Date: 17/06/2011

This workshop aims to create in-depth awareness and provide practical tools for the EU Member States to engage in structured, long term policies for digital literacy acquisition in the e-Inclusion context (Digital Agenda action 66).

Through a participative workshop in the form of a hands-on training centre, digital literacy courses of various levels (from basic to professional ICT skills), for various target groups and purposes will be available (e.g. employability, re-skilling, social inclusion).

Models of successful and relevant policies and funding mechanisms of all levels will be discussed. A set of stakeholder recommendations as to the remaining challenges to be addressed as priority will be drawn.

This workshop is organized with the Big Idea of Multi-stakeholder platform for digital literacy and e-Inclusion.

Workshop "Digital literacy and e-Inclusion" Agenda

DAY 2, FRIDAY 17.6.2011, 09:30 – 12:30

9:30 - 9:40 Welcome and Introduction:

• Katarzyna Balucka-Debska (European Commission, DG Information Society and Media)

• Alexa Joyce (European Schoolnet, Big Idea leader)

Keynote speaker - Dr Tarek Shawki (UNESCO

9:40 - 10:40 Addressing the Challenge

Users' perspective

• Telecentres - going from zero to being empowered by ICT literacy / skills, Ian Clifford (Telecentre Europe)

Digital Literacy and skills delivery perspective

• ECDL Foundation, Damien O'Sullivan (CEO of ECDL Foundation)

• European e-Skills Association, Elena Bonfiglioli (Executive Committee Chair of EeSA)

Policy in practice perspective

• Edit Herzog (Member of the European Parliament, Hungary)

• Graham Walker (Raceonline2012, UK)

• Ulla Scherfig Gilberg (Danish ICT and Electronics Federation, Denmark)

10:40-11:00 Coffee Break – Try IT! Hands on trainings and demonstrations

11:00 - 11:50 Discussion - Views from the field

• Chair: Paul Timmers (European Commission, DG Information Society and Media Directorate H Director)

• Introduction by Gabriel Rissola (The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, European Commission Joint Research Centre)

Panelists

• Member State perspective - Sander Ruiter (Senior policy advisor for the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Netherlands),

• EU Life Long Learning policy perspective - Lieve van den Brande (European Commission, DG Education and Culture),

• Empowerment / e-Accessibility perspective - Adam Kosa (Member of the European Parliament, Hungary),

• Stakeholder perspective - Damien O'Sullivan (ECDL Foundation),

• People perspective - Ian Clifford (Telecentre Europe);

11:50 - 12:20 Breakout groups

a) "What kind of support do intermediaries need?" – Alexandra Hache (Independent researcher)

b) "How can the big idea be sustained financially?" – Andrea Parola (European e-Skills Association)

c) "Which tools are available to achieve digital literacy and eInclusion?" – Fiona Fanning (ECDL Foundation)

d) " Digital literacy and SMEs" – Kieran O'Hea (Digitigm)

e) "Role of formal school system in supporting digital literacy" – Alexa Joyce (European Schoolnet)

f) " eInclusion and employability" – Telecentres / IPTS (tbc)

g) " Role of industry: training and eInclusion – Bridget Cosgrave (Digital Europe)

12:20-12:30 Wrap-up

Alexa Joyce (European Schoolnet)

Session organiser: Katarzyna BALUCKA-DEBSKA (European Commission)

Workshop hashtag

#daa11literacy