September 24th evening
Unite-IT Digital Inclusion Award Ceremony
(2nd edition)
The first day of TEAC
2015 ended on a high
note with an award
ceremony with a live
music performance which
prompted
networking
and
dancing.
Ms.
Gordana Stankov Stojilovic (IAN, Serbia) hosted
the conference, while four Board members of
Telecentre Europe were invited to present and hand
the awards to the winners. The winners received
certificates and symbolic statues for each category.
The Unite-IT network established the Digital
Inclusion Award in 2014 as the annual recognition
to organisations and professionals who work in
the field of digital inclusion and who create, often
with very small resources, innovative ways to bring
digital opportunities and skills to people in their
communities. Organisations working in the field
of digital inclusion and training were invited to
submit their good practices and policies in MayAugust 2015. The Unite-IT network collects each
year new European practices into a comprehensive
database that can be used by all its registered
members. The Unite-IT Project Jury evaluated
42 good practices and 18 resources from all over
Europe based on criteria such as innovation of the
good practice/resource, its usability and relevance.
Four
were
organisations,
selected and
mathematical understanding and skills while
strengthening their knowledge-base acquired at
school. More information: http://goo.gl/IkkeF9
Youth employability
YouRock.Jobs
platform,
established by YouRock
Online Ltd (UK) in 2013, was
selected as the best entry
in the Youth employability
category. It is a creative tool
developed for young job-seekers under 30 wishing
to showcase their first working skills and connect
with employers. Available in 17 languages, YouRock
aims to help 500,000 young people in Europe to
build attractive online portfolios and find a job.
More information: http://yourock.jobs
Vulnerable groups at risk of exclusion
Citizens Advice from the United
Kingdom won with their Digital
Money
Coaching
project.
This project is a community
of volunteers who work with
Citizens Advice clients to
improve their digital skills in
the context of financial capability to use online and
mobile banking; price comparison sites and energy
saving sites. They also teach people how to access
local and national government services online such
in
four
categories, as welfare benefits.
awarded in Belgrade: More information: https://goo.gl/GIl4fn
1. Education and training: Tieto Latvia LTD, Latvia
2. Youth employability: YouRock Online Ltd,
United Kingdom
3. Vulnerable groups at risk of exclusion: Citizens
Advice, United Kingdom
4. Gender equality: City of Venice, Italy
Gender equality
The winner in the Gender
equality category is a project
called Spazio M@mm@ (M@
mm@ space) run by the City of
Venice in Italy. It is a dedicated
space for mothers and children,
Education and training
next to the room that houses an
Tieto Latvia won the Internet centre, opened in January 2015. The idea
award in this category with was to address the gender gap and attract more
their mobile application women to computer classes by providing a space
GUDRINIEKS (Wise One). for children with a babysitter. Children play while
The application is a free their mothers are learning ICT skills.
educational tool designed More information: http://goo.gl/oRdnzo
for
pre-school
and
primary schoolchildren. It helps children develop
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