e-CF COUNCIL will build a stable network of reference stakeholders in the ICT sector to foster ICT professionalism at European and international level. There will be employer and professional associations, social partners, companies, Small-Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), public authorities, training institutions and certification bodies. The development of recognised and joint ICT VET programmes and certifications based on the new ICT competence standard e-CF and the ESCO IT occupations, will be the initial and concrete object around which establishing the network. The main purposes:- Developing a common reference scheme for joint qualifications and assessment, answering the “Dual-Thinkers” skill requirements coming out of the new digital technologies (“SMAC stack” - social, mobile, analytics, cloud, internet of things, cyber security and IT Project Management), according to the ESCO IT occupations. The scheme, based on the EQF, EQAVET and ECVET criteria, will guarantee VET mutual comparability and harmonisation of e-skills curricula at EU level to enable ICT skilled professionals’ and workers’ mobility- Fostering social dialogue to find common sectorial agreements and job matching approaches between workers and enterprises benefitting from the shared tools settled- Establishing governance mechanisms based on continuous improvement and quality label e-CF COUNCIL will implement about 15 e-competences from the e-CF into learning units-Designing and implementing a joint vocational qualification based on ESCO IT occupations by pilot blended/local/transnational joint training actions-Developing ESCO/e-CF-based competence certificationsSuch pilot initiatives will address at least 120 IT professionals/workers. The set of learning units will feed the e-CF COUNCIL open library (OCR). The on-line e-CF COUNCIL community will be established and its members will be the ICT professionals participating in the e-CF COUNCIL vocational programmes and certifications.