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SERBIA http://www.getonlineweek.eu/serbia/ Serbians of all age were invited to join activities in 40 telecentres: creative workshops, eSkills seminars, Skillage eSkills self-assessments, free ECDL testing, lectures on children internet safety and advanced use of the Internet, public lectures for the elderly, free e-courses, etc. To encourage the digital inclusion of persons with disabilities, the first-grade pupils from the primary school Ljupce Nikolic from Aleksinac visited an association of persons with mental disabilities and helped the members of this association to acquire e-skills and use the Internet safely. With their assistance, members of the association gained more confidence in using computers. SPAIN http://www.getonlineweek.eu/spain/ All over Spain, GOW14 activities were organized to improve the employability of telecentre users in telecentres: trainings, workshops on ICT profession, webinars, video-streaming talks, meetings with programmers, training pathways and the launching of an employment-oriented social network for young people in Spain. Page 19 One exciting activity was called More Than Gamers, promoting successful entrepreneurs in new digital professions, in this case online videogames. Three successful entrepreneurs offered insights on how they built their business, how the idea of their project originated, how they established their own company and much more. The talk was also broadcasted on Guadalinfo TV.