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Final Conference: Digital Inclusion For All
The MEDICI project comes to an end! All the partners of the MEDICI project are happy to invite you to its final conference “Digital Inclusion For All" on 26, 27, 28 January 2021. Over 3 days, we will connect from around Europe,
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MEDICI Local Event in Portugal
MEDICI’s project partner, CEPCEP UCP, in partnership with INCoDe.2030, is hosting a local event in Portuguese on Digital Inclusion "Portugal Digital Mais Inclusivo" on 15 December 2020 at 10.00 am WET. Our Portuguese Knowledge Community members can register here to be able
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MEDICI Local Webinar in Italy
MEDICI's project partner, Smart Bananas, is organizing a local webinar in Italian on "Digital skills and active job search" on 24 December 2020 at 11.00 am CET. Our Italian Knowledge Community members can register here for the local webinar.
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MEDICI Call for Good Practices in Digital Inclusion
The MEDICI Project is calling on the digital inclusion community to submit good practices, success stories, and lessons learned in the field of digital inclusion for vulnerable people. Today, we want to empower MEDICI Knowledge Community Members by sharing their experiences and know-how
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Employment and digitalization
The European Association for the Education of Adults has written a very interesting article on employment, digitalization, and the need to improve the digital skills of the adult population in order to be able to cope with the challenges of
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Fifth MEDICI Webinar – Children’s rights in a digital world
Connect on Thursday the 17th of September at 12.00 CET to learn about combating online violence and abuse towards children. During this online event, you will have the opportunity to hear our speakers provide a context for the European Strategic Framework around the rights of the
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MEDICI Belgium Webinar – Empowering Women in the Digital Tech
Connect on Friday 10th of July at 12.00 CET to learn about Women in Tech, the first European Female Ecosystem, supported by the Brussels Region, to empower women in technologie and innovation, with Loubna Azghoud, Coordinator of Women in Tech.
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Fourth MEDICI Webinar – ICT in public libraries: Changing life of local communities
Connect on Wednesday 15th of July at 12.00 CET to learn about Biblionet, one of a good practice from our catalogue on Digital Inclusion and discover the role of libraries on e-inclusion process and on the creation of vibrant community
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MEDICI Greek Webinar – Digital Transformation: Be aware of the digital gap
The MEDICI Webinar goes local! Connect on Wednesday the 3rd of June at 12.00 and meet Dr. Chrysa Paidousi, Director of the Department of Vocational Training, National Institute of Labour and Human Resources (NILHR) speaking about the digital transformation and the resulting
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day
With the purpose to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities, the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) wil be happening on Thursday the 21st of May 2020. In the world, 1 billion people
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The Great Digital Divide – A research by the Capgemini Research Institute
The internet is no longer a “nice-to-have” tool; it is a “must-have” societal necessity. Being offline has significant social and economical implications, from social exclusion to limited career opportunities, and can mean people are unable to access public services, as
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Social economy in the fight against Covid19
Organisations and social enterprises are facing unusual challenges due to Coronavirus outbreak. There is an overwhelming feeling of having a little of no control on what is happening around and will have a long term effects. We tend to immediately
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Third MEDICI Webinar – Digital inclusion for homeless and older people
Connect on Thursday 7th of May at 12.00 CET and discover how getting online can be life-changing with a presentation of good practices from the UK and France to overcome digital exclusion among homeless and older people. David Scurr, Partnership &
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MEDICI Digital Inclusion Community goes live!
The MEDICI project facilitates and supports knowledge exchange and replication of good practices among the stakeholders involved in the digital inclusion ecosystem, with the hope to contribute to bridging the "digital divide" affecting in particular the vulnerable groups of society.
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All Digital – Get your facts straight!
97% of Europeans have been exposed to online disinformation, 37% of them on a daily basis. Disinformation has a negative impact on society, in particular on political affairs, immigration, minorities and security. One of the key antidotes against disinformation is increasing citizens’ media literacy as it
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Shaping Europe’s digital future
The European Commission is working on a digital transformation that will benefit everyone and will open up new opportunities for businesses, boost the development of trustworthy technology, foster an open and democratic society, enable a vibrant and sustainable economy and
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Second MEDICI webinar – Using Theory of Change to design and evaluate interventions for digital inclusion
Connect on Thursday 2nd of April at 12.00 CET and discover more about the Theory of Change and how it can help improve the design, planning and evaluation of interventions to support the digital inclusion of vulnerable groups. A Theory of
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Samasource
Samasource provides data services to large businesses: services which are performed by people in developing countries who might be excluded from skilled employment. They aim to provide poor women and youth with certified training and work opportunities which bring them
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Apps for Good
Apps for Good goal is to enable young people from low-income families to develop mobile and web apps for social change. The key aim is to offer young people leading edge technical skills based on Google's Android platform to enable
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Youthreach
Youthreach is part of the national programme of second-chance education and training in Ireland. The programme is directed at unemployed young early school leavers (15-20). It offers the opportunity to pursue viable options within adult life providing opportunities to acquire