — Andriani Piki <http://www.upgrade-cepis.org/pages/editinfo.html#newslist> Copyright 75 From Novática (ATI, Spain) © CEPIS 2009 All rights reserved under otherwise stated. Abstracting is permitted Internet with credit to the source. For copying, reprint, or republication per- The New WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Guidelines: Changes and Rec- mission, contact the Editorial Team ommendations to Be Implemented — Mireia Ribera-Turró and The opinions expressed by the authors are their exclusive responsibility Miquel Térmens-Graells ISSN 1684-5285 CEPIS NEWS Monograph of next issue (October 2009) 79 Maximising the Impact of ICT Infrastructure Investment — ECDL "Experiences and Advances Foundation in Software Quality" * This monograph will be also published in Spanish (full version printed; summary, abstracts, and some (The full schedule of UPGRADE is available at our website) articles online) by Novática, journal of the Spanish CEPIS society ATI (Asociación de Técnicos de Informática) at <http://www.ati.es/novatica/>. Editorial Editorial On the 20th Anniversary of CEPIS A twenty year jubilee is an anniversary that deserves in science and business but as a means that will impact so- more than just a passing reflection. If it concerned a person ciety at large. E-democracy was a virtually unknown con- it would indicate the end of adolescence and the start of cept only ten years ago. Computers grant power to those adult life. In the life of an organisation, such a jubilee is no who use them or to those who control their usage. The power less important for many reasons. First, it shows that estab- in itself is neither good nor bad; it is the way that the power lishing the organisation has had a rationale and reasons of a is employed that makes it the one or the other. This new permanent nature. Next, having existed for twenty years aspect could not have been properly dealt with by any other clearly shows that it has found its place and that it is per- entity from the traditional sectors than civil society, as it is forming to expectations. Last but not least, it also shows independent from both governments and industry, which that there is a vision of the way ahead as expected by its brought about the establishment of national computer soci- founders and its members. Coming of age also implies new eties. Very few computer societies are more than fifty years responsibilities. This is valid for people as well as for or- old, which in itself is proof that informatics is a young dis- ganisations. Let me therefore outline what important issues cipline and at the same time bears witness to its importance are likely to lie ahead in the future of CEPIS. and potential to change society as we know it today. The By informatics today we understand much more than information society is not something to be expected in the just information technology and its related areas. It is a rather distant future, and even less an abstract concept. It is a real- young field of scientific, professional and business endeav- ity that must be dealt with adequately and competently. our compared to established disciplines of natural, techni- However strong and perceptive they may be, it has be- cal and social sciences. Informatics started less than a cen- come obvious that national computer societies alone have tury ago, in theory as the formulation of a special math- neither the ability nor the power to influence politics on a ematical theorem and, parallel to that, in practice, as the larger scale. They may be influential nationally but this is construction of a programmable computing machine. Both not sufficient in the long run, as the ‘Europe of countries’ beginnings were reflected in their names: computer science, has been transformed into an association where national and information technology. Even without a special plan it politics and strategies must be planned, adopted and ex- was obvious that both fields had much more in common ecuted in a coordinated manner. This has been essential in than met the eye in the beginning. The natural progression informatics, firstly due to its lack of tradition and then due was the convergence of both to result in what we know to- to its importance and potential impact on development in day as informatics. general. The answer to this challenge was to establish the Initially, practical achievements were used in universi- Council of European Professional Computer Societies. Its ties to satisfy scientific curiosity, but soon they attracted mission, to put it briefly, is to represent European informatics first the interest of the manufacturing industry and then professionals. I believe that we have been
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