POLAND http:// www. getonlineweek. eu / poland /
GOW 2016 campaign in Poland( Tydzień z Internetem) attracted a record number of institutions: more than 500 libraries, schools, culture centres, local NGOs and others. Thanks to their involvement Poland took the second position among 27 countries in terms of participants registered using the mini-survey. The total estimated number of participants in Poland is over 16,000 people.
The new topics promoted this year were a safe e-consumer and online security, inspired by the Digital Single Market strategy. A special quiz was designed for participants to learn how to create a secure Internet password, how to use safely e-banking and what rights protecting consumers buying online are. GOW 2016 was widely covered by Polish TV and radio stations( TVP3, Polish Radio) and online portals( wiadomosci. onet. pl, samorzad. pap. pl, odpowiedzialnybiznes. pl).
The campaign obtained the patronage of the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.
PORTUGAL http:// www. getonlineweek. eu / portugal /
FCT established a stand in“ Futurália” a big and known fair dedicated to education offers, training and employability. There, from 16 to 19 March, awareness raising activities were carried out in order to promote:
1. the national eSkills for Jobs campaign 2. the National Coalition for Digital Jobs and associated projects 3. the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre( Centro
Internet Segura) 4. an eSkills assessment by inviting bystanders to try the Skillage. eu test
5. the GOW itself, by encouraging people to elaborate initiatives of their own( on both Digital Jobs and / or Trust and Confidence thematics) and register on a GOW 2016 dedicated website.
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