ANNUAL REPORT 2015 | TELECENTRE EUROPE
eSkills for Jobs 2015, part of the EU eSkills strategy, is a major cross
sector, multi-stakeholder campaign from the European Commission,
involving more than 650 organisations across Europe including
companies, associations, education and training bodies and NGOs.
Campaigns:
eSkills for Jobs
The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of
the need for citizens to improve their command of
ICT skills for work. The campaign is a response to
the growing demand for ICT-skilled professionals
which is currently not met, despite high levels of
unemployment in Europe.
Telecentre Europe was one of the three panEuropean stakeholders that supported Digital Europe
and European Schoolnet to run the campaign in
2014 and 2015. Our contribution was formed by two
main sets of actions.
❶ Organizing the Get Online Week as part of
eSkills for Jobs, including:
a. eSkills for employment training using a
range of technologies and devices
b. Hunting for digital jobs events
c. ICT certification – free vouchers from
industry.
❷ Supporting the overall communications of the
campaign, as follows:
a. Contribution to the overall
communications strategy and day-
to-day tasks, especially on the social media
reach-out
b. Contribution to the revision of the eSkills
Manifesto, on eInclusion section
c. Contribution to the update of website
content in sections agreed with project
partners.
Focus on the unemployed
Telecentre Europe involved four members in the
eSkills for Jobs that have organized dedicated
activities for the young unemployed. Below are some
highlights of the work carried by our members.
In Greece, 483 young people participated in
the workshops organized by HePIS. During the
workshops, HePIS presented the Getcoding initiative
which is part of the eSkills for Jobs campaign while
informing the delegates about the prospects of the
ICT sector and the current gap of almost 335,000 ICT
vacant positions.
In Italy, Fondazione Mondo Digitale (FMD) organised
an intensive campaign on social media, emphasizing
how training on digital skills changed the lives of
young people. 8 video eSkills for Jobs campaign
testimonials have been uploaded on the FMD’s
Youtube channel, website and social media channels.
In Portugal, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(FCT) created an interactive map on ICT education
and training “Choose a successful career in ICT”.
This was achieved with the support of the National
Coalitions of Digital Jobs.
In Spain, the Association “Community of Telecentre
Networks” organised webinars for young
unemployed with the following themes: (a) Training
for employment and (b) Encouragement of e-skills
for young people and unemployed. Also a new
website was created to raise awareness about the
skills gap and to support the campaign activities:
www.competenciasdigitales.com
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