Overwhelming media attention for “Seniors & Tablets” project in Germany
During Get Online Week 2012 Android tablet devices (with internet flatrate and telephone function) were given for one year to...
04 October, 2012
Community engagement is flourishing at Telecentre-Europe’s community site
Now that the holiday months are over, the Featured Community Contest at Telecentre-Europe’s community site is becoming ever more...
04 October, 2012
ICT for women empowerment in Serbia
In the last couple of years, the International Aid Network (IAN) has directed the greatest part of their efforts towards empowering women. In...
04 October, 2012
Silver surfers conquer new spaces in Serbia
With the aim of promoting active aging as well as intergenerational solidarity, the International Aid Network (IAN) organized a competition for...
04 October, 2012
Computer courses for inmates of women prisons in Serbia
Since November 2011, International Aid Network (IAN) has been conducting computer courses for inmates in the women’s prison of Serbia,...
04 October, 2012
Workshop on Digital Skills Certification in Spain
On September 21-22, 2012, the Community Association of Telecentre Networks and Social Innovation Centres organized a workshop at Citilab Cornellà...
04 October, 2012
Solidarity between generations: technical support at telecentres in Denmark
In Denmark the education of IT support staff and programmers is conducted at a TEC (a vocational college). The Association of...
03 October, 2012
New opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities in Romania
EOS Foundation Romania and “Pentru Voi” Foundation developed a partnership to support the inclusion and welfare of people with intellectual disabilities. The partnership...
03 October, 2012
Sustainable telecentres through exchange experiences
More than 50 telecentre coordinators from Romania, Serbia, Latvia and Moldova participated in a range of 4 workshops that were implemented in the countries of...
03 October, 2012
Scaling up telecentres in Kemerovo region, Russia
The electronic resource center of the Kemerovo Regional Academic Library is one of the leaders in the region in terms of the...
03 October, 2012
Telecentres by and for the elderly in Denmark
It’s all about feeling comfortable, about creating the right environment. The telecentres of the Association of Danish Senior Citizens generate that feeling. Because...
03 October, 2012
Volunteers to train deaf users in Russia
At the Archangelsk Tvoy Kurs Center (Russia), volunteer trainers with good knowledge of sign language, are trained to become facilitators of Digital...
03 October, 2012
Rural entrepreneurship courses in Romania
Our member EOS Foundation Romania, in partnership with Civitas Foundation, has implemented the ICT & Rural Entrepreneurship Project to give professional orientation for people at rural...
03 October, 2012
Educational events in Lithuania prepare youth for the labour market
In the framework of a new project called “ICT skills for youth career opportunities”, funded by Microsoft, Langas į ateitį is...
02 October, 2012
New website to encourage more e-services users in Lithuania
In its continuous efforts to offer up-to-date ICT training, „Langas į ateitį“ launched the new website www.epilietis.eu, designed in Lithuania. The website was developed to...
02 October, 2012
Media literacy for the 21st century in Croatia
Media literacy for the 21st century is a partnership project, implemented by two vocational schools from Zagreb and Rijeka and Telecentar from Zagreb. The project has officially started...
02 October, 2012
Orange Poland offers 3 extra years of free internet at Polish libraries
In July 2012, the Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI) and its Polish ministry partners signed a Memorandum with Orange Poland to prolong the financing...
01 October, 2012
Regional Tech Forum 3.0 on October 16th in Gdynia, Poland
The Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI) is organizing a series of regional Tech Fora 3.0 to provide information on ICT to the local communities’...
01 October, 2012
Learning about ICT in Denmark
The Learn more about ICT network in Denmark embraces NGOs, libraries, citizen information points, social housing and adult teaching centres. On...
01 October, 2012
Telecentre-Europe partners in EU project to develop the ICT competences of care workers
Telecentre-Europe is part of the partnership of 14 institutions that launched the CARER+ project earlier this year for care-workers all...
01 October, 2012
Danish seniors laugh their way to digital skills
On September 13th, Telecentre-Europe’s member Learn more about ICT network (Denmark) organized a Senior Surf Day. 461 places all over...
26 September, 2012
Telecentre-Europe Newsletter September 2012
In this issue: News from Telecentre-Europe (TE): Last minute registrations for TE’s Summit 17-18 October, Warsaw – TE Awards 2012 –...
26 September, 2012
Upcoming: Free Webinar on Google+ & Google+ Hangouts for Nonprofits
On Tuesday, October 2 from 19h to 20h30 CEST (=GMT+2), Heather Mansfield is organizing the one-time only Free webinar How...
24 September, 2012
Telecentre-Europe at the ICT Proposers’ Day 2012 in Warsaw
Representatives of Telecentre-Europe will participate at the ICT Proposers Day 2012 that is taking place in Warsaw on 26-27 September...
24 September, 2012
Telecentre-Europe AISBL’s General Assembly to elect new Managing Board on October 16 in Warsaw
On October 16, preceding Telecentre-Europe Summit 2012 in Warsaw, Telecentre-Europe AISBL’s annual General Assembly will be held. This year, a new Managing...
24 September, 2012
Socially savvy geeks entail great benefit for the social sector
In his recent post at the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Daniel Ben-Horin, co-CEO at TechSoup Global, looks back at his experience at Campus...
24 September, 2012
Philippine telecentre wins “Train the Most Women” contest
Malvar Community eCenter (CeC), a telecentre based in Batangas, Philippines, has been declared the winner of the “Train the...
23 September, 2012
Upcoming: free webinars in English and Spanish on effective e-commerce tools for SMEs
Wednesday September 26 at 22h (in Spanish) & Thursday September 27 at 11h (in English), Daniel Salcedo, Chief Executive Officer...
23 September, 2012
“Bibliomist” helps families to connect by Skype at libraries in Ukraine
Bibliomist, a country-wide programme that is helping Ukrainian libraries to better serve their communities, has recently launched Communication without Barriers – a...
22 September, 2012
Join Telecentre.org Foundation at SOCAP12 for 30% Off
Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) has partnered with SOCAP12: Making Meaning Matter that will be held in San Francisco, October 1-4, 2012. More than...
22 September, 2012
TCF’s “TIS Talks” webinars enter phase 2 and focus on finding solutions & partners for telecentre networks
TIS Talks, the webinar series on Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability organized by Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) and Intel, is now moving towards...
22 September, 2012
Telecentre-Europe launches Awards for its Most Outstanding Members
After the first run in 2011, a new Telecentre-Europe Awards competition (#TEA12) was launched on September 20, 2012. This year, the...
21 September, 2012
Microsoft unveils #YouthSpark, an initiative targeting 300 million youth globally
Building on its long history of philanthropic programs that provide support to nonprofits around the world, Microsoft Corporate Citizenship recently unveiled...
21 September, 2012
Four Telecentre-Europe member organizations share experiences during a Study Visit in Moldova
Between 17-21 September a Study Visit is taking place in Moldova during which 15 telecentre leaders from 4 Telecentre-Europe member organizations...
20 September, 2012
Cities On Internet Association
The Cities On Internet Association (COI) is a non-governmental organization tasked with bridging the gap between public entities, IT companies...
19 September, 2012
TCF’s Free Online Twitter Training for Newbies: Oct 3, 14h-15h CEST
New to Twitter? Created an account but don’t really know where to start? Here’s good news! Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) is...
19 September, 2012
Telecentre-Europe at the Workshop “Certification Model for Digital Competences in Spain” Sep 21-22, Barcelona
The Spanish Association of the Community of Telecentre Networks and Social Innovation Centers, is organizing the Workshop Certification Model for Digital...
18 September, 2012
Video of “Digital Agenda for Europe Going Local” event in Latvia
Watch this great video of the Digital Agenda for Europe Going Local event in Latvia, co-organized by Telecentre-Europe’s member Latvian Information and Communications Technology...
17 September, 2012
Commission urges Member States to recognise skills gained outside school and university
As part of its strategy for creating jobs and growth, the European Commission has launched an initiative to boost the...
12 September, 2012
Upcoming: free webinar on Leveraging ICT for the Base of the Pyramid
On Thursday September 13 from 10h00 to 11h00 Lucie Klarsfeld from Hystra, a consulting firm specializing in hybrid (social &...
12 September, 2012