ITALY
LATVIA
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The main event organised during the GOW 2015 by
the Fondazione Mondo Digitale was RomeCup 2015,
which was held in Rome on March 25-27.
GOW 2015 in Latvia started with a high level policy
opening event on 23rd of March. The event was
moderated by Digital Champion of Latvia Reinis
Zitmanis. Two Ministers, a state secretary and ICT
sector industry leaders participated at the event,
representing the National e-Skills Coalition of Latvia.
Event was broadcasted online. A special attention
was paid to e-skills for children and the youth. An
online discussion was organised about ICT training
at schools and telecentres, about best coding
experiences and digital tools for children’s education.
The 9th edition of RomeCup presented to students
from all over Italy success stories made by young
people under 30 who have been able to transform
robotic solutions into innovative start-ups. “We
try to show that the robot can do business,” says
Mirta Michilli, General Manager of the Digital World
Foundation. “Robotics is an important axis for
building youth accelerators to overcome the crisis in
a reasonable time.” Schools presented more than 60
prototypes of inventions created by young students,
almost all under 18.
March 24 was a “You Rock “ day, when Latvian
version of YouRock.Jobs platform was presented at
telecentre and made available to everyone by online
broadcasts. March 25 had a focus on SMEs, while
March 27 was dedicated to latest ICT solutions and
e-services for municipalities and citizens. During the
campaign week online tests and competitions took
place, young people being the most active.
LITHUANIA
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As a novelty, GOW 2015 in Emilia Romagna was very
successful. Over 60 events were organised, thanks
to the joint effort by the Regional government and
its partners in the Pane e Internet (PeI) project:
municipalities, libraries, schools, various Third
Sector organisations, the chambers of commerce,
private companies and professionals. The GOW
clearly demonstrated the power of networking
and collaboration among them. The initiatives
on “emerging digital professions” showed the
importance of making youngsters aware of the new
job opportunities continuously created in the digital
world, by getting direct testimonials from those
working in it. Online events also deserve attention:
11 webinars on e-commerce attracted 1,500 people
and the NVR webradio, run by visually impaired
staff, talked about an ECDL course for visually
impaired people. Altogether about 2,700 people
attended GOW events and many who learnt about
PeI and its opportunities have already been asking
for their continuation or repetition.
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During the GOW 2015 in Lithuania a considerable
publicity campaign was organised and over 637,000
people reached. 2,500 people completed the
Skillage test while over 600 registered on
YouRock.Jobs platform. Over 7,400 people
participated at various events, workshops, seminars
and trainings. In Lithuania during the Get Online
Week 10,990 people were digitally empowered.
Biggest and most interesting activities:
• ICT trainings for young unemployed people in 16
public libraries in 16 different municipalities of
Lithuania.
• ICT lessons at schools with GOW 2015 activities.
• Coding and graphic design trainings at Vilnius
computer academy and Kaunas University of
Technology.
• The pilot of Trans e-Scouts project has started.
Trainings in 3 bra