Telecentre-Europe Newsletter April 2013

Telecentre-Europe Newsletter April 2013In 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

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Get Online Week 2013 helps thousands of Europeans to overcome the e-skills gap

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 today’s society and focused on encouraging young people to take up a career in ICT.

The Get Online Week campaign was organized for the fourth time by Telecentre-Europe, a Pan-European Association that represents 37 local network organizations operating across 27 countries and supported by the Get Online Week Allianceformed by Accenture, Liberty Global and Microsoft.

Youth unemployment in the EU27 is higher than 20% [4], while the unmet demand for e-skills will be high in 2015, at a level that will be as much as double the number of qualified graduates [5]. That’s why the campaign this year focused on youth, especially on how to direct more young people into digital qualifications and jobs.

In the field, 26 national Get Online Week campaign partners joined efforts with ICT companies and public authorities and organized a range of activities in both the urban and rural areas of their countries to empower people to use technologies for better jobs and better lives.

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Telecentre-Europe Newsletter March 2013

1303-TelecentreEurope_NewsletterVIn 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, Spain & Sweden

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Now open: registrations for Spark13 – the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres

GF13-SPARK_flameHGThe upcoming 4th Global Forum on Telecentres, also known as Spark, that will take place from May 28-29, 2013 in Granada, Spain.

GF13-SPARK_logo_txtHHosted 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 leading information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) and telecentre stakeholders to learn from each other, build strategic partnerships, explore opportunities, and develop solutions and services to extend the full benefits of ICT to underserved communities and individuals everywhere.

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Get Online Week 2013 – initial results

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 the lives of so many people and proved once more why they are at the frontline of digital empowerment and inclusion.

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Telecentre-Europe AISBL recruits a Communications Officer

TE_teamHThe Communications Officer is responsible for communications towards Telecentre-Europe stakeholders and members, the mass media and general public. S/he will increase the visibility of telecentres mission, activities and contribution to the digital inclusion and empowerment of European citizens and to the achievement of social and economic goals.

S/he will increase the mass media and public profiles of the organisation; coordinate marketing, dissemination and mainstream activities; actively participate in the communicational aspects of projects, events and campaigns; further develop Telecentre-Europe online community; and contribute to the achievement of new business opportunities.

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Applicants should send their resume and brief statement of interest (not exceeding 500 words).

All application documents should be submitted not later than April 7th (extended deadline), 2013 via email, to: jobs@telecentre-europe.org. Applicants are requested to specify the position they apply for in the email subject.

New member from Slovakia: Aptech Europe

Slovakia-AptechEurope_logoHbisAptech Worldwide – one of the leading global providers of IT education – opened its training center in Bratislava where through the Non-profit organization Aptech Europe (Nezisková organizácia Aptech Europe) provides education in the area of information, communication and computer technology.

Aptech has more than 25 years of experience in IT education and is active in 40 countries – in total there are more than 1,000 centers worldwide. We cooperate with world leading companies and can competently prepare employees according to the requirements of IT companies also in other European countries in order to satisfy their educational needs.

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