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ROMANIA http://www.getonlineweek.eu/romania/ GOW14 brought to Romania 126 ICT trainings and seminars/workshops organized by telecentres on various topics: evaluation and certification of the ICT competences for youth, support in job searching, internet privacy mainly for children but also for their parents, first click for seniors and intergenerational activities, social media workshops, etc. 11 workshops targeting unemployed people were organized by telecentres in partnership with the local employment services. The participants learned basic ICT notions to create their own CV, to present during an interview, how to look for digital jobs. They have also been offered free certification vouchers donated by Microsoft, to encourage them to improve their eSkills. RUSSIA http://www.getonlineweek.eu/russia/ GOW14 was exciting and eventful in Russia. To encourage youngsters to use the Internet and technology to further develop their personal and professional lives as well as to acquire the valuable knowledge and skills for jobs, a number of training courses with guidelines have been organized. Page 18 Besides digital literacy, IT career guidance, digital intellectual property rights, a main focus was on coding. Many telecentres have used the KODU Game Lab training course that allows students with no previous knowledge in programming, to design and develop Windows applications and 3D Games which can then be shared online for others to view and play.