Student at work in a telecentre

The Association of Danish Senior Citizens runs more than 180 telecentres located across the entire country. More than 1000 volunteer instructors have to maintain more than 2000 IT devices such as computers, printers, internet connections, projectors and other…

In 2010, EOS Foundation Romania and "Pentru Voi" Foundation developed a partnership to support the inclusion and welfare of people with intellectual disabilities. The partnership started with a pilot project for…

EOS Foundation Romania, in partnership with the Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association (LIKTA), the Serbian International Aid Network (IAN) and the…

The electronic resource center of the Kemerovo Regional Academic Library joined the network of the Tvoy Kurs Computer Literacy Centers in 2010. Through participation in the project, the center has opened up new opportunities and…

“Love of life is stronger than silence” is an appropriate description for Elena Karpova (Krasnoufimsk, Russia). When meeting this cheerful and remarkable lady, it’s hard to believe that she has been deaf and dumb from birth. Due to work requirements, she only used a computer for the first time at forty, but it quickly grew into a real passion.

After…

Student & instructor in Faarevejle

It's all about feeling comfortable, about creating the right environment. The telecentres of the Association of Danish Senior Citizens generate that feeling. Because for many…

In June 2012, the Archangelsk Tvoy Kurs Center held a three day workshop for volunteer trainers with good knowledge of sign language, as they will be facilitating the Digital Literacy courses for people with hearing impairments in Archangelsk…

"Till 2011, I managed my business through a self-educating approach and in an old fashion way. At the end of 2011, I decided to 'take a leap' in the XXI century!”  says Lucia Gorcea, one of the 265 beneficiaries of the ICT & Rural Entrepreneurship Project, implemented by…

In the frame of a new project called "ICT skills for youth career opportunities”, funded by Microsoft, Langas į ateitį (LIA) is organizing a series of events for young Lithuanians between 16-24

The concept

• So far, have you been using IT only for…

In its continuous efforts to offer up-to-date ICT training, „Langas į ateitį“ has just launched the new website www.epilietis.eu that has been designed in Lithuania this October. The website was developed to teach the use of public & private e-services that are free of charge.

Current use of internet

The majority of the Lithuanian society (almost 70%) already…

Media literacy for the 21st century is a partnership project, implemented by two vocational schools from Zagreb and Rijeka and Telecentar from Zagreb. The project has…

For the fifth time since Riga (2008), Istanbul (2009), …

Thanks to the Bibliomist program in Ukraine, many public library users now have the opportunity to use ICT in agriculture.

Victor Ponomarenko (Izmaylivka, Kirovohrad region) could sell his corn at a higher price than the wholesale businesses offered him, because he discovered…

During the month of September 2012, 39 community members participated at the Featured Member Contest and became featured for their activity.

The monthly contest highlights the site’s activity and rewards those members that keep the community alive with daily contributions:…

In July 2012, the Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI) and its Polish ministry partners signed a Memorandum with Orange Poland to prolong the financing of free Internet access at the Polish communal public libraries for the next three…

ICT  bring about a lot of benefits to all institutions, including the reduction of operation costs, improvement of communication processes and time saving. Broader ICT use in everyday work of nongovernmental organizations may significantly improve their activities by, above all, providing them with new opportunities for implementation of their statutory objectives,…