What we celebrate

Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organisations around Europe work daily with communities to empower citizens through technology and the Internet: from teaching digital and media literacy and online safety to helping people carry out government, financial or commercial transactions and to training in coding, robotics and cybersecurity.

These individuals and organisations often support entrepreneurship and employability in an ever-changing digital environment and labour market and unite different stakeholders in campaigns and projects that aim to ensure digital inclusion and enable digital social innovation.

ALL DIGITAL has established the Awards to recognise and celebrate their innovation, dedication and the inspiring role they play to many people.

This year like last year, ALL DIGITAL will also acknowledge the organizations that have contributed to promoting the ALL DIGITAL Weeks 2024 campaign, with special recognition for those who have been particularly effective in spreading awareness of its importance.

Categories:

• • Best digital educator 2024
  • Best digital changemaker 2024
  • Best digital resource 2024
  • ALL DIGITAL Weeks best event 2024
  • ALL DIGITAL Weeks best campaign 2024
  • Best use of GenAI in Education

See the full description and assessment criteria by clicking each link.

Application form for:

• • Best digital educator
  • Best digital changemaker
  • Best digital resource
  • ALL DIGITAL Weeks best event
  • ALL DIGITAL Weeks best campaign
  • Best use of GenAI in Education

The 2024 Awards Ceremony

The 2024 ALL DIGITAL Awards ceremony will take place in Madrid during the ALL DIGITAL Summit 2024 between 15-17 October 2024.

The winners received the trophies and have the opportunity to present their initiatives to an audience of more than 150 participants.

We look forward to receiving your nominations for this year ALL DIGITAL Awards!

Check the application guidelines to know more: ALL DIGITAL Awards 2024 Application guidelines

Social media hashtags:

• #AllDigitalEU
• #DigitalSkills
• #AllDigitalAwards
• #ADAwards

ALL DIGITAL Awards History

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The event provided a platform for the 238 participants to gain valuable insights, exchange ideas, and create meaningful connections. The AD Summit welcomed various topics and events, among which can be found four workshops (RAYUELA, AI4AL, CrAL, ACTIon, and EntreComp); panels on the most varied topics on digital education, keynote speeches from policymakers, academics and industry’s representatives, lectures sessions on Digital Transformation and lightning talks session from ALL DIGITAL members and partner organisations.

Coronated by the ALL DIGITAL Awards 2023 ceremony and the announcement of the next ALL DIGITAL Summit 2024 in Madrid, the event was a success from all points of view. Thank you all for the great support and collaboration, without which none of this could have been possible.

EVENT COVERAGE

To relive the insights of the summit, we invite you to take a look at the captured moments in these pictures, and check the panel and keynotes speeches in the  Youtube video playlist.

For those eager to delve deeper into the discussions, all presentations and PTTs are available for exploration here.

The full ALL DIGITAL Summit report is also available and it includes the recap of all sessions activities.

Once again, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to all who made this summit a resounding success, looking forward to the promising horizons that lie ahead!

See you in Madrid in 2024!

Brussels, 03 November 2023

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Zagreb, 26 September 2023

The much-anticipated ALL DIGITAL 2023 Summit: ‘’Skills for Digital Tomorrow’’, hosted by ALL DIGITAL, Algebra University College and Telecentar from 25-27 September, is bringing together more than 150 European leaders, educators, trainers, policymakers, stakeholders, and industry experts from various digital skills domains for a dynamic and inclusive exchange of knowledge and ideas.

As part of the European Year of Skills, the ALL DIGITAL 2023 Summit is a spotlight on the pressing need to empower and equip the European workforce with the essential digital skills required to thrive in the rapidly evolving digital landscape and the evolving job market. Speakers discuss strategies for bridging the digital divide, empowering marginalized communities, and ensuring equal access to digital resources. The Summit highlights the importance of digital inclusion, ensuring that no one is left behind in the digital transformation.

This morning in his keynote speech ‘’Enabling digital education and providing digital skills’’ Georgi Dimitrov, Head of Unit for Digital Education, DG EAC, European Commission, focused on why the Commission pushes the digital transformation agenda in education and training forward and reinforces its support for digital skills for all, mentioning ‘’The digital transition is not just about technology, it is first and foremost about people. Our role as policy-makers is to make sure every person is equipped with the digital skills to be part of the transition. And I believe this is only possible by supporting high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education and training.’’

In his keynote, the Dean of Algebra University College, Mislav Balkovic, expressed his excitement about the event and its relevance, stating that ‘’ According to the latest Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), with which the EC measures the digital competitiveness of member countries, Croatia was ranked 21st out of 27 overall places on the scale, and although there is room for improvement, a significant shift was recorded in the area of investment by companies in the development of ICT skills, which is encouraging. Nevertheless, the share of Croatian citizens who possess basic digital skills is still low if we compare it with the EU average, so further work on the digital literacy of the nation is crucial. These ambitions overlap with the Digital Croatia Strategy 2032, which aims to increase the total number of ICT experts in the country and use the potential of the digital transition to transform Croatia into an efficient and advanced democracy with a high quality of life.’’

Altheo Valentini, President of ALL DIGITAL, also conveyed his enthusiasm, saying, “As President of ALL DIGITAL, I am proud to witness the impact of this Summit in our collective mission of creating a digitally inclusive Europe. By nurturing essential digital skills, we lay the foundation for a brighter and more equitable future for all citizens.”

This year’s Summit features a diverse range of interactive sessions, panel discussions, practical workshops, and keynote presentations, and showcases groundbreaking insights, innovative methodologies, and collaborative efforts aimed at enhancing digital literacy, culture and education for the evolving digital landscape, and bridging the digital divide across Europe.

Highlights of the event include:
1. Keynote Speeches: Renowned experts and thought leaders deliver inspirational keynote speeches, sharing insights and visions for the future of digital skills in Europe. Policymakers, members of academia, and industry experts present the role of governments, universities and the tech industry in fostering digital literacy and skills and promoting lifelong learning in view of emerging technological advancement.
2. Hands-on Workshops: Interactive and practical workshops are conducted to enhance attendees’ digital competencies, ensuring that participants can/could actively apply the knowledge gained. Through innovative tools, EU projects such as RAYUELA, CrAL, AI4AL, ACTIon, and EntreComp Synergies explored project-based learning, new learning methodologies, policy updates, gamification, and collaborative online platforms.
3. Lectures on Digital Transformation: Attendees have the opportunity to attend insightful lectures and gain a deeper understanding of the digital transformation’s impact on creative and cultural industries, education, and soft skills. The lectures provide attendees with invaluable knowledge to transfer and implement in their organizations and communities.
4. ALL DIGITAL Cafe: The ALL DIGITAL Cafe serves as a platform for brainstorming and collaboration, facilitating the development of innovative ideas for future EU projects to tackle the digital divide and enhance digital inclusion efforts.
5. Lightning Talks: ALL DIGITAL members share knowledge and outputs from EU digital education projects and learning methodologies during this session.
6. Emerging Technologies Shaping Education: Renowned experts delve into the relationship between emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT, with competences frameworks, policy actions, and education.

Participants are offered meaningful interactions, networking opportunities, and the chance to contribute to the formulation of a digitally proficient European community.

About ALL DIGITAL

ALL DIGITAL is a leading pan-European association based in Brussels, representing member organisations across Europe that work to enhance digital skills and competences of all people, making them aware and capable to exploit the opportunities of digital transformation.
ALL DIGITAL represents digital education stakeholders, such as digital competence centres, adult education centres, community centres, schools, libraries and their networks across Europe where young people and adults can access training and support to improve their digital skills and keep up to date with the latest technology developments.
ALL DIGITAL focuses on supporting all Europeans to enhance their digital skills and employability, to use online services and to be included in today’s society, with the ultimate goal of improving their quality of life.

Pictures available here

For more information, please contact:
Andrea Bedorin
Senior Communications Officer, ALL DIGITAL
Andrea.bedorin@all-digital.org

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ALL DIGITAL CAFÉ

Concept

The ALL DIGITAL Café session is a participatory get-together to discuss the latest ideas on different fields of digital education.

The first part will be dedicated to the introductory session where four Board members will present the 4 scheduled sessions. They will explain the scope of the engaging conversation that they will lead in the second part of the gathering.

The second part will consist on a one hour discussion between members of ALL DIGITAL, stakeholders and experts in the digital skills and inclusion field, led by our 4 Board members: Achilles Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Marianna Marcucci, Invasioni Digitali and Europeana Network Association, Nenja Wolbers, Stiftung Digitale Chancen, David Domínguez, Fundación Esplai. They will cover respectively digital innovation, digital transformation for audience engagement in cultural heritage, digital equality, and digital transformation in non-profits.

The goal of each discussion is to generate ideas useful to draft and submit new European projects involving the ALL DIGITAL members, potential new members, and partner organisations. Participation to each session is voluntary, however, we would privilege the idea of clustering participants on the basis of topic interest and area of expertise, as this would allow to have to have more focused roundtables and fruitful discussions.

Topics and Rooms

Room Faust Vrančić

Digital Equality

Is digital equality (or digital equity) still defensible in light of the climate crisis? Digital equality is essential for a well-functioning society, as digital technology plays an increasingly important role in our lives. Digital equality refers to equal access and use of digital technologies and resources for all people, regardless of their social, economic or cultural background. Digital equality goes hand in hand with the expansion of broadband infrastructure, barrier-free design of new end devices, the implementation of projects and initiatives. All these measures consume more and ever, more resources and pollute the environment.

With rising sea levels and fires all over Europe, is it still justifiable to expand and further develop digital tools and server services, and all this in the name of social prosperity? And if so, how can we think both together? If no, what are the consequences? Let’s discuss together on a European and global scale!

The theme will be presented by Nenja Wolbers, Stiftung Digitale Chancen.

Digital Transformation in non-profits

“Paradigm change in social intervention, digital Transformation in non-profits, new sector professionals’ profiles and roles. Processes for the social entity’s digital transformation, changes in the organizational culture.”

The theme will be presented by David Domínguez, Fundacion Esplai

Room Nikola Tesla

Digital Transformation for Audience engagement in Cultural Heritage

Digital transformation is a key priority for cultural heritage institutions today. By digitizing their collections, they can increase their visibility and reach new audiences around the world but, equally important, they can use digital technologies to engage with users in new and innovative ways.

However, it is important for cultural heritage institutions to remember that their role is not just to reach a global audience. They also have a responsibility to connect with their local communities. In the post-COVID-19 era, this is more important than ever: user-driven storytelling, co-creation, crowdsourcing, and citizen participation are just some examples of creating content that is relevant to the local community.

By using digital technologies to connect with their local communities, cultural heritage institutions  can play a vital role in building a more resilient and inclusive society.

The theme will be presented by Marianna Marcucci, Invasioni Digitali and Europeana Network Association. 

Digital Social Innovation

According to the quintuple helix model, innovation is a process that involves five different mechanisms: Education, State, Industry, Public & Environment. For this process to yield results that would really improve society, all contributing factors must participate, collaborate and interplay. Of special importance is social innovation, that is, innovation that results from members of the society itself, who can participate with anu of the above roles. The recent digital transformation of society that equipped most of its members with basic digital skills and the proliferation of new digital technologies that broaden the horizon of what’s possible can prove the catalysts for a new wave of digital social innovation. Education and training will again be the power engine to achieve this goal via capacity building of involved actors, but also collaboration and citizen engagement are expected to play a major role. This round table will respond to a call for action that will lead to the development of innovative projects to achieve digital social innovation via the Erasmus+ programme.

The theme will be presented by Achilles Kameas, Professor, Hellenic Open University

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Concept

The makerspace is a space where over 2 days, 8 ALL DIGITAL members will present and demonstrate workshops on practical skills they implement in their projects.

The sessions will begin with a short presentation to pitch and explain the methodology of the 2/3 scheduled workshops (5 minutes for each presenter). Then the participants will choose the workshop they want to take part in and will be split into 2/3 groups. The trainers will deliver the workshops for about an hour and 15’ of group work.

Presenters

The workshops will be organised by and cover respectively:

• HoU, EPMA, AGILE2Learn
• ALDA, E-participatory and e-democracy
• COLECTIC, Data Control Wars
• AI4AL project, AI-Driven Skill Profiling for Education and Career Orientation
• Langas I Ateiti, Empowering critical thinking education in local communities
• EPMA, VPN project on the understanding of digital technology by young people
• Mediawijs, Policy tools for digital inclusion
• Maks, Stories that matters – Methodology on active citizenship in vulnerable youth

Workshops

Tuesday 26.09 – 11.50-13.20

HoU, EPMA, Agility in educational practices

Practical workshop based on outcomes of the Agile2Learn project

The Agile2Learn project introduces the Agile Project Based Learning into education as a new enhanced educational approach to promote the development of key transversal competencies needed in the 21st century. Project Based Learning (PBL) is a well-known approach where students apply their knowledge to solve authentic problems and produce results that matter. PBL students take advantage of digital tools to produce high quality, collaborative products. In Agile2Learn project, PBL techniques are reinforced with Agile pedagogy to achieve enhancement in the classroom.

In the first part of the workshop, the participants will try a “taste” of the agile approach. They will try out the agile method in a simple and quick way, understand what it consists of and what are its advantages. In the second part of the WS, there would be a guided discussion with the project participants sharing their best practices so that the participants can imagine how agile works in practice. In the third, facilitation, part we would lead the participants to think individually about how the introduction of agile methods could help them in their practice and what concrete individual steps they can take to do so.

The goal of the entire WS is to understand the benefits of an agile approach and to realize how participants can apply it in their own work context or offer it to their stakeholders. The will specifically understand what they need to do and what steps they should take to do so. This all will be done in the context of the 21 module based course designed and piloted throughout the course of the project and corresponding platform containing an international community of practice. Both ready online to be used by interested users and stakeholders.

The workshop will be facilitated by:

Zuzana Krejcova (EPMA) and Achilles Kameas (HOU)

ALDA Workshop, Enhancing citizens’ participation through digitalisation

 Considering the great, solid and long-lasting collaboration between ALDA and local authorities; taking into account the importance of leveraging digital technologies for cities to improve the quality of the lives of their citizens; keeping in mind the key role of digital education to empower citizens and make their voice heard; we would like to implement a short training on e-participation and e-democracy, based on ALDA’s experience in this field.

Programme based on non-formal education methods:

• Where do you stand? – A short energizer (around 10′) to investigate participants’ perceptions, opinions and awareness on e-democracy and e-participation;
• Presentation by ALDA on e-democracy and e-participation (about 15′) to provide an overview of the targeted topics, tools, good practices and successful stories;
• Scenario simulation on the creation of a smart city and community through citizens’ involvement and e-participation; 2 consequent activities would be proposed:
• Online survey (15′ for its distribution and results collection): Is your city as Smart as you are?. The survey will be available on online tools – such as Kahoot / Slido – to investigate citizens’ (= training participants) concerns in their urban environment, to know their opinion on the current status and on the potential smartness of their city. The focus would be on education, mobility, infrastructures, and sustainability issues;
• Working groups (about 45′): How would you make your city Smarter? This group discussion activity aims at discussing the potential smart solutions to be implemented in their cities and territories that would improve the citizens’ quality of life.

COLECTIC, “Data Control Wars pitch”

The workshop is based on a serious roleplaying game about how data control means controlling the world.

Multiple possible futures are pulsating in the present. In the context of surveillance capitalism and the growing algorithmic governance of society, various agents organize themselves and mobilize their resources so that tomorrow is as close as possible to what they want.
Many FLOSS (Free/libre Open Source Software) initiatives develop technologies with the aim of pursuing a more fair and democratic society, where people have greater control over their data and their lives together. However, these ways of understanding the relationship between society and technology have to compete with others that prioritize economic profit over people’s life improvement, such as the one promoted by the big Silicon Valley corporations.
Data Control Wars makes evident these struggles for the conquest of the future through an experimental game, where various actors will confront each other using technologies and ways of understanding and managing data to influence the world we will live in tomorrow.
Data Control Wars is a serious game about about how data control means controlling the world.

Tuesday 26.09 – 15.00-15.30

AI4AL, Workshop: AI-Driven Skill Profiling for Education and Career Orientation

AI4AL is an Erasmus+ funded project to facilitate a mindful adoption of AI technologies in the Adult Learning and Education (ALE) sector. The project is developing a methodology and a tool with the direct involvement of adult educators and offer training opportunities for the application of AI technologies in ALE.

The consortium is organising a session to test with educators the new tool it developed. The workshop aims at equipping educators with the means for better skills needs assessment, personalised training offers and career orientation by teaching the fundamentals of an AI-driven skill-profiling and career orientation tool.

Prior registration required: this workshop is only open to ALL DIGITAL Summit 2023 participants, so if you haven’t done so, please register to the summit here. Are you already registered to the summit? Then just express your interest to join the AI-tool testing workshop by filling out this registration form. We will get back to you with confirmation and further technical details to prepare for the session.

Langas I Ateiti, ‘‘Empowering critical thinking education in local communities“

The workshop will be based on the educational materials of the project „Empowering critical thinking education in local communities“ which has the goal to strengthen media literacy in schools. The project focuses in particular on school librarians who, by working in the field of information and media literacy and by reaching out to the wider school community, will be able to use the resources developed by the project to pass on the knowledge and skills of critical thinking to other teachers, students and their parents. The project is funded by European Media and Information Fund.

Are you interested in media literacy education? Join us for this workshop, where we will present the project vision, involve participants in educational activities of critcal thinking and provide the space to share valuable experience of workshop participants.

The workshop will be facilitated by:

Laura Grinevičiūtė (VIPT association) and Rita Šukytė (Association „Langas I Ateiti“)

EPMA, Vivier de Projets Numériques (VPN)

VPN, meaning Pool of Digital Projects in French, is a European project of the Erasmus+ programme aiming at putting digital technology at the service of youth associations’ projects.

Coordinated by Animafac (French association) and built with Actions Média Jeunes (Belgian association), EPMA (Czech association) and Hello Asso (ethical French company) over two years, this project will create 5 intellectual productions to promote the understanding of digital technology by young people involved:

• Tutorials for creating websites, applications, media, online events and video games
• A guide to digital project management,
• A series of videos to understand the societal and environmental challenges of digital technology,
• An interactive questionnaire to help young people certify their digital skills,
• A collection of European good practices to encourage the emergence of digital projects.

Each of these productions are accompanied by resources to create training frameworks and workshops that were organised by each of the associations in order to disseminate the project and the tools produced to young people and trainers. Finally, an international training course was also organised to allow an intercultural exchange and new collaborations between young people from different countries.

We would like to share these outputs with the AD members because we think it can be a valuable material to use for youth digital education

Wednesday 27.09 11.50-13.20

Mediawijs, Policy tools for digital inclusion

In the last years, Mediawijs developed two tools to help local governments and organisations in welfare to develop a policy on digital inclusion. The starting point is an analysis of the current situation and context, followed by a workshop in which future priorities are set. For this, we use building blocks, pointing out on which elements you can work to improve digital inclusion. Based on the selected building blocks and all the input from the workshop, a policy is developed. In this workshop session we will guide the participants through the steps of this process and introduce them the different building blocks.

Both tools will be introduced, the exercises will focus on the policy tool for welfare organisations.

Maks, “Stories That Matter”

Stories that Matters brings together Serbian and Belgian teachers around a newly developed methodology “Digital Design for Change” in a small-scale Erasmus partnership between Maks vzw and Vega Youth Center.

This four-step design thinking methodology can be used to work with youngsters  (+12) on societal issues and guide them to co-create solutions. During the workshop, we will highlight the four steps we used, show some results of previous workshops, and experience some exercises.

Veronique de Leener, MAKS Director, will deliver a workshop where participants can experience the interactive methodology in 45 minutes.

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Concept 

Lightning talks consist of 5-7 minutes pitch to a diverse audience of experts in the digital skills and education field and represent an opportunity to hear about interesting activities, initiatives, and projects related to digital education in Europe. The presenters are ALL DIGITAL member organizations, as well as other organizations from formal and non-formal education settings, and aim at creating awareness about the impactful work they carry out.

To have an overview of the organizations and topics involved, have a look at the list below.

Presenters and Rooms

Room Nikola Tesla

1. ALDA – France

The Digital and Innovation Hub of ALDA

ALDA’s Digital & Innovation Hub was created to take advantage of the digital means to pursue our organisation’s main purpose, namely fostering digital skills to make citizens more active and aware, and enhancing civic engagement with participatory processes that give substance to the notion of local democracy through offline and online tools.

Our Hub’s work in this direction can be better understood by looking at one of our newest projects called MEDIUM, an Erasmus+ project aiming to create education opportunities for municipalities related to Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. The project is rooted in the belief that increasing digital skills in the public sector will foster both innovation and accessibility to public services, thus bringing the public administration closer to citizens and vice versa. At its core, the project provides local public officers from Belgium and Portugal with a high-level training on immersive technologies, on the metaverse and on participatory strategies.

Ultimately, the project will show public institutions that innovation in the public sector is possible and that leveraging digital resources can have indirect outcomes on civic engagement and participation.

Presenter: Dafne Sgarra, Project Manager, ALDA

2.Langas I Ateiti – Lithuania

Empowering critical thinking education in local communities

The goal of the project „Empowering critical thinking education in local communities“ from Lithuania is to strengthen media literacy, specifically critical thinking, by providing active representatives of local communities with the knowledge and tools to teach this to their community members. The project focuses in particular on school librarians who, by working in the field of information and media literacy and by reaching out to the wider school community, will be able to use the resources developed by the project to pass on the knowledge and skills of critical thinking to other teachers, students and their parents. The project is funded by European Media and Information Fund.

The lightning talk will focus on project highlights and main discoveries: (i) the survey of school libraries that revealed the great need of the ready-to-use educational materials and the potential for librarians to reach students and other teachers with their educational lessons; (ii) following the needs of target group the educational materials are being developed.

Presenter: Rita Šukytė, Association „Langas I Ateiti“

3.Fundació Bofill – Spain

Exploratoris Project

Exploratoris are digital equity labs, where we involve teachers to reflect and experiment with challenges where it intersects education, technology, and equity. For instance, around such as IA and bias, or how to ensure better educational opportunities implementing maker culture in the Catalan distrital schools, among others.

At the Fundació Bofill, we want to empower the teacher leaders of communities. One of our purposes is to empower themselves and be part of the triggers for the educational community to participate in innovations, in an equitable and accessible way for everyone. In the Exploratoris, we are involving actors from all over the territory, giving them visibility, presence, and prominence together with references sharing knowledge and solutions to the educational challenges that challenge us.

Presenter: Héctor Martínez, Project Manager, Fundació Bofill

4. WeTechCare – France

Making society more inclusive through digital

Society is becoming more and more digitised in Europe and with it, all the useful services of daily life: public services, banking, welfare benefits, health, etc. Indeed, technology is at the heart of innovations and sometimes progress. However, for a cohort of people, digital technology is not a given. That is why WeTechCare has set itself the mission of making digital technology a vector for social progress. To do so, we are working on two main areas. On the one hand, we enrich the range of services offered by the social world by increasing their digital skills. On the other hand, we try to develop the digital autonomy of all publics. Since its creation, WeTechCare has succeeded in mobilizing a community of 15,000 social structures and has contributed to the digital autonomy of more than one million people. Nonetheless, there are still many challenges to be met. This year, we are working in particular on :

• 1) “Go-to” mechanisms (especially through social networks)
• 2) Evaluating e-learning opportunities, with a focus on measuring what technology can do, and what people must continue to do.

We have a strong experience in digital inclusion. First, by deploying action plans on large scales. Then on mobilizing all stakeholders: from the learner, to the caregiver, the structures, the networks of structures, right up to the definition of national strategies.This model has already been replicated in environments other than France. It is a source of opportunities for collaboration throughout the rest of Europe. We could share our experience and present some projects that can be replicated in other territories.

Presenter: Jean Deydier, founder & CEO

5. EPMA – Czech Republic

CyberBOX project

Under an ERASMUS+ partnership for youth, EPMA is with its project partners finalizing the development of an educational gamified program using artificial intelligence, including related methodology supporting development in topics in the field of personal cybersecurity. The gamified educational program aims at enabling youth, including migrant youth, to get more education about cybersecurity topics. The project  is developed and tested in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and by end of September will be ready also for English speaking audiences as well as Ukrainian migrants.

During the lightning talks, EPMA would like to present the CyberBOX project to participants who can learn from our experiences and use the results that we obtained over the past year for the benefit of their target groups. During this lightning talk we will also follow up to the well-received GameBOX project workshop that took place at the 2022 Summit. GameBOX is another educational gamified program developed as a part of a larger platform.

Presenter: Iva Walterova, CEO, EPMA

6. Mediawijs – Belgium

Digital inclusion in local governments

Regarding digital inclusion, Mediawijs is working in different areas: from education to welfare. Our biggest project is the one aimed at local governments, consisting of three pillars. First, we provide a network, by bringing different organizations together in a taskforce, events, etc. The second pillar is a training course for employees of local governments. Finally, we focus on digibuddies, by providing them with materials and education. In the lightning talk, we will highlight each of these pillars with examples.

Presenter: Alenka Le Compte, Digital inclusion officer, Mediawijs

7. EVBB – Belgium

ACT – Virtual Exchange project

ACT, is a Virtual Exchanges project, which aims to bring together students and young people from European and Southern Mediterranean countries and through the implementation of different online formal and non-formal activities will develop the values of active citizenship, freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination. The target group of ACT, lies among students and academic and administrative staff of HEIs as well as youth workers active in their societies and special delegates of policy making bodies.

Presenter: Sonia Degroote, European Project Manager, EVBB

8a. DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University – Greece

Special Education STEAM Academy 

The SPICE project aims to enhance the competences of primary education teachers to effectively implement Inclusive STEAM Education and to bridge the gap between STEAM and special education. Two main outcomes of the project are the STEAM in Special Education Competence Framework and the Special Needs STEAM educator profile, which have been developed and will serve as the foundation for the design and development of a comprehensive Educational Training Programme for teachers. The project also seeks to establish a ‘STEAM in Special Education Alliance’ through a strong online Community of Practice.

Presenter: Natalia Spyropoulou, Educational Technology Specialist, Instructional Designer, Hellenic Open University (HoU)

8b. STE(A)M Education European Roadmap

The SEER project aims to provide roadmaps for policy and institutional changes to mainstream STE(A)M education in Europe. It assesses the status of STE(A)M education, evaluates policies, and offers recommendations to education authorities. The project has also established the SEER Network, a collaborative network of leading STE(A)M Education stakeholders, teacher training institutions, STEM industry representatives, and educational research organizations.

Presenter: Natalia Spyropoulou, Educational Technology Specialist, Instructional Designer, Hellenic Open University (HoU)

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9. Global Libraries Bulgaria

Libraries as gateways for all to access technology and life-long learning

In the rapidly changing world of technological development, artificial intelligence and diverse learning opportunities, public libraries are the only free place to access knowledge, information, technology and socialization for people of all ages and educational levels. The partners in the ADELE project (Advancing Digital Empowerment of Libraries in Europe) aim to answer this question by offering a free customizable web-based tool that will help adult education organisations to reflect on their use and where they can further integrate digital technologies to improve their services.

All members of the All Digital network are concerned with seeking and expanding opportunities for people to access technology, and use it for both formal and non-formal education and professional development. The results of the ADELE project may be useful for many of them and help them find suitable partners in Europe’s libraries.

Presenter: Melanie Mitrova, Global Libraries Bulgaria

10. CARDET – Cyprus

Universal Design and Pedagogical Practices for Low-skilled Adults

The project AdultDigitalUp aims to prepare Adult Educators who work with low-skilled adults, to become active participants in the digital and social arena.

This presentation explores the integration of Universal Design principles into pedagogical practices for enhancing digital skills among low-skilled adults. Emphasizing inclusivity, the project aims at developing the competencies of adult educators to use Universal Design to foster equitable and accessible learning environments. It highlights the necessity for adult educators to receive pedagogical recommendations that cater to the unique learning needs of low-skilled adults. Attendees will gain insights into effective strategies that empower low-skilled adults to develop essential digital skills, bridging the digital divide and fostering lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Preparing adult educators is one of the best investments for achieving the Digital Agenda for Europe.

Presenter: Charalambos Vrasidas, Executive Director, CARDET

11. COLECTIC – Spain

#CS4ALL – Living with technology: innovation in education!

Technology is a fundamental part of our live. The household appliances we have at home, public transport, or the mobile phone we always carry in our pocket work thanks to the software they carry. Daily contact with technology is inevitable, but at the same time very few people have the knowledge to understand how this software works and how to design and develop it.
We think it is key to change this!
We are convinced that programming is the new literacy skill, a basic skill that every boy and girl should learn. All girls and boys must have the opportunity to learn to program, regardless of their family, social or economic situation.
#CS4ALL is an innovative methodology and study program for teachers and educators working with kids and young people from 6 to 18 years, as well as a learning journey guiding young learners in a very structured way from offline activities to programming in Python.

Interesting for the audience: many All Digital member organizations offer training in digital skills and computational competences and probably interested in hearing about this new experience from Portugal, UK and Spain.

Presenter: Martina Mayrhofer, Organizing ICT projects, COLECTIC

12. CERTIPORT – Belgium

Future-proof your learners with Certification

A practical ‘how to’ guide on integrating certification to deliver future-proofed learners, with practical examples from All Digital Partners. The lightning talk is a a good fit for the theme of Skills for Digital Tomorrow of the Summit.

Offering certification as a measure of return on investment in training adds value to funded projects and bolsters funding applications – as well the results for the learners.  Digital competence centres can increase their credibility through offering certification that increases employability, and inclusion for their learners.

Presenter: Arkadiusz Jaworski, Regional Director DACH, Nordics and CEE ,Certiport

13. GIRLS GO CIRCULAR – EU
Empowering girls with digital, green, and entrepreneurial skills

Girls Go Circular is an EU-funded education project that equips girls aged 14-19 across Europe with digital and entrepreneurial skills through an online learning programme on the circular economy. The programme is active in 23 European countries and has already helped training 27,000 girls in the last three years.

Are you interested in digital learning and gender equality? Do you wish to boost teenagers’ entrepreneurial mindset and environmental awareness? Join us while we discuss the Girls Go Circular programme and our learning-by-doing techniques to engage students in entrepreneurial role-plays and real-life societal challenges!

Presenter: Solène Moutier, Education Project Specialist at the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT).

14. D-PAIDEIA project

During the covid19 pandemic it was made clear that in order to be effective, teachers, not only had to be able to use digital tools but also they had to be aware of the social, emotional and affective aspects of digital technology-based education.

This issue is addressed by D-PAIDEIA, an Erasmus+ Forward Looking project which is working in order to update the DigCompEdu qualifications framework in order to take into account these aspects that emerged from the pandemic experience. Through extensive consultation with teachers and experts, D-PAIDEIA has proposed new skills and dimensions. It proposed to add three new elements in the Professional engagement dimension of the framework as well as a fifth dimension on the teachers’ pedagogical competencies area (Social Skills and Communication)

Based on this updated qualifications framework, the project aims to train teachers and practitioners (of all levels) on these skills and to develop a method and provide support to educational institutions in order to develop pedagogical digital strategies that will help them to coordinate their efforts, in the framework of a whole school approach.

Presenter: Kostas Diamantis-Balaskas, Project manager and coordinator, Action synergy

15. European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE)

Communicating Our Humanity: Development-Oriented and Holistic Media Education

In the HERMMES project 11 partners gather their knowledge to help children and young people to become media mature by the end of their school career. They should be able to use the full range of analogue and digital media for their own education, participation in civil society and the labour market. But to achieve this, the timing and form of using digital media in education should be closely aligned with the developmental phases of children.
Therefore, parents, teachers and researchers have joined their resources to work towards helping children and young people to become resilient and media mature citizens who can make their own informed choices on WHETHER and HOW they use digital technology in a humane way.
The lightning talk will focus on the unique cooperation between schools and parents to achieve this goal, and on how a holistic approach can best serve pupils’ interest in becoming tech-savvy and resilient adults.

Presenter: Dora Šimunović, Advocacy and PR coordinator, European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE)

16. Generalitat de Catalunya –with Xarxa Punt TIC – Spain

Bridging the structural gap: 7 key ideas to tackle digital inequalities 

The Catalan Government is developing a National Strategy for socio-digital inclusion to face the present and the future challenges of digitization, as well as to promote the improvement of inclusive and safe development, with the aim of drawing up a work plan for the digital Catalonia of 2030.

What makes our journey different?  The singularities of this endeavor can be summarised in 7 key ideas:

• Deployment of the Catalan Charter of Digital Rights and Responsibilities
• Socio-digital perspective, not only digital but paying attention to intersections between age, gender, origins, capacities and more
• Departing from the human-centric approach, one of the main European digital rights and principles
• In a mature digital society, citizens have access and knowledge to use sufficiently the digital tools and domains. This includes from basic skills to fostering talent and vocations, as well as the empowerment of knowledge and the critical view of the citizenry in the face of the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, quantum computing
• Testing collaborative schemes inspired by mission-oriented innovation
• Inclusive perspective, multistakeholder based on the 4H, inviting specific social groups
• Contributing to the Digital Decade and the Digital Compass, as well as fostering initiatives aligned with the twin transition (green and digital), as proposed as proposed at the EU level

This action allows responding to the new challenges that citizens face in terms of digitization. Likewise, the strategy will consider the development and implementation of new technologies applied to improving the socio-working conditions of the most vulnerable people and the leadership of the transition towards inclusive digitalization.

Catalonia is piloting a national strategy against the digital divide. In this journey aiming to build strategic alliances throughout Europe. We kindly invite to join the conversation to any other regional or national governments and organizations potentially interested in facing the structural challenge of the digital divide.

Presenters: Ms. Liliana Arroyo, General Director of Digital Society (Generalitat – Government of Catalonia) and María Esther Subias Vallecillo,  Technical Manager, Pla de Xoc contra la Bretxa Digital

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Workshop: AI-Driven Skill Profiling for Education and Career Orientation

26.09.2023, 15:00 – 16:30, Algebra University College, Zagreb

AI4AL is an Erasmus+ funded project to facilitate a mindful adoption of AI technologies in the Adult Learning and Education (ALE) sector. The project is developing a methodology and a tool with the direct involvement of adult educators and offer training opportunities for the application of AI technologies in ALE.

We are organising a session on 26 September (15:00-16:30) within the framework of parallel workshops at the ALL DIGITAL Summit 2023 in Zagreb to test our new tool with educators.

Workshop description: Our workshop aims to equip educators with the means for better skills needs assessment, personalised training offers and career orientation by teaching the fundamentals of an AI-driven skill-profiling and career orientation tool.

Participant profile: The workshop will be limited to 10 participants that should show a great interest in using technology for skills assessment and career orientation. After the workshop, the participants should enter a testing phase, to apply the tool on the ground and gather valuable feedback to better help learners find career guidance and eventually make informed decisions about courses. Participants will be given detailed information on the tool prior to the event and are expected to bring a smartphone. Wifi will be provided at the venue. We encourage all participants with an interest and the resources for such testing to join this workshop. No specific experience or knowledge in relation to AI is needed.

Prior registration required: Interested in joining our workshop and testing the tool? This workshop is only open to ALL DIGITAL Summit 2023 participants, so if you haven’t done so, please register to the summit here. Are you already registered to the summit? Then just express your interest to join the AI-tool testing workshop by filling out this registration form. We will get back to you with confirmation and further technical details to prepare for the session.

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PROGRAMME

ACTIon Final International Workshop

25 September 2023, 14:00-17:00

Nikola Tesla room, Algebra University Campus, Zagreb, Croatia  

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What we celebrate

Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organisations around Europe work daily with communities to empower citizens through technology and the Internet: from teaching digital and media literacy and online safety to helping people carry out government, financial or commercial transactions and to training in coding, robotics and cybersecurity.

These individuals and organisations often support entrepreneurship and employability in an ever-changing digital environment and labour market and unite different stakeholders in campaigns and projects that aim to ensure digital inclusion and enable digital social innovation.

ALL DIGITAL has established the Awards to recognise and celebrate their innovation, dedication and the inspiring role they play to many people.

Candidates Announced for the ALL DIGITAL Awards 2023: Celebrating Digital Empowerment Across Europe

Anticipation surges as the finalists are disclosed for the ALL DIGITAL Awards 2023, spotlighting innovation and impact across three key categories: Best Digital Educator, Best Digital Changemaker, and Best Digital Resource. These exceptional individuals and organizations stand as beacons of digital empowerment, advancing education, driving change, and providing invaluable resources. Stay tuned to discover the winners and celebrate their remarkable contributions to a digitally inclusive future.

Best digital educator

Best digital changemaker

Best digital resource

See the full description and assessment criteria by clicking each link.

2023 Awards Ceremony

The Awards ceremony were celebrated in Zagreb on 26 September 2023. The winners received the trophies and have the opportunity to present their initiatives to an audience of more than 150 participants.

After an exhaustive selection process by our esteemed jury, carefully deliberating among the exceptional candidates met before, we were thrilled to unveil the winners of the ALL DIGITAL Awards 2023!

Congratulations to the winners, whose outstanding achievement stood out among a field of remarkable candidates. We look forward to receiving your nominations for next year’s ALL DIGITAL Awards!

ALL DIGITAL Awards 2023_Application guidelines

Social media:

• #AllDigitalEU
• #DigitalSkills
• #AllDigitalAwards

ALL DIGITAL Awards 2023 Ceremony @Zagreb

The ALL DIGITAL Awards celebrate the individuals and organisations across Europe that enable citizens to transform and enrich their lives through the benefits and opportunities created by digital technologies.

 

Background

Previously also known as Telecentre-Europe Awards and Digital Inclusion Awards, they were given to organisations and individuals working in the field of digital inclusion to acknowledge their work. Good practices and nominations used to be presented on the Unite-IT e-inclusion network portal, which was the focal point of information, news, resources, database of practices and policies in Europe with specific focus on ICT for inclusion and social cohesion.

See the finalists and winners of previous awards

 

 

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Enhancing Critical Thinking through Media Literacy – CrAL Final International Workshop

25 September 2023, 14:00-17:00

Steve Jobs room, Algebra University Campus, Zagreb, Croatia

Over the last twenty years, significant changes in digital technology have greatly influenced how young people perceive the world, interact with others, and view themselves. This digital transformation has created a virtual environment where young individuals are constantly exposed to audiovisual content and engage in interactions online. However, this has led to a scenario where young people mostly consume entertaining digital media without critically reflecting on meaningful content that contributes to their personal identity development.

The constant exposure to a variety of audiovisual stimuli indirectly enhances their skills in understanding visual language. Unfortunately, although there’s easy access to abundant information, many young people lack adequate media literacy skills, meaning that young people are easily fooled by partisan, biased, or fake news. Given this context, it is crucial to foster critical thinking and media literacy among young people, and this is where the CrAL project comes in!

CrAL – Creative Audiovisual Lab for the promotion of critical thinking and media literacy, an Erasmus+ KA3 Social Inclusion project aims to enhance critical thinking and media literacy among young people between 14-19 years old, parents, and educational staff. The CrAL project contributes to providing young people with the necessary skills to better understand the world they live in, stimulate their critical thinking and sense of responsibility, and help them express their voice online and offline.

Join us at the CrAL Final International Workshop to learn more about the project, see audiovisual content created by young people and get first-hand experience with the CrAL methodology by focusing on visual dramaturgy.

Register for the ALL DIGITAL Summit here.

PROGRAMME

25 September 2023, 14:00-17:00

Steve Jobs room, Algebra University Campus, Zagreb, Croatia

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Sessions with teachers and trainers on: Using DigComp to design learning activities on digital content generation with AI tools at foundation, intermediate, and advanced level

Timing

• Session 1 – Basic competence                           26/09           11:50 – 13:20
• Session 2 – Intermediate competence            26/09           15:00 – 16:30
• Session 3 – Advanced competence                  27/09           11:50 – 13:20

Presentation of the ADA Workshop

This workshop promoted under the aegis of the ALL DIGITAL Academy (ADA) offers participants two intertwined opportunities:

1. to learn how the DigComp framework can support the design of educational activities about the use of AI tools at different proficiency levels and for different target groups. In particular, inspiration for the definition of learning outcomes (LOs) on AI-related and other digital competences will be drawn from the over 250 examples of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the DigComp 2.2 report;
2. to explore the use of generative AI tools (in particular ChatGPT) for research, content creation, and lesson-planning purposes.

The workshop’s three sessions will propose information, reflections and activities according to a progression along the three DigComp macro proficiency levels as follows:

• at the foundation level, the aim is to develop basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes to interact with a generative AI tool such as ChatGPT. The focus of Session 1 will be on designing and refining prompts to research a concrete topic (the pros and cons of using generative AI in education) and to summarize the findings. Attention will be paid to how to perform such relatively simple tasks in a confident, critical, and responsible way and to provide guidance to learners when needed, in a way that supports them to become more independent users of such tools;
• at the intermediate level, learners should manage well-defined routine tasks when interacting with generative AI tools for content creation, and be able to solve straightforward problems independently and use generative AI tools according to their own needs. The focus of Session 2 will be on using ChatGPT to create and refine educational materials (such as informative leaflets, a presentation, a guide, etc.) on the use of generative AI in education based on the results of Step 1;
• at the advanced level, learners should apply their new skills to more complex non-routine tasks, and independently choose the most appropriate tools for the given task. Advanced level competence also includes guiding or tutoring other learners. For this reason, the aim of Session 3 will be to design lesson plans for different target groups (on topics to be chosen by the participants) using ChatGPT to articulate objectives, LOs, and activities.

After the general introduction to the workshop given in Session 1 (participants are expected to attend all three sessions, so this will not be repeated), each session will be divided into three parts:

1. Initial plenary (20 min.) – Presentation of inspirational usages of generative AI tools with reflections on how they may contribute to the development of DigComp competences, by referring to AI-related and other knowledge, skills, and attitudes examples from DigComp 2.2.
2. Working group activity (50 min.) – Activation of small WGs (max 8 people each) with the mutual presentation of participants and execution of the assigned tasks using the tools made available to each WG and participants’ own devices.
3. Sharing activity (20 min.) – Presentation and discussion in the plenary of the results of each WG.

How to join the Workshop

This ADA Workshop requires interested participants to reply to a Call for expression of interest because most of the activities will be carried out in small groups (8 participants), each facilitated by an ALL DIGITAL guide (5 of them), for a maximum of about 40 participants in total. Besides, participants will have to register to the Summit to attend in person here.

To allow ALL DIGITAL to optimize the organisation and management of the working groups, please fill-out this form.

The working groups’ guides will be:

• Riina Vuorikari
• Sandra Troia
• Nicola Bruno
• Stefano Kluzer

Information available here

Sessions with teachers and trainers on:
Using DigComp to design learning activities on digital content generation with AI tools at foundation, intermediate, and advanced level

Timing

Session 1 – Basic competence                               26/09           11:50 – 13:20

Session 2 – Intermediate competence                  26/09           15:00 – 16:30

Session 3 – Advanced competence            27/09           11:50 – 13:20

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The marketplace will be set up on Monday 25 September and will be there for the whole days of 26 and 27 September. The ‘activities’ will take place during the breaks. 

Like in any marketplace, you can showcase a whole range of your products:
• Do you have brochures/leaflets but prefer to walk around yourself? You can leave them on the desk and maybe add a note who the people need to find, if they have questions.
• Do you have a roll-up? There is plenty of space for roll-ups. You can either leave it alone or you can be there and talk to people.
• You can get the whole ‘stall’ for yourself – the desk with access to the socket. We will provide the desk, and you can use your computer to show presentations, websites, digital resources, etc. You can organise your desk as you wish, also with leaflets and promo materials.

Like in any marketplace, you will be responsible for the setup of your stall. We would ask you to arrive on Monday afternoon or on Tuesday before 09:00 to have time to install all you need, so we can start at 9:00.

Fill our Marketplace with your initiatives and projects! Let us know if you’d like to participate in the registration form.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information at summit(at)all-digital.org

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The ALL DIGITAL Summit 2023 takes place in Zagreb on 25-27 September 2023. The annual ALL DIGITAL Summit is the premier event for learning and networking in the digital world and being focused on the best practices and guidelines for the development of digital competences.

The Summit 2023 is titled “Skills for Digital Tomorrow” contributing to the European Year of Skills initiative and moving forward the digital transformation through education and learning across Europe. The programme is already including lectures, panels, workshops and presentations on current crucial topics within digital education, with a special focus on emerging technologies and their impact in education and society. Policymakers, digital education stakeholders, civic society and industry representatives will gather in Zagreb, Croatia, to get and further discuss the latest insights on policy actions and innovation related to digital competences. Networking opportunities will be guaranteed in a lively context with more than 200 participants to allow them to connect and exchange ideas.

The Summit is organized by ALL DIGITAL and hosted by Algebra University (ALL DIGITAL Croatian member) and has the support of Telecentar (ALL DIGITAL Croatian member) in its development, involving the National Digital Coalition from Croatia.

The ALL DIGITAL Summit focuses on what digital transformation implies in the digital skills sector and its impact on education in both formal and non-formal settings.

The events will be focused on presenting different perspectives, paying particular attention to the effects of digital transformation on skill development, sustaining the European Year of Skills and the development of an inclusive, tech ready and future-proof society. The ALL DIGITAL Summit will also support the implementation of specific actions of the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-27 of the European Commission, with the main objective of enhancing digital skills and competences for the digital transformation.

Whether you’re a policy maker, an IT professional, a student, a teacher, or simply someone interested in learning more about new digital literacy, the ALL DIGITAL Summit is the perfect opportunity to enhance your skills and gain new insights into this rapidly growing field.

So don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to join the ALL DIGITAL community and make your mark in the digital world. Be part of shaping the future of digital education and training!

Registration opening soon for the ALL DIGITAL Summit – Skills for Digital Tomorrow! 

Programme available here.

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Prague, 29 September 2022

This week, 28-30 September, the 15th ALL DIGITAL Summit titled “Shaping DIGITAL transformation with and for ALL’’ is held in Prague in Vzlet Center. The event focuses on the effects of digital transformation in different sectors and groups of society, its impact on culture, innovation and education and how digital (and other) skills can help people, with a key focus on the next generations. The Summit gathers more than 150 in person policymakers, digital education stakeholders, trainers and educators, civic society and industry representatives and many more online.

The ALL DIGITAL Summit takes place in the context of the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Ivan Bartoš, the Czech Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation and Minister of Regional Development, was invited by EPMA and ALL DIGITAL has the honour to host his keynote speech. Today the Deputy Prime Minister highlighted the Czech experience in closing the digital skills gap and stressed “In today’s world, the role, and relevance of digitalization are increasing. Citizens – and young people in particular – must be prepared to face digital transformation. This year has been declared the European Year of Youth. I believe that young people are key to the tech-savvy society and the building of a better future”.

Altheo Valentini, ALL DIGITAL President building on Mr. Bartoš intervention added: ‘’The ALL DIGITAL Summit offers the opportunity to understand the must-have skills in modern societies, learn the latest development of digital education policies at European and national level, and activities, training and projects carried out daily by non-formal education providers to support millions of people living in Europe in the digital empowerment pursuit.’’ He concluded ‘’More initiatives and actions are needed to ensure the digital transformation does not increase existing gaps in our societies and they should find solutions to involve also those on the wrong side of the digital divide.’’

The European Commission presented the ambitious set of initiatives and targets it has put forward to support the digital and green twin transition. Among these initiatives, the progress and expectations related to the Social Pillar Action Plan, the New Skills Agenda, the Digital Decade and Digital Education Action Plan, and now also the European Year of Education and Training were introduced.

The ALL DIGITAL Summit 2022 includes a variety of activities, ranging from high-level keynote speeches, policy panels, and workshops, to informative sessions on European projects related to digital skills, education and upskilling/reskilling – giving opportunity to ALL DIGITAL’s partners and members to showcase the latest insights on policy actions, innovation and projects. In addition, networking opportunities are offered, such as the marketplace and the ALL DIGITAL Awards ceremony. The goal of the Summit is to facilitate dialogue, exchange ideas and strengthen relations among the digital education community, with the ultimate goal to foster actions enhancing digital skills and education for everyone.

The Summit is organised by ALL DIGITAL, hosted by EPMA (ALL DIGITAL Czech member) and Vysočina region which have offered consistent support to the event. The Summit is co-funded by the European Commission. It is also supported by other Czech regions (Prague, Hradec Karlove Region, Zlin Region) and EU Projects on digital education and skills: Amelie, Rayuela, Women4IT, Gamebox).

Find the programme here

For more information about this press release, please contact:

Andrea Bedorin

ALL DIGITAL Senior Communications Officer

andrea.bedorin@all-digital.org 

ORGANISED BY ALL DIGITAL

ALL DIGITAL is a leading pan-European association based in Brussels, representing member organisations across Europe that work to enhance digital skills and competencies of all people, making them aware and capable to exploit the opportunities of digital transformation.

ALL DIGITAL is supporting its member organisations in equipping all people with digital skills, with confidence, and with a mindset that allows them to understand how digital transformation can contribute to a greener, more sustainable, inclusive, and cohesive growth of society, as well as how digital competences can enhance their personal and professional development.

ALL DIGITAL represents digital education stakeholders, such as digital competence centres, adult education centres, community centres, schools, libraries and their networks across Europe where young people and adults can access training and support to improve their digital skills and keep up to date with the latest technology developments.

ALL DIGITAL focuses on supporting all Europeans to enhance their digital skills and employability, to use online services and to be included in today’s society, with the ultimate goal of improving their quality of life.

IN COLLABORATION WITH

European Projects & Management Agency – EPMA is a non-profit organization founded by the Vysočina Region and the BMI Association in mid-2004. Its mission is the development of international project-based cooperation of European regions and regional partners toward a knowledge-based inclusive digitally empowered society built on bottom-up sustainable innovations. This objective is implemented through research, awareness rising, educational activities, project management support and networking in order to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between public administrations, research communities, business organizations, civic initiatives and citizens. EPMA’s fields of work include digital education and training, support for innovative thinking in SMEs & social enterprises, employability and entrepreneurial skills development, smart cities and regions with green and sustainable environment, eHealth and ICT& Ageing well, social inclusion and equitable access to opportunities.

Vysočina Region is a local government entity representing the 5th largest region in the Czech Republic. The regional capital is the city of Jihlava. The ICT priorities of the Vysočina region are the following:

• ICT infrastructure – the tool for the regional development – Development of the strong regional owned ICT infrastructure – fibre optics backbone network called ROWANet together with technological is the basic platform for the public electronic services;
• eGovernment – the tool for communication – Shared eGovernment services among the region enable to provide efficient, transparent and cost-effective system of the performance of the public administration;
• ICT education – the tool of knowledge – The activities in digital education cover all levels from the projects in the high school education (before university), education for regional employees – basic ICT and cybersecurity knowledge, and also special education for regional ICT specialists to make sure, they are able to work with current technologies and follow current trends.

These priorities are fulfilled with the specific projects, in 2022 mostly focused on ROWANet network and HW environment modernization and development; Cybersecurity of the whole ICT ecosystem; eHeath services for hospitals and patients; GIS services – regional digital technical map; BIM – building information modelling; Innovations in technical education – cooperation with high-tech companies, regional hackathons and International Exchange of knowledge – EU, Taiwan etc.

SUPPORTED BY

FUNDED BY

ALL DIGITAL Summit is co-organised thanks to the funding from the following projects and by the European Union:

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Lightning talks represent an opportunity to hear about interesting activities, initiatives, and projects related to digital education in Europe. The presenters are ALL DIGITAL member organizations, as well as other organizations from formal and non-formal education settings.
Lightning talks will be one of the activities taking place during the Networking session, on the 29th and 30th of September. To have an overview of the organizations and topics involved, have a look at the agenda below.

AGENDA
DAY 1/ THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER (17.15-17.50)

17.15 – Elisabetta Mei, Project Manager, EGInA (ALL DIGITAL member), Italy
Fit4DigiLine – The Fit 4 Digital Linguistic Education project aims to create a European knowledge base of digital competence for language educators and provide the European adult educational landscape with a newly developed online assessment tool.

Fit4Digital Linguistic Education presentation

17.20 – Miomir Rajcevic, President, Media Education Centre (ALL DIGITAL member), Serbia
Media Education Center Digital – Fairer, more peaceful, and more just. – Digital advances can support and accelerate the achievement of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – from ending extreme poverty to reducing maternal and infant mortality, promoting sustainable farming and decent work, and achieving media, digital, health, and universal literacy. But digital technologies can also threaten privacy, erode security, and fuel inequality. They have implications for human rights and human agency. Like generations before, we must create strong partnerships – governments, businesses, civil society, and individuals – to have a choice to make in how we harness and manage new technologies. Act now and be part of the change!

Digital – Fair, more peaceful, and juster presentation

17.25 – Vita Vītola-Lapiņa, LIKTA (ALL DIGITAL member), Latvia
Women4IT – Women4IT addresses the structural transformation of the labor market due to the growing digital society in which there are significantly less women than men. The project aims to empower young women across Europe to become part of the digital economy. Project partners have worked to equip women with a set of in-demand digital competencies and employability guidance.

WOMEN4IT project presentation

17.30 – Fulvio Ananasso, President, Stati Generali dell’Innovazione (ALL DIGITAL member), Italy
SGI mission, skills & project cooperation – Organization, initiatives, and relevant projects of Stati Generali dell’Innovazione (SGI).

Stati Generali dell’Innovazione (SGI) presentation

17.35 – Lucie Kamler, Project Manager, EPMA (ALL DIGITAL member), Czech Republic
MyHooD – The project creates the methodology to engage young people in creating a sustainable and greener city, specific content concerning climate change education, and the interactive online tool enabling them to participate and research public spaces.

MyHood project presentation

17.40 – Konstantinos Potsis, Project Manager, DAISSy research group, HoU (ALL DIGITAL member), Greece
Project RE-START – Reinforcing the circular economy model for START-ups aims to equip young people with the knowledge they require to develop and refine their circular business creation strategy. The project provides participants with a broad knowledge and understanding of the Circular Economy (CE), the need for innovation, and the responsibility of their potential business in regard to sustainable development. RE-START provides aspiring start-uppers a practical toolkit for assessing both the circularity and the attractiveness of their business idea, as well as training in business strategy and circularity principles, in order to be able to design a comprehensive circular business plan and kickstart a circular start-up or a spin-off.

RE-START project presentation

17.45 – Spaska Tarandova, Executive Director, Global Libraries Bulgaria Foundation (ALL DIGITAL member), Bulgaria
Teach for Future – Educational Transformation of Adults through Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Program Erasmus+. Educational intervention dedicated to adults- skills training in the fields of IT, Management of Innovation & Network Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship & Leadership.

Teach for Future project presentation

DAY 2/ FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER (14.15-15.15)

14.15 – Marta Piechocka, Project Manager, FRSI (ALL DIGITAL Board/Staff member), Poland
Kompetencje 3.0 ( Skills 3.0) – is a project dedicated to organizations that want to teach basic digital skills within communities. We empower the organizations with trainings, resource base, and tools (simple Learn My Way online course on very basic digital subjects like using the Internet, video calling, public services, and social media). We aim to develop a nationwide network of organizations working with digitally excluded people and our model of digital inclusion. The project is organized by the Good Things Foundation and is also implemented by Romania (EOS Foundation).

Kompetencije 3.0. project presentation

14.20 – Stefano Tirati, CEO, Learning Digital (ALL DIGITAL member), Italy
MICROCREDENTIALS – Challenges and opportunities of (white-label) web platform issuing micro-credentials to certify assessed learning or competencies as NFTs. Let’s exchange views on methodological approaches, pedagogical implications, technical issues, legal frameworks, common standards and data sets, and privacy issues.

MICROCREDENTIALS presentation

14.25 – Davy Nijs, University project officer, Mediawijs (ALL DIGITAL member), Belgium
Iedereen Digitaal – “With ‘Everyone Digital’, Mediawijs wants to accelerate the development and rollout of a supra-local digital inclusion policy within sectors, organizations, and facilities that work with vulnerable youth, people with disabilities, or seniors in Flanders.

Iedereen Digitaal – “With Everyone Digital” presentation

14.30 – Mohammed Oubella, Computer science teacher, LMU – Le Mans University (ALL DIGITAL member), France
How digital skills are taught in the French education system? – The teaching of digital skills in the French national education system and the use of the Pix platform for assessment and certification (example of LMU)

Pix platform presentation

14.35  – Dafne Sgarra, Project Manager, ALDA, Italy
Digital Governance – ALDA is one of the beneficiaries of the operating grant of the “Europe for Citizens” program since 2022. (OG) of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the EU, which aims to support the implementation of program objectives for the promotion of democracy and citizens’ participation. Within our OG, we are developing different moments of training, networking, dissemination, and mutual exchange, and one key topic we want to raise awareness about is Digital Governance. This is why we have thought that your event would really be interesting for us to participate as a speaker/active part, to highlight the importance of digital tools for active participation in democracy and share some good practices if it is possible for you.”

ALDA’s work for digital citizenship presentation

14.40 – Katerina Moreira, Project manager, EPMA (ALL DIGITAL member), with Bart Temme, CEO of Street Art Cities – Czech Republic
Art for social inclusion – Can street art change our perception of the world? And can digital transformation play a part? EPMA would like to introduce one of the new directions the organization has taken in the past two years by showing the results from successful projects and raising the challenge of what can be done next.

Street Art Cities project presentation

14.45 – Zagorka Prce Veseli, Coordinator of Developmental Programs, Centar tehničke kulture Rijeka – CTK Rijeka (ALL DIGITAL Board/Staff member), Croatia
Mind over matter – A card game for raising the interest of young people in STEM using STEAM methodology is developed. Its impact on increasing the interest in STEM will be validated by 15.10.2022. on 500 young people across Europe.

Mind over matter project presentation

14.50 – Monica Divitini, Professor, Excited-NTNU (ALL DIGITAL member), Norway
DIGIVID – The DIGIVID Erasmus+ Project is aiming at supporting teachers in developing digital skills to improve their (inclusive) online teaching. The DIGIVID curriculum is accessed through DIGIVIDget – a micro-learning widget that visualizes the content of the DIGIVID Curriculum along with learning goals.

DIGIVID project presentation

14.55 – Clarissa Holzner, Funding & Tenders, iRights.Lab (ALL DIGITAL member), Germany

CTAI – The Center for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (resp. ZVKI) is a forum for debate in Germany that discusses how algorithmic systems and AI can be designed for the benefit of society. How can human-centered designed be ensured while strengthening trust in such technologies. As a non-partisan national organization linking the business, industry, political and civil society communities, we inform the public about consumer-relevant issues in artificial intelligence, foster public debate and develop a certification scheme for trustworthy AI.

Digital Collective Memory is a platform for experts in digital culture of remembrance from Central and Eastern Europe to network and exchange ideas. There are various forms of digital remembrance culture in Europe and at times fragmented. Increasing content of historical-political education is created in the digital space. The project aims to structure the discourses and build a network for the culture of remembrance 4.0 in Germany and Eastern Europe by bringing stakeholders together, activate, and support smaller and larger digital initiatives.

iRights.Lab project presentation

15.00 – Guillem Porres, Project Manager, Fundación Esplai (ALL DIGITAL), Spain
Conecta_IA – Fundación Esplai & Microsoft launched in 2020 a unique social program to promote Artificial Intelligence and Digital Literacy. The main goal is to reach 6,300 people annually under the age of 35 through training opportunities, certification, and specialization in digital skills oriented towards employment.

Conecta_IA – Fundación Esplai & Microsoft program presentation

15.05 – Hector Martínez, Fundacio Bofill (ALL DIGITAL Board/Staff member), Spanish
Evaluación 4.0 (4.0 evaluation) – the project is going to test an AI algorithm to improve the peer evaluation process, with real students and Catalan teachers. Peer evaluation using artificial intelligence gives responses to the current needs and future challenges of education through the use of 4.0 technologies incorporating artificial intelligence through algorithms in the processes of learning, more specifically in peer assessment. It aims to reduce inequalities in education by incorporating 4.0 technologies, contributing to efficiency and agility in more administrative and automatable processes such as evaluation to promote personalized education to the needs of each student, making a better follow-up, and promoting equity.

Evaluación 4.0 project presentation

15.10 – Veronique De Leener, Director, Maks vzw (ALL DIGITAL Board/Staff member), Belgium
Digital minimalism for young adults – Youngsters are completely linked to smartphones. Sometimes there is an addiction. In this project, we try to make them aware of the relationship with the smartphone and introduce levels of digital minimalism. When is the use of your smartphone an added value and when is it better to put it away?

Digital Wellbeing and youngsters presentation

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ORGANISED BY

ALL DIGITAL is a leading pan-European association based in Brussels, representing member organisations across Europe that work to enhance digital skills and competencies of all people, making them aware and capable to exploit the opportunities of digital transformation.

ALL DIGITAL is supporting its member organisations in equipping all people with digital skills, with confidence, and with a mindset that allows them to understand how digital transformation can contribute to a greener, more sustainable, inclusive, and cohesive growth of society, as well as how digital competences can enhance their personal and professional development.

ALL DIGITAL represents digital education stakeholders, such as digital competence centres, adult education centres, community centres, schools, libraries and their networks across Europe where young people and adults can access training and support to improve their digital skills and keep up to date with the latest technology developments.

ALL DIGITAL focuses on supporting all Europeans to enhance their digital skills and employability, to use online services and to be included in today’s society, with the ultimate goal of improving their quality of life.

IN COLLABORATION WITH

European Projects & Management Agency – EPMA is a non-profit organization founded by the Vysočina Region and the BMI Association in mid-2004. Its mission is the development of international project-based cooperation of European regions and regional partners toward a knowledge-based inclusive digitally empowered society built on bottom-up sustainable innovations. This objective is implemented through research, awareness rising, educational activities, project management support and networking in order to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between public administrations, research communities, business organizations, civic initiatives and citizens. EPMA’s fields of work include digital education and training, support for innovative thinking in SMEs & social enterprises, employability and entrepreneurial skills development, smart cities and regions with green and sustainable environment, eHealth and ICT& Ageing well, social inclusion and equitable access to opportunities.

Vysočina Region is a local government entity representing the 5th largest region in the Czech Republic. The regional capital is the city of Jihlava. The ICT priorities of the Vysočina region are the following:

• ICT infrastructure – the tool for the regional development – Development of the strong regional owned ICT infrastructure – fibre optics backbone network called ROWANet together with technological is the basic platform for the public electronic services;
• eGovernment  – the tool for communication – Shared eGovernment services among the region enable to provide efficient, transparent and cost-effective system of the performance of the public administration;
• ICT education – the tool of knowledge – The activities in digital education cover all levels from the projects in the high school education (before university), education for regional employees – basic ICT and cybersecurity knowledge, and also special education for regional ICT specialists to make sure, they are able to work with current technologies and follow current trends.

These priorities are fulfilled with the specific projects, in 2022 mostly focused on ROWANet network and HW environment modernization and development; Cybersecurity of the whole ICT ecosystem; eHeath services for hospitals and patients; GIS services – regional digital technical map; BIM – building information modelling; Innovations in technical education – cooperation with high-tech companies, regional hackathons and International Exchange of knowledge – EU, Taiwan etc.

SUPPORTED BY

Prague Capital Region – Prague is the proud capital of the Czech Republic, home to 1.3 million citizens, seat of the Czech Government and more than 22 % of Czech business entities that account for a quarter of the country’s GDP. There is only 2.74% unemployment rate. Prague accommodates over 40 % of Czech university students that attend around 30 universities, 8 of them public. Close to 40 institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences and a multitude of private companies work on excellent research and attract foreign talents from all around the world.

Prague ranks second in the CEE region in terms of sustainable development, is the third largest European City of the Future (human capital and lifestyle) and third richest region in the EU (as of 2019). Prague also ranks among the world’s top 50 cities for start-ups and among the top three Eastern European ecosystems for start-ups and scale-ups. Prague is a city of science and research and the capital of satellite navigation, a home to the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). Prague’s ESA Business Incubation Centre is the first facility of its kind in the CEE region focused on developing technologically progressive start-ups that use space technologies and systems. Jointly with the Charles University, the Czech Technical University and the Czech Academy of Sciences, the City of Prague launched the prg.ai initiative in 2019, which has the long-term goal of transforming the city into one of the global hubs of artificial intelligence (AI) by focusing on creating an active AI ecosystem, attracting AI researchers, educating AI talents, or introducing AI-based solutions in the city.

The City government under Mayor Zdeněk Hřib has been working intensely on the digital transformation of city services ever since 2018. In 2020, a new Prague Citizens’ Portal was introduced to facilitate the administration of daily citizen agenda like waste collection, kindergarten registrations, or resident parking permits. Transportation around the city and the whole metropolitan region is very easy thanks to a one-stop-shop mobile application that integrates public transit, bike sharing services and parking. Soon, it will allow for intermodal trip planning, too. Prague takes pride in leveraging the data-driven decision-making approach, having developed its own data platform Golemio since 2018. Last but not least, Prague has its own Smart City strategy to pilot and implement new technologies that save resources and make everyday lives of Prague citizens easier. Sectors, in which the region excels, include artificial intelligence, biotechnologies, space technologies, cultural and creative industries, financial services.

Hradec Králové Region covers almost 5000 km². The region is divided into five districts. Martin Červíček has been the governor of the Hradec Králové region since 2020. The Hradec Králové region is primarily a region of the automotive industry. The largest employer is Škoda Auto. Tens of thousands of people work in the automotive industry. Another important employer is the Hradec Králové University Hospital.

Agricultural production in the East Bohemian region is mainly concentrated in the areas of the Polabé lowland. Wheat, sugarcane, and corn are grown here, and potatoes and flax thrive in the foothills. Livestock production is important, in which local farmers are among the most successful in the entire republic. If you want to taste a truly traditional regional specialty, we recommend the famous Hořice trubicka or Miletín prayer cakes. The Hradec Králové Region is one of the most popular tourist destinations. In addition to mountainous areas, hundreds of thousands of visitors annually head to the zoo in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, the local safari park is world-renowned for breeding and rescuing critically endangered African animals. The National Nature Reserve Adršpašsko-teplické skály in Náchod district, Prachovské skály in Jičín district or the UNESCO Czech Region Geopark in Novopack and Jičín district are unique.

Tourists should not miss Babiččina údolí, Třebechov’s Probošt’s nativity scene, the unique baroque complex Kuks or the monastery in Broumov. If you like castles and chateaux, we recommend visiting, among others, Hrádek u Nechanice, Potštejn, Častolovice, the castle in Opočné, Nové Město nad Metují or the empire castle of the Kinský family in Kostelec nad Orlicí.

The Hradec Králové Region offers sporting activities for all generations. A dense network of cycle paths will take you across the region by bike. Boaters will appreciate the Elbe, Orlice or Metuje rivers. Several sports fields, sports halls and indoor swimming pools are also worth mentioning. The Hradec Králové region is a great place to live, which is worth getting to know at any time of the year.

The Zlín Region recognizes the great opportunity and the necessity to significantly support the digitization, not only the digitization of the public sector, but also focus on the business sector, where digitization is a key to the future competitiveness of the region and to the growth of the wage level, especially with regards to the existing industrial character of the region. In the Regional Innovation Strategy of the Zlín Region digitization is the main part of the Zlín Region’s specialization domain “information, management and security systems “, however, it is also very closely related to the other three domains – “progressive design of products, technologies and processes”, “polymers in the circular economy” and “innovation in construction activities”. In relation to these domains, the Technological Innovation Center regularly organizes meeting of the platform of key companies and non-profit organizations in the field of IT, together with regional political representatives, representatives of secondary schools and the Thomas Bata University in Zlín. The region has been strengthening its cooperation with this regional university in order to achieve more significant development and greater attractiveness of IT fields in recent years, e.g. by supporting the teaching of subjects in the field of IT security at the Faculty of Applied Informatics (including introduction of topic blockchain together with the Rockaway Blockchain Fund), which was launched in September 2021. The region also supports study programs in Finance and Financial Technology at the Faculty of Management and Economics, including the use of blockchain in the financial management of companies. From 2022 on this cooperation will be enhanced, not only with the use of subsidy funds from the region, but also by the European funds from the National Recovery Plan.

The Zlín Region wants to be an important IT region in the future. In 2022, in cooperation with company BeePartner, it is preparing an Integrated Plan for strategic change in the development of ICT fields in the region. It is a set of investments and other activities, especially in the field of human resources and education, building the necessary infrastructure and background, or strengthening cooperation with renowned foreign partners. Their focus is mainly on decentralized technologies (blockchain, web3.0), but also on the rapid development of optical and 5G networks, the support of digitization in industry, or in general the education and attraction of experts in new technologies to the Zlín Region.

The Czech National Coalition for Digital Skills and Jobs (DigiKoalice) is a common open platform of the National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. As such, one major focus of the DigiKoalice is on education as the necessary base for the development of digital skills across society. National and regional representatives of academia, education sectors, industry, the public service, the not-for-profit sector are invited to participate with valuable contributions to ensure that the country joins in the European effort to leverage the rewards of digitisation.

The DigiKoalice’s main goal is to support the development of digital literacy of citizens of Czechia. The major focus is on digital education. The priorities include:

• Connecting schools and the information technology (IT) world.
• Inspiring schools and companies for cooperation.
• Supporting the dialogue among the major stakeholders in digital education.

ALL DIGITAL Summit is co-organised by the following projects:

AMeLiE

AMeLiE stands for advanced media literacy education to counter online hate speech. In AMeLiE we support teachers to address the topic of online hate speech in the classroom, and work with their students, in various ways, to make them aware of this phenomenon, support them to share experiences and foster kind communication among them.

The project has produced about 40 worksheets for teachers full of activities that they can implement directly in the classroom. Each worksheet and activity are tailored to a specific age group (kindergarten, primary school, secondary school)

RAYUELA

RAYUELA’s main goal is to better understand the drivers and human factors affecting certain relevant ways of cyber criminality, as well as empower and educate young people on the benefits, risks and threats intrinsically linked to the use of the Internet by playing, thus preventing and mitigating cybercriminal behaviour.

The Acronym of the project “Empowering and education young people for the internet by playing” was given the title RAYUELA, a Spanish word meaning Hopscotch in English. As a research project, RAYUELA aims to bring together law enforcement agencies (LEAs), sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, legal experts, computer scientists and engineers, to develop novel methodologies that allow better understanding of the factors affecting online behaviour related to new ways of cyber criminality, as well as promoting the potential of these young talents for cybersecurity and technologies.

Women4IT

Women4IT (EEA Grants) aims to empower young women across Europe to become part of the digital economy. By providing fully funded, individually tailored digital skills training reflecting current market needs, we have worked to equip women with a set of in-demand digital competencies and employability guidance, all to drive both their career advancement and economic independence. Women4IT addresses the structural transformation of the labor market due to the growing digital society in which there are significantly less women than men. This digital gap will lead to more women left out of the digital economy, widening the gender gap. The main objective of the project is to develop the digital competences of young women who are at risk of exclusion from the labor market thus improving their employability.

BUSINESS GameBOX

The objective of the GameBox project is to develop an educational program using artificial intelligence to support soft-skills and entrepreneurship skills among adults. In addition, the project aims to help participants verify their level of knowledge and skills in the areas necessary for starting a business, discover their role within the team and thus help them decide which path to take in their professional career. This all is done through an online based platform accessible to anyone, in particular aiming at adults facing disadvantage on the job market. This event has been co-funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

 

 

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The ALL DIGITAL Awards celebrate the individuals and organisations across Europe that enable citizens to transform and enrich their lives through the benefits and opportunities created by digital technologies. Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organisations around Europe work daily with communities to empower citizens through technology and the Internet: from teaching digital and media literacy and online safety to helping people carry out government, financial or commercial transactions and to training in coding, robotics and cybersecurity. These individuals and organisations often support entrepreneurship and employability in an ever-changing digital environment and labour market and unite different stakeholders in campaigns and projects that aim to ensure digital inclusion and enable digital social innovation. ALL DIGITAL has established the Awards to recognise and celebrate their innovation, dedication and the inspiring role they play to many people.

ALL DIGITAL Awards 2022 – The finalists

WINNER: Coronada Pardo Cotón – Spain (nominated by Gema Parrado León from AUPEX)

“I am a committed e-facilitator. For 17 years, I work daily with diverse groups on digital and social aspects (mainly with disabled people), using inclusive methodologies to give responsibilities and roles to my students as a form of social inclusion. For me, technical training is not everything. Social aspects and the involvement of the people in the training groups are decisive. A cohesive group can function on their own, generate synergies, work as a team, cooperate and grow all together, and for me, this is the basis for learning digital competencies. I’ve developed a social innovation project to facilitate the lockers’ opening for users with health problems, using 3D printing, as they had difficulty opening them due to their fine motor skills problems.” Promotional video 1 and video 2 about innovation project with 3D printing.

Pablo Jesús Delgado Saavedra – Spain (nominated by Gema Parrado León from AUPEX) Pablo is a passionate e-facilitator and trainer at the Digital Competence Centre in Solana de los Barros, a rural town in the middle of Extremadura, where he works with all kinds of groups, especially young people. He develops project-based learning, with a learning by doing philosophy, teaching on key enabling technologies (3D printing, programming, computational thinking…) which have led to the creation of two innovation projects in the town: AulaSurEX (a device for measuring temperature, humidity and air quality in buildings during Covid) and Exvital (a device based on NFC technology that stores vital or especially important data on users or animals, which can be accessed from any device).

Manuel da Silva – Spain (nominated by Guillem Porres from Fundación Esplai) Manuel Dasilva’s candidacy is a nomination for the perseverance and dedication of a professional dedicated to the digital literacy of older people in rural areas. He has worked for more than 20 years to bring digital skills to one of the most deprived groups. He has always been an advocate of networking and has participated in the creation of spaces for exchange and good practices with other e-facilitators from all over Spain. He is the secretary of the Plataforma Red Conecta Ciudadanía Comprometida, which brings together 40 organisations from the 3rd sector working to fight the digital divide.

WINNER: Ioana Crihana – Romania (nominated by Stefania Stanica from ANBPR)

In her capacity of CEO of the most representative professional association of public libraries in Romania, Ioana Crihană has contributed substantially to reconfiguring the role and mission of public libraries in the process of digital inclusion by promoting the benefits of technology on a large scale. Getting involved in several large projects based on technology, Ioana Crihana has expertise in creating, restructuring, and revitalizing different products, services, and organizations and has been in charge of the digital transformation process both in private and institutional environment. Leading the ANBPR operations, Ioana Crihana supports for over 13 years the network of 41 county branches, with more than 3300 individual and institutional members, to align to the modern services based on technology, to introduce innovation in public libraries and to cultivate new ones skills among librarians and users of library services. In addition, Ioana Crihana has been involved in a series of partnership brokering activities, training sessions, mentoring campuses, etc. in order to transform librarians into facilitators of knowledge in all aspects of library work, with the so important support of technology. Presentation of ANBPR activities

Tatiana Alexeev – Moldova (nominated by Evghenia Snitco from Embassy of Sweden in Moldova) Tatiana Alexeev is the Project Manager of the “Tekwill in Every School” program – the largest and most impactful educational program in the Republic of Moldova. In just 3 years since its implementation, we’ve succeeded to develop 8 courses (jobs of the future) that can be accessed for free on the eLearning platform Tekwill Online. The curricula of the courses have been approved by the Ministry of Education and introduced in the school program across the country as optional subjects for grades 7 till grade 12 since September 2020. The courses can be studied in both Romanian and Russian languages. Currently, over 1,000 teachers from 333 schools across the country are teaching the Tekwill courses as part of the school program and over 50,000 students have studied at least one Tekwill course, so far.

Antonio Llorente – Spain (nominated by Guillem Porres from Fundación Esplai) Graduated in Psychology. He is a charismatic leader who has been able to weave alliances with many organizations and public services in the area. He is the promoter of Social Technology concept that La Rueca Asociación applies to work through directive technologies in the relentless pursuit of improving the life situation of the people with whom they intervene. Since then, his organization has been able to develop pioneering ICT employment programs with public funds and at the same time has forged alliances with the CSR of Orange, JP Morgan, and Sage. Social Technology concept presentation

Marina Stanojlovic Mircic – Serbia (nominated by Bojan Zivkovic from Secondary school Ljuba Nesic) As #MIE Expert for six and Scientix Ambassador for two years in a row, in her Italian and Civics classes, she promotes an innovative teaching approach putting students in the spotlight as a creative protagonists in active learning that communicates with peers in the group and give opinion. She changed the way of teaching Italian language through e-twinning projects and using Microsoft personalized learning tools, and Civic education made it very interesting to her students by introducing STEM content to connect this school subject with real-life situations. Her freshest achievement is a winner in the STEM Discovery Campaign 2022 with Enery around us and in Europeana Education Competition 2020 with implementation of ‘Food Tests’.

WINNER: DigitalizaciONG by Fundación Esplai- Spain (nominated by Guillem Porres from Fundación Esplai)

DigitalizaciONG is a programme to support social organisations that are starting their digital transformation process in Spain. The aim of the Digitalisation Programme is to help organisations to have a Digital Transformation Plan (DTP) and to accompany them in its implementation and development, based on a strategy of constant accompaniment and advice. Of the 50 entities that responded to the questionnaire, the vast majority are associations: 39 entities, representing 78% of the total. Six foundations also responded to the questionnaire, 12% of the participating entities. Finally, the questionnaire also includes responses from 4 federations and 1 confederation. The project is financed with €86,000, all of which comes from public funds. The project has also been spinoff with the planning of digitization and training plans for large federations, which have been provided with individualized advice and training pathways. Website information about DigitalizaciONG

Jobs4Tech Competence Evaluation Tool by Accion contra el Hambre – Spain (nominated by Silvia Rodriguez from Accion contra el Hambre) Jobs4tech evaluation tool is a competence assessment tool based on the EntreComp Framework to assess 8 transversal competencies agreed as the most important for the IT Sector. It’s currently being upgraded to also include the 15 digital transversal competencies identified by the 2Bdigital Competence Framework. It provides teachers with an individual report on each student’s competence performance and an integrated one for the group, which allows them to adapt training to students’ needs and monitor competence improvement. The tool has been used by 30 trainers and 474 learners, impacting their awareness of their own transversal competence strengths and weaknesses. Relevant links: tool platform, users guide, promotional video, 2BDIGITAL Competence Framework.

IO Cittadino Digitale by IDCERT – Italy (nominated by Lorenzo Tedeschi of IDCERT) “IO Cittadino Digitale” is a free Certificate Course that issues digital skills to citizens, schools, companies, and public employees. It includes video lessons, PDF resources, unlimited exam simulations and a final test. Citizens can spend the IT certificate in public competitions or obtain University Educational Credits and improve their Europass CV. More than 150k Italians successfully achieved the certification. Italian Government program Repubblica Digitale and youth card Carta Giovani Nazionale contributed to its realisation. Any EU partner can join IDCERT by replicating and translating this course since it is based on DigComp guidelines. Link to the online course IO Cittadino Digitale

DATA KHK by Regional Authority of the Hradec Králové Region – Czech Republic (nominated by Iva Walterova of EPMA) The data portal DATA KHK of the Hradec Králové region is a central data point for the public and at the same time provides citizens with open data of the region at a highly professional level. The uniqueness lies in the presentation of data sets of open data in the form of map outputs, familiarizing citizens with this issue. The portal has won several prestigious awards. It is the Innovation Award of the Ministry of the Interior in the category aimed at the citizen, and then 1st place in the national round of the Golden crest competition for the most innovative electronic service. The project was included among 40 inspiring projects of digitization of public administration, winning THE BEST 2021. Since its launch, the portal has already had over 5,100 unique users. Relevant links: data portal of Hradec Králové region, hackathon Hackathony, Czech cybertron – CZECHCYBERTRON, video of Data KHK, video of Hradec Králové region.

What we celebrate

In 2022, ALL DIGITAL Awards recognise individuals and organisations in 3 main categories. Nominate or apply for:

• Best e-facilitator
• Best digital changemaker
• Best digital resource

See the full description and assessment criteria by clicking each link.

2022 Awards

The Awards ceremony will be celebrated in Prague on 29 September 2022. The winners will receive the trophies and have the opportunity to present their initiatives to an audience of more than 150 participants. Read full ALL DIGITAL Awards 2022 application guidelines

Social media:

• #AllDigitalEU
• #DigitalSkills
• #AllDigitalAwards

Background

Previously also known as Telecentre-Europe Awards and Digital Inclusion Awards, they were given to organisations and individuals working in the field of digital inclusion to acknowledge their work. Good practices and nominations used to be presented on the Unite-IT e-inclusion network portal, which was the focal point of information, news, resources, database of practices and policies in Europe with specific focus on ICT for inclusion and social cohesion. See the finalists and winners of previous awards

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INFO PACKAGE

The ALL DIGITAL Summit 2022 takes place in Prague on 28-30 September 2022. It focuses on the effects of digital transformation in different sectors and groups of society, and on how digital (and other) skills can help people identifying the benefits for their growth. 

The Summit 2022 is titled “Shaping DIGITAL transformation with and for ALL’’ and is going to include high-level keynote speeches, panels, workshops and informative sessions. Policymakers, digital education stakeholders, trainers and educators, civic society and industry representatives will gather in Prague, after 2 years of online meetings, to get the latest insights on policy actions, innovation and projects related to digital skills, education and upskilling/reskilling. Interesting networking opportunities will be guaranteed in a lively context with more than 150 participants to allow them to connect and exchange ideas.

The ALL DIGITAL Summit focuses on what digital transformation implies in the digital skills sector and its impact on culture, innovation and education, especially on the must-to-have skills in modern societies. The events will also present lessons learnt from the recent past on how to enhance digital skills across Europe through education, learning and training – in particular in the non-formal sector.

The events will present different perspectives, paying particular attention to the effects of digital transformation on Youth, with the ambition to sustain the European Year of Youth and the development of an inclusive, tech ready and future-proof society.

The Summit is organized by ALL DIGITAL and hosted by EPMA (ALL DIGITAL Czech member) and the Vysočina region which have offered consistent support to the event, as it is taking place in Prague, during the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Find the programme here!

Registrations are open!

The Venue

The Summit will take place in the VZLET community center located at Holandská 669/1, Praha 10 – Vršovice.

ABOUT VZLET

The new cultural center of Prague was opened in 2021 by three Prague cultural organizations – the Vosto5 Theater, the Collegium 1704 baroque orchestra and the Vršovice Kino Pilotů. The hundred-year-old Sokol cinema is thus pulsating with life again after decades. People go to Vzlet for theatre, music, exhibitions, educational programs or dance at the ball.

The cultural centre target audiences across generations. People behind it describe it as follow : “The most important thing for us is partnership and participation. We understand cultural “experience” as an inherent part of our lives and we want to bring it to everyone who is open to something new. To all who come to have fun and are not afraid to ask questions. We are here for all the residents of the Vršovice neighbourhood, culture-hungry viewers and discoverers of new forms and approaches. The culture is us – people working at Vzlet and all of you who come there. Come and discover a new place on the cultural map of Prague.”

Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information at summit(at)all-digital.org

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The marketplace will be set up on Wednesday 28 September and will be there for the whole days of 29 and 30 September. The ‘activities’ will take place during the breaks. A special focus will be given to the marketplace during the dedicated networking session planned on Friday 30 September between 14.14-15.45 .

Like in any marketplace, you can showcase a whole range of your products:
• Do you have brochures/leaflets but prefer to walk around yourself? You can leave them on the desk and maybe add a note who the people need to find, if they have questions.
• Do you have a roll-up? There is plenty of space for roll-ups. You can either leave it alone or you can be there and talk to people.
• You can get the whole ‘stall’ for yourself – the desk with access to the socket. We will provide the desk, and you can use your computer to show presentations, websites, digital resources, etc. You can organise your desk as you wish, also with leaflets and promo materials.

Like in any marketplace, you will be responsible for the setup of your stall. We would ask you to arrive on Wednesday afternoon or on Thursday before 09:00 to have time to install all you need so we can start at 9:00.

Fill our Marketplace with your initiatives and projects! Let us know if you’d like to participate in the registration form.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information at summit(at)all-digital.org

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