The ECS organized the first training program in 1971 and since then, more than 4000 representatives from Egypt, Arab countries and some Islamic countries have completed such training. The ECS was also the first in the Arab World to organize seminars and workshops on subjects of prime importance such as computer arabization. The ECS is a member of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). In addition, the ECS has an exchange scientific program with the British Computer Society (BCS) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).