Community access in Hungary. Hungarian network and HTA Hungarian telecottage network was established...
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Community access in Hungary
Community access in Hungary. Hungarian network and HTA Hungarian telecottage network was established 15 years ago. Hungarian Telecottage Association (NGO)
Hungarian network and HTA Hungarian telecottage network was
established 15 years ago. Hungarian Telecottage Association (NGO)
celebrated its birthday in May.
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The social and ICT environment has changed a lot in these years
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15 years ago Community access was important, because: - people
did not have personal access, - technology was new and expensive, -
technological conditions were not provided in every places (phone,
internet, ect.) - only a few people was able to use new
techology.
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And nowadays? How does the role of community access changed in
Hungary in last 15 years?
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Digital usage Use of infrastructure Household Computers49%
Household broadband Internet access29% Use of digital content
computer users among adult population50% computer users at
workplace30% Internet users among adult population40% Quality usage
of different e- services e-government services25% online banking18%
distance learning13%
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Where people use the Internet? 25% of people who start to use
Internet at first time they do it at different community
places.
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Dual society in Hungary * Daily computer and Internet users 35%
Non users, but can be convinced 15% Netless 50% Netizens daily
users: 25% use e-government 18% use online banking 13% attend
distance learning 8% blogger Netless 60% never been challanged to
use the Internet 50% never thought about to use internet 45-50%
live in households where theres no computer, Internet access, and
person who use computer and/or Internet
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Strengths and weaknesses of digital equality in Hungary
Strengths: Internet using of generation of Sulinet is among the
first in EU27 In 2006 Hungary was the 10th in using Internet in
community access points in the EU. Hungary is one of the countries
in the EU which has the lowest prices of broadband Internet access.
Weaknesses: level of digital literacy number of people
participating in adult education ICT knowledge of employees
research and development rate of part time workers
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Intensify tendencies Main dimensions of digital usages are age
and income Cultural difficulties are getting more important next to
financial obstacles Rapidly ageing society Bottom-up building,
reflective information society has been formulated New generation
of broadband access E- government services (public service,
health-care system, e-democracy) Community information technology
The focus is on decreasing social cultural and infrastructural
differences (e-Inclusion)
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Different type of public and community acces in Hungary
nowadays Type of accessSubtypePossible levels of interaction
Pre-conditions from the users Hungarian examples Public
accessinfrastructural access+ general content service Digital
literacy (quality use of e- services) Terminals, Internet cafs
placed on bus and railway station Community access Places built on
specific e-services infrastructural access + specific content
services Ability to use of diital content(users) * Governmental and
administrative places Infrastuctural access + specific content
service No condition ** eHungary points Local governmental or
community development points Infrastructural access + general
contant service No condition telecentres
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How can telecentres and other community access points help
giving a chance? (Not only digital) chance-giving for the
disadvantaged groups Develop new services according to the changing
needs (e.g. agricultural subsidies, web-based community system,
youth governmental elections on the Internet, assistance in
projects development, LETS system, etc) Integrative and complex
approch describes telecentres when interacting with clients As they
are local suppliers, they authentic to the locals Through their
diverse services, they can reach a large number of local people
Telecentres suitable to host several services because of their
flexible work Long opening hours, low-threshold services
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Efforts on network cooperations I. Developments and conceptions
based on community information services related to real demands and
vocational consensus. II. To make financial conditions of
operation, sustainability and development more calculable and make
project tender-systems more adaptable. III. To strenghten the
resources of community information services and their
organisations. To make them more visible and socially
accepted.
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Thank you for your attention! Hungarian Telecottage Association
www.telehaz.hu Fabulya Edit co-president
[email protected]