As many of you already know, the focus of the Get Online Week (GOW) in 2013 ( March 18-24th) was on youth.

During the GOW 2013, our active network of national Get Online Week campaign partners joined efforts with ICT companies and public authorities and organised a range of activities in both urban and rural areas to empower young people to use technology. A big thank you to our partners who made this possible and who helped us compile the experiences form their countries for this report...

Brussels, BELGIUM | 17 APRIL 2013

Nearly half of the European labour force (47%) [1] is not confident their computer and internet skills are sufficient in today’s labour market, while the demand for employees with ICT skills is growing considerably, by around 3% a year [2]. By 2015, 900.000 ICT job vacancies are forecasted to remain unfilled [3].

The Europe-wide Get Online Week campaign, organized in 26 countries between 18 and 24 March 2013, highlighted the essential role ICT skills play in to...

During Get Online Week 2013, Langas i ateiti organized an essay competition. Underneath is the winning article from the authors Vida Krenciuviene & Zita Maciene.

“Every library visitor correctly notes that the modern library, with lots of illuminated computer monitors on the tables, is not only the cradle of e-skills but also an irreplaceable human helpmate”

Window to the future

The 1st computer reached the Telšiai Karolina Praniauskaitė library branch of Varniai in 2005, and th...

On the 21st of March, a group of the M.Čobotas Third Age University (MČTAU) students-seniors took part in the seminar “What should we know about social networks?”, as one of the many activities of Get Online Week 2013 in Lithuania. It was arranged by Langas į ateitį and the telecommunication company TEO.

Seniors in social networks

Many of us seniors use the Internet as a source of knowledge and information, but we are still shy to enter social networks or use numerous useful services on the Inte...

Thousands of Europeans were digitally empowered during the Get Online Week campaign of Telecentre-Europe. Between 18 and 24 March 2013, more than 10.000 ICT learning centres, libraries & schools in 26 countries supported over 100.000 people in their online journeys.

Telecentre-Europe is very pleased with the massive effort done by its partners during Get Online Week 2013 and its astonishing outcomes. In just one week, the European ICT learning centres, libraries, schools, etc. have changed ...

In the early afternoon today, the number of GOW 2013 survey participants reached 50.000 ! A good figure to extract some statistics and tell you more about the #GOW2013 participants and their internet and computer usage habits.

Demographics

From all participants, 57 % are female, so girls and women seem to be more interested in internet activities and learning digital skills.

For this year, young people are among the target groups of GOW 2013  – and YES! – 57% of our participants are ...

La Valetta, MALTA | 21 MARCH 2013

The Malta Communications Authority (‘MCA’) and 19 Community Training and Learning Centres (CTLCs) across Malta and Gozo are this week celebrating the Get Online Week 2013 (‘GOW2013′). 

The ‘GOW’ is a pan European initiative organised by Telecentre-Europe across 30 countries with the involvement of over 10,000 ICT learning centres (also known as telecentres) which is aimed at helping more people to go digital and start using ICTs as part of their ever...

Today, Open the Windows held a round table on Digital Inclusion in Macedonia at the Porta hotel in Skopje.

The round table, organized within the Get Online Week campaign, gathered representatives of the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA), Faculty of Information Science and Computer Engineering, the Metamorphosis Foundation, educational institutions, civil organizations, schools and individuals with disabilities.

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» Several primary schools from Macedonia have partnered with the Get Online Week campaign: Ilinden from Kriva Palanka, Slavko Lumbarkovski from the village of Novaci, Somche Nastevski from the village of Vratnica, Vasil Glavinov from Veles, J.H. Pestalozzi from Skopje and others hold and will hold workshops on Internet safety every day from Monday to Friday.

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Copenhagen, DENMARK | 20 MARCH 2013

This week more than 200 data lounges, libraries and education associations across the entire country will be ready to do a special effort to bring as many Danes as possible on the digital band wagon.

The occasion is the joint European campaign Get Online Week, which takes place from 18th – 24th of March. During the week, an extraordinary effort will be made to help those people, who are not online yet. The EU commission supports the campaign.

In the EU-m...