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Tackling Europe's gap on skills and jobs with Get Online Week 2016

04/03/2016


Tackling Europe's gap on skills and jobs with Get Online Week 2016

The European Get Online Week (GOW) is a digital campaign that encourages Europeans to use the internet and technology safely and with confidence. In its seventh year, this edition runs from 14 to 20 March 2016.
GOW 2016 will feature more than 4 000 events run by some 25 partners, with activities targeting youth and unemployed. It aims to build on previous editions, which helped over 800 000 Europeans to gain relevant digital skills and improved their chances of finding a job.
 
The new campaign has two main interconnected themes. The first is ‘Trust and confidence’, addressing key policy actions under the Digital Single Market. The second theme is ‘Digital jobs’, as part of the eSkills for Jobs.
 
Organisations involved in GOW, nationally and locally, will provide training and support to young people and the unemployed to boost their digital careers. They will also encourage SMEs to upgrade their employees’ digital skills.
 
Under a new partnership with Cisco, GOW 2016 will aim to get at least 2 000 young people connected and skilled through the Cisco Networking Academy, an IT skills and career building programme. Ten national partners will support this initiative.
 
The Get Online Week 2016 – supported by the eSkills for Jobs campaign and sponsorship from Cisco, Microsoft and Liberty Global –  takes places annually at thousands of libraries, community centres, schools and not-for-profit organisations in over 20 countries. 

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