Digital competences to promote employability
Translated by Gabriel Rissola Different digital competence models were discussed during the workshop organised by Guadalinfo, the Andalusian network of telecentres,...
01 November, 2015
Skillage report 2012-2015
Skillage.eu is an online assessment tool that helps young people to understand the more sophisticated ICT skills they need for...
30 October, 2015
eSkills for Jobs campaign
The eSkills for Jobs campaigns 2014-2016 aimed to raise awareness of the need for citizens to improve their command of...
11 January, 2014
International Girls in ICT Day will take place on April 25
Next April 25th the International Girls in ICT Day will be celebrated. The initiative is backed by ITU Member States and wants to create...
07 February, 2013
Call for interest to join new European project for developing ICT competences of care workers
Telecentre-Europe is one of the 14 institutions that earlier this year launched CARER+, a project that identifies and enhances the...
18 December, 2012
European Conference on “Better e-Skills in Europe”
The European conference on “Better e-Skills in Europe” will take place on January 24th 2013 in Brussels and is organised by...
08 November, 2012
Telecentre-Europe’s Summit 2012: Jobs for Youth and Ageing Online
Under the title Jobs for Youth and Ageing Online, network leaders representing more then 25.000 telecentres gathered at Mercure Grand Hotel in Warsaw for...
20 October, 2012
Media & Learning Conference
The Flemish Ministry of Education & Training is organizing the Media & Learning 2012 Conference during 14-15 November in Brussels (Belgium)....
14 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
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
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
Youth for Employability Awards
Microsoft, Adecco and Accenture – are launching in partnership the 2012 Youth Employability Awards to celebrate outstanding skills development initiatives, entrepreneurship and...
18 July, 2012
Over 70% of the unemployed trained by FIT (Ireland) & Interface3 (Belgium) find a job in technology
The VET (Vocational Education & Training) programs led by Telecentre-Europe’s members Fast Track to IT (FIT, Ireland) and Interface3 (Belgium) are good examples that show how...
06 July, 2012
MTA certification for young people aspiring to a career in IT
Telecentre-Europe has partnered with Microsoft and Certiport to help young people achieve their dream of a career in IT. Microsoft offered...
03 July, 2012
Half of EU labour force doesn’t have sufficient ICT skills for finding a new job
An EU press release on the Digital Agenda annual scoreboard says nearly half of the European labour force (47%) is not confident their computer...
29 June, 2012
Get Online Week 2012: PH International of Russia wins the report contest!
During the month of April, Telecentre-Europe launched a contest among the national partners of Get Online Week 2012 for the best report...
15 May, 2012
Out now: Get Online Week 2012 Campaign Report
After gathering all national partner campaign reports, Telecentre-Europe has now published the general campaign report for Get Online Week 2012. It is clear that technology...
15 May, 2012
Telecentre-Europe at the open door day of the European Commission
As a part of the European Institutions Open Day on May 12, the European Commission opened the doors of its headquarters at...
14 May, 2012
Young europeans 60% ready to be hired for increasingly ICT-focused jobs
In Skillage: Are you ready to get hired? Deputy Chair Ian Clifford describes how Telecentre-Europe took up the opportunity of Get Online Week 2012 to create Skillage –...
24 April, 2012
ICT central in Commissioner Andor’s plan to tackle unemployment in the EU
As a result of the economic crisis, 24.5 million people (10% of the workforce) are unemployed in the EU today. In response,...
24 April, 2012
Get Online Week 2012: Telecentres reach 200.000 Europeans
Thousands of Europeans celebrated digital inclusion and empowerment during the Get Online Week campaign of Telecentre-Europe. Between 26 and 30 March...
10 April, 2012
Video: Neelie Kroes applauds the digital heroes of European telecentres
The video, created by Get Online Week supporter Liberty Global, shows Neelie Kroes, EC Vice President and in charge of the Digital Agenda...
30 March, 2012
Made in Belgium: “Greenterface3” – a technical workshop for girls by girls
Women represent less than 15% of IT professionals in Europe. How to overcome gender stereotypes that discourage girls to explore career...
20 March, 2012
New youth ICT test “Skillage” now live!
Skillage is an online software application that helps young people to understand the more sophisticated ICT skills needed for the job...
13 March, 2012
In France, the “Fête de l’Internet” takes place 17-30 March
The French national digital inclusion campaign Fête de l’Internet takes place from the 17th to the 30th March, the week before Telecentre-Europe’s Get...
20 February, 2012
Course for educators on safer internet in Lithuania
During 2011, Association Langas I Ateiti (Window to the Future) and Microsoft Lithuania trained over 1500 primary and secondary school teachers, social pedagogues, psychologists...
07 February, 2012
Telecentre-Europe is developing the youth assessment tool “Skillage”
Telecentre-Europe, with support from Microsoft, is developing Skillage– an online software application that helps young people to understand the more sophisticated ICT...
02 February, 2012
Telecentre-Europe’s Summit 2011 in “Diary of a Digital Activist”
UK based Digital Activist Inclusion Network (DAIN) made a documentary about their volunteers study trip to Belgium between 25th and 28th October 2011. In...
19 January, 2012
Window to the Future (Lithuania) & Internet Saloon (Italy) both win a Skills for Employability Award 2011
Telecentre-Europe’s member organizations Window to the Future(Langas i ateiti) from Lithuania and Internet Saloon (Associazione Interessi Metropolitani) from Italy both win a Skills for Employability...
10 January, 2012
National network meeting of Spanish telecentres in Granada, Spain
Next Wednesday January 11th, the Spanish Telecentre Network Community Association is organizing its 10th national gathering of telecentre networks in Granada. The gathering is organized as...
06 January, 2012
Telecentre-Europe at the European eSkills Conference 2011
On December 13th, more than 200 people gathered in Brussels for the European e-Skills Conference 2011. Among the participants were...
15 December, 2011
Digital Agenda Going Local: meeting in Sevilla, Spain
As part of the “Digital Agenda Going Local” exercice in Spain, an expert meeting took place in Sevilla, on the 1st of December...
09 December, 2011
First anniversary of Telecentre-Europe as a Non-Profit International Association
Exactly one year ago, on October 14th, 2010, Telecentre-Europe grew from an informal network of telecentre practitioners into a legal entity and...
14 October, 2011
Digital Agenda Going Local
In autumn 2011 the European Commission will carry out a second round of the so-called “Digital Agenda Going Local” exercise, a series...
14 September, 2011