ICTSwitzerland: Association president wanted
Ruedi Noser is stepping down as President of ICTSwitzerland in 2017. The IT umbrella organization has achieved a great deal under Noser with its appearance as a partner country at CeBIT and the establishment of ICT Vocational Training Switzerland.
ICTSwitzerland turned over about CHF 1.4 million last year and is sitting on cash and cash equivalents of CHF 700,000.
ICT Vocational Training Switzerland, launched by ICTSwitzerland six years ago, is a positive innovation story. As Managing Director Jörg Aebischer pointed out at the association's delegates' meeting this year, the number of apprenticeships has increased by 37 percent since 2007. ICT vocational training has established itself in the federal vocational training commission in a relatively short time.
ICTSwitzerland has succeeded in staging the vocational championship as a big show at Zurich's main station and in raising the necessary money for it. Therefore, the association can be said to have some influence on education. Alain Gut, who heads the association's Education Commission, says that the implementation of Curriculum 21 in the cantons will be closely monitored.
There is now an urgent need for an e-learning platform for teacher professional development, Gut said.
Noser's successor
Ruedi Noser's successor as president of ICTSwitzerland will not have an easy time maintaining the status quo - because the once loose association was only able to establish itself as an umbrella organization under Noser. Noser and his people also succeeded well in keeping the budget together.
ICTSwitzerland turned over about CHF 1.4 million last year and is sitting on cash and cash equivalents of CHF 700,000.
The association has given the first major push to vocational training, launched some important topics (education, digitalization, Ü45, Switzerland as ICT export country), and internationalized the Swiss industry, see CeBIT 2016 in Hannover with Switzerland as guest country.
