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Projects completed in 2017
I-LINC
period: January 2015 – December 2017
source of funding: Horizon 2020
coordinator: ALL DIGITAL
website: http://www.i-linc.eu
I-LINC’s main objective was to establish a sustainable,
overarching platform for ICT (for) learning and inclusion
focused on boosting the employability of young people.
Beyond the technical meaning of “platform” (in the sense
of an online environment for networking, participation
and learning), it primarily refers here to the ambition
of consolidating a committed and active community of
stakeholders working in ICT for learning and inclusion to
boost young people’s employability.
2017 was the final year of the project. The Consortium
continued building upon what it had learned from its previous
work with users and stakeholders of the I-LINC platform.
Under the leadership of ALL DIGITAL, the partners
focused on attracting and engaging individual users and
stakeholders. Currently, 270 stakeholders are profiled on
the platform and 3,000 users are registered. Interaction
between the newly engaged and existing users and
stakeholders was encouraged by various activities such as
the Get Online Week 2017 campaign or the Entrepreneurial
learning courses for teachers.
The I-LINC Final Conference, entitled “Educating for the
21 st Century: Boosting Digital Skills and Entrepreneurial
Thinking” was organised within the Lifelong Learning Week,
on 23 November. The main aim of the conference was to
share ideas and recent developments in the area of digital
and entrepreneurial skills in education, and to present the
outcomes of three years of activities under the I-LINC project.
I-LINC became a unique overarching platform connecting
different topics and types of stakeholders. I-LINC has been
successful in bringing educators and actors from formal
and non-formal sectors together and enabled them to
learn from each other. I-LINC also acted as an enabler for
dialogue between youth and policy makers, ensuring that
policy recommendations coming from youth were taken
into account in new EU policies in the field of digital skills.
Moreover, the platform offered a broad range of
opportunities for engagement. From webinars to MOOCs,
from European-wide campaigns to fun activities like the
Selfie Entrepreneur and the 5 EUR challenge, from coding
to IoT and STEM activities. Finally, I-LINC built a sustainable
and comprehensive online bank of resources, including
policies, stakeholder profiles, research studies, events and
best practices.