digital inclusion for all! about eos – a short introduction mission: digital inclusion of all...
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Digital inclusion for all!
About EOS – a short introduction
MISSION: digital inclusion of all members of community to facilitate open society and sustainable development in Romania, by enabling members of communities to acquire social and economic entrepreneurial abilities through the application of ICT.
Strategy
Two main areas: • Introducing and developing teacher
training programs focused on the use of ICT to teach across the curriculum (K12)
• eInclusion programs for the wider community, lifelong learning and adult education
Digital inclusion for all!
Community projects
Romanian eCentre networkwww.ecentre.ro(since 2006)
Digital inclusion for all!
Community projects
The EOS Lifelong Learning Centre
Over 9.000 people trained in the use of ICT at basic or advanced levels(2008 – 2010)
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Community projects
• Digital Romania Alliance• Biblionet• Telecentre-Europe• Second Chance• Rural Entrepreneurship
Digital inclusion for all!
Community projects
Community Capacity Building – retraining of unemployed miners and provision of ICT
Digital inclusion for all!
Community projects
100,000 miners laid off over 5 years•Unemployment as high as 60% in some communities•No vision of the future•Social mitigation programme set up by government but with poor results•Many moved from the monoindustrial mining areas, but did not have job skills to succeed in other places•High immigration level
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Community projects
The EOS Mining community capacity building response:•Set-up of 9 eCentres in the areas of highest unemployemnt concentration (covering a total population of 200,000 people)•Partnership with the local Offices for Employment•Partnership with the local authorities (sewerance payments and minimum guaranteed income beneficiaries)
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Community projects
eCentres offering:-ICT training at various levels (basic and more advanced)-Career counselling, job placement services-Online promotion of the local opportunities for investment and local manufacturers
eCentre has become “the third place”
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Community projects
Findings:-Women were more involved-eCentres became local “resource centres”-ICT training was relevant if placed within personal or small group contexts -Ex-miners difficult to pull into re-training, with more effort needed on awareness raising
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Community projects
Results:-Over 10,000 miners and/or close family members benefitted from services offered by eCentres (6800 persons have received oficially recognised ICT certification)-Services delivered by eCentres developed and flexibly changing with the needs of the community members-Long lasting cross sector partnerships
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Contact
Fundația EOS Romania
www.eos.ro
Digital inclusion for all!