Newsletter June 2012

Telecentre Europe is a network to share knowledge and form partnerships committed to increasing the impact of community based telecentres in Europe and beyond.

NEWSLETTER JUNE 2012

Telecentre-Europe AISBL

STRONGER TEAM

Following a thorough evaluation of applications coming from several highly qualified candidates, Telecentre-Europe is pleased to announce that Gabriel Rissola has been selected and appointed as Telecentre-Europe’s Managing Director, by a Selection Committee of nine members of the international telecentre community.

Simultaneously, Peter Palvolgyi has been appointed as the new Financial Officer.

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Advocacy

TELECENTRE-EUROPE A THE DIGITAL AGENDA ASSEMBLY

Representatives of Telecentre-Europe will take part Digital Agenda Assembly (#DA12) taking place next 21-22 June in Brussels.
Chair Ian Clifford and Managing Director Gabriel Rissola will participate through the workshop Social Media: Social Networking for Economic Recovery, Jobs and Growth. Also board member Juan Francisco Delgado will be a participant of the Assembly, advocating for the Spanish proposal to create a European Market Place for Social Innovators.

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Advocacy

VOTE FOR SCREENING THE #GOW12 VIDEO AT #DA12

Telecentre-Europe has submitted the GOW12 launch event video at the Digital Agenda for Europe Engagement Platform and is waiting for you to vote! The most "interesting" voted videos will be shown at #DA12. Help us to make participants watch our video and inspire policy-makers - we need your online vote!

» vote the video until Tuesday, June 19th
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Advocacy

VOTE FOR A EUROPEAN MARKET PLACE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATORS

Again at the Digital Agenda for Europe Engagement Platform, the Community of Telecentre Networks Association, Telecentre-Europe’s Spanish member organization, has launched a proposal for creating a European network where social innovators can receive feedback on funding, social media, mentoring and creativity from a set of experts.

Towards a European Market Place for Social Innovators

» vote for the proposal until Tuesday, June 19th
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New membership from Poland

INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

The Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI) is a non-governmental organization established in 2008 by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation. FRSI’s objective is to support and promote the development of an information society with a very well developed services sector, high education standards, broad and inexpensive Internet access, public access to information, and the ability to exchange data irrespective of the distance.

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Telecentre-Europe Summit 2012

SAVE THE DATE

This year, Telecentre-Europe is organizing its annually network gathering during 17-18 October 2012, in Warsaw, Poland. During the event, the Telecentre-Europe Award Ceremony will take place again. The summit in Warsaw will be the fifth meeting of European telecentre leaders after Riga (2008), Istanbul (2009), Budapest (2010) and Brussels (2011). Following the event, the Telecentre-Europe AISBL General Assembly will be held.

Telecentre-Europe's Summit 2012: 17-18 October, Warsaw (Poland)

More information and updates will follow soon.

News from
Poland

LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AMONG FINALISTS FOR E-INCLUSION AWARD

The Library Development Program, implemented by the Information Society Development Foundation, is one of the 3 finalists for the “Be Part of IT – Digital Inclusion Champions Award” of the e-Inclusion Awards Competition 2012.
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News from Lithuania

LANGAS I ATEITI DIGITALLY INCLUDES 16.200 SOCIALLY VULNERABLE ADULTS

Thanks to the recently finished 2 years project “Online services for a Lithuanian e-Citizen”, 16.200 socially vulnerable adults are now able to integrate more quickly into community life & the labour market, and have more possibilities to study & communicate.
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TELECENTRE MANAGERS CONGRESS IN SPAIN

"KZgunea”, the Social Innovation Centre (SIC) Network of the Basque Country, in partnership with the Spanish Community Telecentre Networks Association, is organizing the 1^st International Congress for Telecentre Managers on June 28-29 in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain)

AVAELGO SME OF THE MONTH MAY

Skillage builder Avaelgo, a Romanian company of 10 employees, received Microsoft's recognition of Cloud SME of the month May 2012.

OPEN POSITION FOR RUSSIAN COMMUNITY COORDINATOR

Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) is seeking applications for the post of Russian speaking Regional Community Coordinator.
Applications must be sent to recruitment@telecentre.org no later than June 17, 2012.

NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

The a> aims to attract dynamic, socially-committed young people involved in ICT-based concepts or projects with a genuine potential to succeed. Open to 18-25 year olds worldwide, the deadline for online submissions is July 1th.

New network of 300 centres in Georgia

On May 11, 2012, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia launched the “Computer Knowledge Society Initiative” to promote digital literacy and e-skills, with a focus on economic development.

FREE SOCIAL MEDIA WEBINAR

Members of Telecentre-Europe’s online community attended the free webinar 12 Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make in Social Media on June 6, 2012. For those who missed it, the webinar will be organized again on July 25th.