Our Managing Director Gabriel Rissola participated in the last edition of SparkLab Andalucia earlier this month (May 2014) and was asked a series of questions after his presentation in the forum focused on the telecentre movement in Europe, its links to European policy, and the...
The Spanish network of telecentres Guadalinfo and our partner organisation Telecentre.org are organising this Friday, March 7th in Andalucia, Spain an event on telecentres and innovation titled “SparkLAB Andalucía”. Sponsored by the Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica, the event is a continuation of the international SparkLAB initiative, a movement initiated by Telecentre.org,...
The conference about ICT and e-skills in social care took place on 26th February 2014 in Brussels. It was organised by the careNET project aimed at discussing the present challenges for care-workers. Social care professionals and policy makers together addressed the elderly acceptance of ICT, informal...
By Masha Tarle The last 50 years in Europe have witnessed the growth of an ageing population. Coupled with the integration of even more women into the work force, the phenomenon has left an employment gap in the home care sector, often filled with informal and...
A competition for young social entrepreneurs using internet and mobile technology. The WSYA is a global contest and an international knowledge-network that tracks and connects outstanding e-Content developers and social innovators. Call for applications is open! Go to www.youthaward.org Supported by a unique network of NGOs, youth organisations, businesses and...
Our well known campaign titled Get Online Week (GOW) will take Europe this March 24-30th. Telecentre Europe is expecting around 5000 ICT learning centres – in 30 countries across Europe – to open their doors and support thousands of people to get ICT training, certification and/or access...
In this issue: World Economic Forum and Digital Jobs, Get Online Week 2014, Member News from Germany and Lithuania, CareNet Open Call for pilots,etc. » Read the January 2014 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form in the footer below » Access other...
2014, January 21st The Microsoft centre is a modern and spacious building, which opens the doors to a new era of collaboration between Microsoft and its stakeholders for the benefit of Europe’s youth. Telecentre Europe was one of the invitees to the Grand Opening of the Microsoft...
January 20, 2014 Telecentre Europe will hold its annual General Assembly 2014 on February 18-19th in Riga, Latvia.All our members have already received a registration link and are urged to register as soon as possible. At the General Assembly we will approve and adopt formal documents...
The careNET Consortium, coordinated by IPERIA, consisting of eight European partners is inviting organisations outside the Consortium and potentially from other countries to join an Open Pilot experience. It is an open and free possibility for home care service providers or other organisations dealing with...
In this issue: Looking back at TE achievements in 2013, E-skills events and news, Latvian National ICT prize… » Read the December 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form in the footer below » Access other issues of our newsletter...
December 4 to 6th, 2013 Telecentre-Europe was present earlier this month at Online Educa in Berlin – the largest global conference on technology supported learning and training. The participation of Telecentre-Europe was twofold: to present Skillage, its online tool that helps users quickly assess their digital...
The e-Government paradox The high-level e-Government conference titled "Where we are, where we are going” took place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 14th November 2013 in the context of the Lithuanian presidency of the EU and saw Telecentre Europe Director, Chair and two members present their organisations and...
In this issue: Get Online Week preview 2014, E-government and telecentres,events… » Read the November 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form in the footer below » Access other issues of our newsletter...
Telecentre Multimedia Academy (TMA), a project co-funded by the European Commission and implemented by Telecentre-Europe, aims at providing media literacy to adult learners. The project now presents two major deliverables developed during its first year: 1) Firstly, there is a comparative report summarising the existing media literacy training offers...
New study uncovers the crucial role played by thousands of European organisations in promoting digital inclusion in Europe The lack of basic ICT skills in certain population groups and the need for affordable access in specific geographical areas are responsible in part for the digital exclusion...
In this special issue, you can read about: Local Coalitions launch in Romania and Lithuania, Microsoft donates vouchers for certification exams to Telecentre Europe, eGov conference in Vilnius. » Read the Local Coalitions special issue online » Access other issues of our newsletter...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited Italy earlier this month and met with Telecentre Europe Director Gabriel Rissola in the context of the Building a Vision event of Youth Spark in Rome. On the occasion, it was revealed that in partnership with...
Our first member from Portugal is Animar - a member based network that connects and supports local devlopement in Portugal. It represents 80 collective and 110 individual members. Animar works as a central point for dissemination and exchange of experiences, best practice and policy in...
In this issue: TE Summit recap, MIREIA draft report is out, Digital Jobs and employment, Microsoft donation and more » Read the October 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form below » Access other issues of our newsletter...
TE summit in Malta opens with the participation of Malta government high level officials and Malta Digital champion Malta , Thursday 24th October 2013 Telecentre Europe’s annual summit opened last Thursday its 6th edition in Malta, attracting telecentre leaders and stakeholders from across Europe and...
Tuesday 22 October The day before Telecentre Europe’s ( TE) annual Summit in Malta, a new project titled ‘Networked: ICT competences for better employability and workforce adaptability’ was launched by the Hon. Dr. Edward Zammit Lewis, Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth at a seminar addressing the...
Brussels, October 3rd, 2013 The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs (GC4DJ) Pledgers workshop was held on Thursday, October 3rd in the European Commission in Brussels. Our organisation Telecentre Europe had the honour of being the only pledger invited to make a presentation, which opened new paths...
Opatija, Croatia (14-15 September 2013) “Media literacy for the 21st century” was a conference organised by our Croatian member Telecentar. It brought together the project partners, teachers, policy and decision makers from the Croatian ministry and a number of international partners. Telecentre Europe staff and board...
In this issue: TE Summit, LIKTA meets Neelie Kroes, Liberty Global CSR report, Croatia talks media literacy and more. » Read the September 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form in the footer below » Access other issues of our newsletter ...
Migrants’ Help Association (Mighelp) is a non-profit/ public benefit organization legally registered in Hungary in 2009. The ultimate goal of MigHelp is to identify the pressing needs faced by the most vulnerable refugees and other migrants in Hungary and strive to find practical and immediate solutions...
The sixth annual Telecentre-Europe Summit will take place in Malta, on 24-25 October 2013 at Cavalieri Hotel Malta. The Telecentre-Europe Summit 2013 is the annual conference of telecentre leaders and stakeholders across Europe. Its aim is to jointly explore strategies, plans and common actions on the themes of...
So-called “Super trainers”- the leaders of local staff from the five piloting countries of the Carer + project – met from July 22nd to the 24th in Paris to discuss the upcoming projects’s piloting phase. More specifically, they looked into the...
At the end of May this year the partners from the Telecentre Multimedia Academy (TMA) held their second meeting in Granada. Hosted by the Spanish partner organisation Fundacion Esplai, the meeting reviewed project achievements and coordinated further activities. The ultimate goal of the project is setting up...
In this issue: Annual Summit in Malta, UNITE-IT first annual conference and more » Read the July 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form in the footer below » Access other issues of our newsletter...
In this issue: News from Telecentre-Europe (TE): Local Coalitions Kick-off in Dublin – Digital Agenda Assembly – Carer+ piloting – MTA campaign – Get Online Week Practical Guide » Read the June 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription form in the footer below » Access...
A pledge to the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs As a follow-up of the Get Online Week campaign, Telecentre-Europe plans to support its national campaign partners to lead and facilitate Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs (LC4DJ) across Europe (i.e. local governments, industry, employment services, educational and...
In this issue: What was dicussed at the 4th Spark Global Forum on Telecentres Upcoming events: Digital Agenda Assembly and Telecentre Europe Annual Summit Useful resource: Digital Governance New Communication Manager at Telecentre Europe » Read the May 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling our subscription...
Telecentre Europe was one of the co-organisers of Spark: the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres, held on May 28-29 in Granada, Spain. The event was a great success: more than 1,200 participants from the information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) sector as well as...
Today is the World Information Society Day 2013 and to celebrate, Telecentre Europe is proud to publish the official Get Online Week Report. The focus of the Get Online Week (GOW) in 2013 ( March 18-24th) was on youth and, more precisely, on how to direct a...
In this issue: News from Telecentre-Europe (TE): GOW2013 post campaign Press Release – Registrations open for #Spark13 – New member from Slovakia – Results of Featured Member Contest Member News From Lihtuania & Spain » Read the April 2013 issue online » Get it delivered to your mailbox by filling...
During April, 27 community members participated at the monthly Featured Community Contest at Telecentre-Europe’s community site. They blogged, published, shared, commented & flagged content, and 4 new persons joined the community. 3 featured members were awarded with a Gold, Silver and Bronze medal as WINNERS for...
People, Innovation and Sustainability – these are the 3 major themes of Spark, the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres that will take place from May 28-29 in Granada, Spain. During this 2-day event, you will get the chance to: learn from experts in ICT for development (ICT4D) ...
The international “Use IT and Enjoy” project implementers from Denmark, Sweden and Lithuania have met for the second time. The meeting was held last month in Copenhagen and hosted by TE’s Danish member Aeldremobiliseringen (the Association of Danish Senior Citizens). The project partners met to evaluate...
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...
Co-working is growing in the Catalan Network of ICT Points. This new way of working has attracted the interest of some points of the Catalan network of telecentres, and they are spreading the new model based on collaboration and synergies between workers. One of them...
During the 2012 edition of the Catalan “Connecta’t” program, 900 citizens were trained. The program reached a very wide range of the population in 24 municipalities of Catalonia (Spain) and was aimed to promote the digital literacy of the unemployed in order to facilitate their...
In this issue: News from Telecentre-Europe (TE): GOW2013 initial results – TE recruits Communications Officer – Registrations open for #Spark13 – Call to become a Microsoft Technology Associate partner – CARERplus Digital Competence Framework GOW2013 photos First pictures from Belarus, Belgium, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia,...
The upcoming 4th Global Forum on Telecentres, also known as Spark, that will take place from May 28-29, 2013 in Granada, Spain. Hosted by Telecentre.org Foundation, Telecentre-Europe, Comunidad de Redes de Telecentros, Red Guadalinfo, and the National Information Society Agency of Korea, Spark will bring together...