ANNUAL REPORT 2015 | TELECENTRE EUROPE
Unite-IT: Uniting Europe through digital empowerment
Completed
projects
Unite-IT is an informal network of digital inclusion professionals
and practitioners throughout Europe and beyond, supported by the
European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme.
The focal point of the
community is the Unite-IT
portal (www.unite-it.eu).
At the end of 2015, the
Unite-IT online community
registered 737 members
from 85 individual countries.
Members are inclusion
professionals, work for
organisations specialised
in digital inclusion or simply interested in digital skills and community
development – the Unite-IT community is for all.
Sharing our collective experience and
know-how? Unite-IT offers a database of
good practices, eInclusion policies and
resources. The database allows access
to the repository of European practices,
policies and resources with specific regard
to ICT for inclusion and social cohesion.
Collaborating with others? Unite-IT has established 5
working groups, meeting not only virtually, but once
a year face-to-face. Each working group collectively
developed and validated a joint position paper
on topics of common interest. The Education and
Training working group discussed the future of the
Digital Competence Framework and its usability by
telecentres, the Gender Equality group discussed
opportunities to bring more women into IT, the
Period:
Nov 2012 - Oct 2015
Source of funding:
Lifelong Learning Programme,
Key Activity 3 (ICT)
Coordinator:
Telecentre Europe
Website:
www.unite-it.eu
Youth employability group focused on the Grand
Coalition for Digital Jobs and the Digital Single
Market, while the Vulnerable Groups members
overviewed the balance between social and digital
disadvantage.
For the third time in a row, the Unite-IT Digital
Inclusion Awards were one of the most exciting
moments of the Telecentre Europe Annual
Conference in Belgrade: Unite-IT acknowledged
organizations who work in the field of digital
inclusion and who create, often with very small
resources, innovative ways to bring digital
opportunities to people in their communities.
The three-year Unite-IT project ended in October
2015, but the e-inclusion community developed
thanks to this project will continue to strive and
grow over the years to come.
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