The European Get Online Week organized by Telecentre Europe and planned on 23-29th March 2015 looks promising: 22 national partners have already registered, covering at least 21 countries in Europe, but registration is still open and we expect more partners to join soon. Students and unemployed will be the first target groups of the next European GOW edition on digital empowerment. Yet, the campaign activities will also target other groups like graduates looking for jobs, people with disabilities, people coming from rural or disadvantaged areas, and seniors. New topics will enrich the 2015 campaign: coding for digital inclusion and eParticipation. More details about these will follow in the next weeks, but in the meantime you can find below a glimpse of early plans in registered partner countries.
2015 will be the year of technological education in Czech Republic. Therefore coding and online safety activities will be organised for children and the youth by NCBI. LIKTA is planning a high-level policy event to reflect on National Coalition for e-Skills in the last 2 years. Libraries and SMEs will also be involved in Latvia during the campaign. Seniors will get ICT trainings and will be involved in inter-generational activities organised by EOS in Romania. ECP in the Netherlands will launch Digital Help Plaza – an online platform to test digital skills and get support. Around 400-500 events are estimated to take place in Poland during the Get Online Week organised by FRSI. Italy will see a boost in activities this year: two partners Fondazione Mondo Digitale and ERVET are planning to team-up on national and regional levels.
Two projects IT 4 Youth and Mobile Literacy delivered by PH International will engage citizens in Russia to use tablets and smartphones to access the Internet. Quiz, gaming, coding and other experimental activities are promised in the GOW plan in Portugal which will be run by FCT. Spanish Association of Telecentre Networks will look into women as entrepreneurs in ICT and will host International Telecentres Meeting on the topic. New member Simbioza Genesis from Slovenia will organize ICT Breakthrough computer workshops for young people. Many similar activities will take place in Croatia by Telecentar, Lithuania (Langas I Ateiti), Slovakia (Aptech Europe), Estonia (Smart Work Association), Sweden (Sambruk), Ireland (FIT), Macedonia (Open the Windows), Serbia (International Aid Network), Germany (Stiftung Digitale Chancen), Albania (Albanian Institute of Science), Bulgaria (ICTDBG).
In many countries partners are planning to promote and use a recent online tool YouRock.Jobs for youngsters to build their professional profiles as well as Skillage to test their current e-Skills.
