What is the ECDL?
The ECDL - EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE - is an internationally-recognized standard of competence, a widely acceptable certificate that asserts that the holder has the knowledge and skills needed to use the most common computer applications efficiently and productively in the workplace and at home.

Who Manages the ECDL in Cyprus?
The ECDL is managed in Cyprus by the Cyprus Computer Society, the independent scientific, not-for-profit organization of computer professionals. You can contact the Society at the telephone no. 22460680 or via email at the address ccs@spidernet.com.cy or find out more at www.ccs.org.cy. You can also visit www.ecdl.com.cy for more information on the ECDL tests.

How to Get the ECDL?
To gain the ECDL - EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE - the candidate must pass one theoretical and six practical tests, which are administered throughout Europe by authorised Test Centres. Tests are based on the - EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE Syllabus.

How and When it Started?
The ECDL - EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE - concept was developed as part of the work of the User Skills Task Force set up by CEPIS - Council of European Professional Informatics Societies and its member societies. The whole work was completed with EU Funding within the Leonardo and ESPRIT Projects.

The ECDL Foundation
The ECDL - EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE - concept is owned and managed by the EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE Foundation which is supported by the EU Commission.

Headquartered in Dublin, the EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE Foundation, was established in January 1997 by CEPIS - Council of European Professional Informatics Societies as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee to support and co-ordinate the work of the ECDL Organizations in each member country.

The ECDL Foundation works to promote a pan-European and an international certificate of industry-standard computing skills. The ECDL - EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE - is open to everyone; from large multinational organizations and government bodies to the individual computer user irrespective of colour, social status, racial origin or sex.

The ECDL has already been adopted by all EU and Scandinavian countries, many eastern European countries, countries of the African continent Canada and Australia. It has also been introduced in the United States of America.

The ECDL has become the de-facto and only independent international certificate of end-user IT Skills.

The ECDL is awarded when the Candidate passes in the seven (7) ECDL Module Tests that are the following:

1. Concepts of Information Technology
2. Using the Computer and Managing Files
3. Word Processing
4. Spreadsheets
5. Database
6. Presentation
7. Information & Communication

The Tests are based on the ECDL Syllabus that the Candidate can download and review. Module Test 1 is theoretical while all other 6 Module Tests (2-7) are practical. All tests last 45 minutes.

The passing mark for all ECDL Tests is 75%.

To review the ECDL Test Process click here.