Unite-IT

Uniting Europe through digital empowerment

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

The objective of the Unite-IT project is to create and establish a network in order

• To collect and share practices and findings on how digital competence can assist groups at risk of exclusion to reconnect with learning, as a mean to foster employability, social inclusion an social cohesion;

• To create new links and dialogue across societal domains to promote joint initiatives to tackle digital divides;

• To empower organisations and individuals about their contribution to overcome the challenge of digital divide in Europe

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

1. Establishing the network, providing the operational and administrative ground on which the members can act by exchanging practices, sharing resources and visions on digital competence for inclusion, as well as to take advantage of successful practices already in place.

2. Developing an online portal to serve the network, containing information, news, materials, access to network databases of practices and policies in Europe with specific regard to ICT for inclusion and social cohesion;

3. Pooling resources both in terms of documents and practices, collected and coded by means of structured tools;

4. Establishing working groups in identified sub-areas related to digital competence for inclusion, i.e. employability, access to education for groups-at-risk, access to ICTs, gender equality in digital competence etc.: these working groups will be enriched by the participation of relevant stakeholders coming from business, society, policy fields during the running of the network;

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

5. Raising awareness about the value of digital competence for inclusion and social cohesion purposes, dealing with policy makers and stakeholders at all levels, national and regional authorities, others concerned with the field;

6. Promoting links and positive synergies at a horizontal level (between policy makers, between practitioners in Europe, between stakeholders), and at vertical level (between policy and practice)

7. Providing updated state-of-the-art reports on yearly basis;8. Organising a yearly conference Digital Empowerment

All-Inclusive, bringing together policy makers, stakeholders, and education and training organisations.

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

WP1 Network design is aimed at setting the ground on which the network is to be built.

WP2 Network building is the operational outcome of WP1, developed on the basis of the designed framework.

WP3 Pooling of resources● collecting practices on successful cases and strategies that

lead to an improvement of social inclusion for those suffering from digital divide;

● pooling present policies, initiatives, trends, policy agendas addressing digital divide in Europe, and related documents, from local to European level, covering the 27 members states, EEA countries, accession countries.

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

WP4 Network runningHaving established the formal and operational background, prepared the tools and resources, established the first core working groups, the network will be officially launched by means of the first conference. The networking action will include

● continuous updating of the website and of the databases, ● keeping contacts with policy and decision makers and with

other organisations concerned by the topic to involve them within the activities,

● organisation of webinars, ● writing of yearly reports and sending them to the targeted

audience, and ● coordination of transnational working groups debates on

specific topics.

Unite-IT

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

WP5 Dissemination. Aims at ensuring that the project outputs and outcomes reach the target groups, promoting involvement of new members in the network, positive synergies across policy makers, practictioners in the field and all concerned stakeholders across Europe, and raising awareness about the addressed topic.

WP6 Exploitation. Aimed at promoting mainstreaming of the results, therefore access and active contribution to by organisations and individuals outside the consortium, enlargement of the network.

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

WP7 Evaluation and quality assurance is aimed at ensuring formative and summative monitoring and evaluation as a support for project management and to quality control.

WP8 Project management. This WP groups the management activities, aimed at ensuring legal, ethical, financial and administrative management, and the achievement of the objectives in time and in the budget.

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

Project duration: 36 monthsStart/end date: 01.11.2012-31.10.2015Total eligible budget: 547 582 EUREU grant: 407 736 EUR (74,46% )

This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

P# Partner Country

1 Telecentre-Europe AISBL Belgium

2 Malta Communications Authority Malta

3 IAN International Aid Network Serbia

4 Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights /DemNet/

Hungary

5 Latvian Information and Communication Techology Association /LIKTA/

Latvia

6 INTERFACE3 Belgium

7 EOS Foundation – Educating for an Open Society Romania

8 The National Union of Students in Europe Belgium

9 Telecentar Croatia