On March 18th at 00:00 CET the Get Online Week 2013 (#GOW2013) campaign counter was set to zero. In a joined effort to empower people to use technology to find a job or get more out of life, thousands of Europeans will be reached during the Pan-European campaign that will end on March 24th, at […]
Brussels, BELGIUM | 18 MARCH 2013 While the demand for employees with ICT skills is growing by around 3% a year[1], nearly half of the European labour force (47%)[2] is not confident their computer and internet skills are sufficient in today’s labour market. To highlight the essential role ICT skills play in today’s society, the […]
Already a partner for GOW2012, the Republican Public Organization “Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs” (RPO “BelAU”) is again the national partner for GOW2013. Local partnership The association will involve 4 ICT learning centres at NGOs, private organisations and schools: at its own premises at RPO “BelAU”, at the Branch of the Russian State Social University in Minsk, at […]
This video was made by code.org, a campaign in the US that wants to encourage youngsters to take up lessons in programming. Very inspiring and can be used during the GOW2013 campaign to encourage young people to take up a career in computing! Starring Bill Gates (Microsoft), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Jack Dorsey (Twitter), but also female […]
On International’s Women’s Day, March 8th, our Belgian partner Interface3 organized a Web Marathon as a warm-up event for the European Get Online Week campaign 2013. The event receive wide national media attention due to the presence of the Belgian Prime Minister, Elio Di Rupo, State Secretary for Social Integration, Maggie De Block and Emir Kir, Mayor of […]
Already a partner for GOW2012 & GOW2011, Interface3 is again the Belgian national partner for Get Online Week 2013. As a warm-up event for GOW2013, Interface3 will organize a ‘Webmarathon’ on International’s Women’s Day March 8th. a ‘Webmarathon’. The event is expected to receive wide national media attention due to the visit of the Belgian Prime Minister and […]
As a preparation for Get Online Week 2013, which this year focuses on youth, former Tvoy Kurs responsible Ekaterina Fedotova has published a series of stories of the Teach Your Family campaign (2012) that illustrate how Russian youngsters between 12-17 have been empowered by providing digital literacy courses for those with little access to ICT […]
The Pan-European Get Online Week 2013 campaign (18-24 March) was launched by Telecentre-Europe’s co-founder Ian Clifford during the plenary session on awareness raising at the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs Conference in Brussels on March 5th. Telecentre-Europe opened the session with Ian Clifford interrogating the public: “If my daughter says she wants to become a […]
Brussels, BELGIUM | 5 MARCH 2013 Over 20% Europeans are young, unemployed, and mostly unaware of the fact that by 2015, about 800.000 (1) vacancies for ICT-related jobs will remain open if job seekers do not acquire the ICT skills demanded by the industry. To reduce this mismatch between supply and demand, the 2013 “Get […]
This year, the annual digital empowering campaign Get Online Week organized by Telecentre-Europe will be launched on March 5th, during the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs Conference (4-5 March, Brussels, Belgium). Telecentre-Europe will present and officially open the campaign during the plenary session on “Raising Awareness” at Day 2 of the Conference (March 5th, at 12h10 CET). After, […]
