ANNUAL REPORT 2015 | TELECENTRE EUROPE
We have focused our communication efforts in 2015 on
promoting projects and campaigns, building new and
strengthening existing partnerships with other associations,
and increasing our visibility as well as advocacy in Brussels.
Telecentre Europe’s staff members
attended at least 30 events organised
by EC and partners in Brussels and
across Europe in 2015. We organised
a networking session as part of ICT
2015 event in Lisbon. Telecentre
Europe was also the official supporter
of EU Hackathon that took place in
Brussels in November 2015.
In terms of new content, 3 infographics, 4 videos
and 4 project promo collateral were produced last
year. Some of the design work Telecentre Europe
outsourced to its Belgian member Maks vzw. This
new collaboration led to great results. One of
them is a new annual conference logo created by
Maks vzw designers. To produce Digital Jobs video
Telecentre Europe worked
with an animation agency
based in Denmark ‘Level up
pictures’.
Being active on social media
was part of the continuous
communication strategy.
Telecentre Europe has increased its fan-base on
social media: 1,200 on Facebook, 1,263 on Twitter,
and 136 on LinkedIn. Almost 800 tweets were sent
reaching 300,000 Twitter users. Unite-IT community
grew by 131 members in 2015 alone reaching 740
members.
Communication
& Events
TEAC 2015 in Belgrade
In its 8th year, a 1.5-day TEAC was hosted on 2425 September by three European funded projects:
UNITE-IT, E-uropa and I-LINC. In 2015 the turn was
given to Belgrade to host the event which was coorganised with our Serbian member International
Aid Network (IAN). Altogether 143 participants came
from well over 20 countries. The common theme
for the 2015 conference was “Digitally empowered
Europeans”, a tagline reflecting Telecentre Europe’s
vision for European citizens. Due to its focus on
youth employability and digital skills for jobs,
TEAC15 was also on the official calendar of the
European Commission’s ongoing campaign eSkills for
Jobs.
Conference participants had a chance to listen to
keynote speakers from Serbia, Belgium and
Latvia. Industry representatives from “TIETO”
Ltd (Latvia) and CISCO shared their views.
A panel dedicated to youth employability
gathered topic experts from European
E-skills Association, Estonian Ministry of
Economic Affairs and Communications, Fast
Track to IT, ICT Hub Belgrade and University
of Washington. The aim was to initiate an open
discussion within the telecentre community and
continue the conversa