TELECENTRE EUROPE | ANNUAL REPORT 2016
ANNUAL REPORT 2016 | TELECENTRE EUROPE
The seventh edition of the European Get Online Week (GOW) to digitally
empower and employ people was celebrated on 14-20 March this year.
With a record number of 29 campaign partners involved in 27 countries,
the campaign proved again the necessity to raise awareness about ICT
competence and the importance to see every European digitally savvy.
Get Online
Week 2016
Cisco and Liberty Global financially supported the campaign which was
also endorsed by some of the European Commissioners. European GOW
2016 was again part of eSkills for Jobs to tackle youth unemployment
Campaign’s overall aim
Engage and empower people to use technology and the Internet with
confidence and skills that allow them to benefit of the world of online
opportunities.
Campaigns
The week-long initiative is organised by Telecentre Europe and its members
every March since 2010. A variety of non-formal education providers such
as telecentres, libraries, community centres and non-for-profits are the
ones who organise thousands of various activities in their communities
throughout the campaign week to reduce the skills gap and promote
ICT jobs. This year’s campaign focused around two themes: trust and
confidence, and digital jobs.
Aimed at enabling more and more citizens to benefit of the increasingly
advanced online services, Get Online Week was the occasion to raise
awareness about online identities, cyber-security, ICT skills and available
tools so that European citizens become
confident Internet users. The campaign also brought together stakeholders
at national and local levels to provide training and support to youth and
unemployed towards digital careers.
A range of events targeted both young and old: from training activities, to
testing own e-skills, to learning how to code, to gaining knowledge about
data privacy online, to attending career events and workshops.
An estimate 122,000 Europeans took part in over 5,100 events this year.
In addition, millions have been reached through
media and social media channels across Europe
(see the Infographic for more figures). #GOW16
has been (maybe more than ever) one of the
trending topics on Twitter and Facebook, with
endorsements from two Vice presidents of
the Commission (Andrus Ansip and Kristalina
Georgieva), Commissioner Günther Oettinger,
DG Connect, Digital Champion of Netherlands
Tineke Netelenbos, ICT industry, EURES, EPALE
and other European organisations.
Find more in the Get Online Week 2016 report.
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