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Sep 12, 2007 

Cnet News: IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions' - by Bupesh Jain

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IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions' - by Bupesh Jain

Europe is losing out on billions of dollars in investments because of a shortfall in qualified technology-oriented human resources. The European Commission is warning that 40 percent of European citizens suffer from "digital illiteracy" and that the skills shortage is slowing down the implementation of new projects. The European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, said it is no longer possible to waste the talents of millions of Europeans by leaving them out of the information society.

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