MACEDONIA
POLAND
http://www.getonlineweek.eu/macedonia/
http://www.getonlineweek.eu/poland/
The Get Online Week 2015 campaign in Poland was
inaugurated in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw
and was run under the patronage of the President
of the Republic of Poland.
In this year’s campaign the most visible activities
were these: people with disabilities sharing their
experience with digital skills, and Macedonian
schools sharing their experience in using ICTs,
assistive technology and internet in education with
children without and with disabilities. Ten young
people with disabilities who are students in primary,
secondary schools and universities, employed and
unemployed, artists, and musicians pointed out
the importance of digital skills which will empower
others with or without disability to work on their
computer skills.
On the other side, schools had an important role in
showing that digital inclusion can overcome barriers
in inclusion at schools. Teachers and professionals
from schools shared their experience in computer
and assistive technology use regarding the students’
needs of support for writing and reading skills,
mathematical skills and communication.
THE NETHERLANDS
http://www.getonlineweek.eu/netherlands/
During the Get Online Week 2015 the Dutch
National ‘Make It Work’ PR campaign was kicked off,
drawing attention to the importance of e-skills for
employability and for social inclusion in general.
During March and April, unemployed and/or
digital illiterate people seeking digital education,
training and jobs in all sectors were being directed
to local training locations to improve their e-skills,
in collaboration with the Dutch ministries of Social
Affairs and Internal Affairs and the Dutch labour
office UWV, private employment agencies, public
and private organisations with client help desks, a
National telephone Help-line and a local house-tohousehold advertising campaign reaching over more
than 3,000,000 Dutch households.
The PR activities resulted in 6,000 visitors to the
Dutch portal for people seeking to improve their
digital (eUser) skills (www.digitaalhulpplein.nl).
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The main topics of the campaign were:
• Mobile technologies - how to use the potential
of tablets and smartphones (workshops for
adults and seniors)
• Digital jobs and e-Skills required on a labour
market (workshops for youth)
• Early coding education - how to learn coding and
have fun (workshops for children).
In total 307 institutions all over the Poland, e.g.
public libraries, schools, community centres,
e-centres, workrooms, local NGOs etc. organised
nearly 700 events attended by more than 11,000
participants.
In order to make scenarios more attractive and to
promote the campaign in social media, the “selfie”
was the horizontal theme in all scenarios.
PORTUGAL
http://www.getonlineweek.eu/portugal/
GOW 2015 in Portugal had a broad range of
activities for participants: from coding activities
for youngsters, info-inclusion of senior population,
training for unemployed people to media events
for blind and visually impaired community. The
digital inclusion centres promoted social inclusion
through training in computing and Internet usage
and safety for children and young people from
vulnerable socio-economic contexts, particularly the
descendants of immigrants and ethnic minorities.
Competences for improving employability were also
promoted together with employment agencies.
Public libraries and nursing homes provided seniors
with opportunities to learn to surf the Internet
encouraging them to use computers and digital
tools.
In the context of the 25th anniversary of ACAPO
(Portuguese Association of the Blind and Poorly
Sighted) an event with the media was organised
that focused on the evolution of assistive
technology for those who are visually impaired.
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