A growing number of companies, trade unions, qualification & certification providers, researchers, ministries and policy makers etc. from France, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Canada, Malta, Belgium, Russia and at EU level are routinely using the e-CF as an HR planning and development tool. Some of the current users were involved in the mentioned e-CF development and updating process, other users adopted the e-CF as an established product for use in their specific environment. For detailed examples see here. Complementarily, the European e-Competence Framework is a reference base of a number of EU project initiatives inside and outside of the CEN context; e.g. the CEN ICT Skills Workshop Projects e-CF into SME’s, European ICT Professional Profiles, e-Certification in Europe, Digital Profiles for the Mediterranean area, and a number of strategic studies around e-Skills and IT Professionalism in a long-term launched by the European Commission.