Annual reports Annual Report 2017 | Page 31

31 Projects completed in 2017 Operating grant period: January 2015 – December 2017 source of funding: Erasmus+ KA 3 Support for Policy Reform – Civil Society Cooperation in the Field of Education and Training beneficiary: ALL DIGITAL 2017 was the last year of the three-year framework agreement of our operating grant from the European Commission, funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The operating grant allowed us to implement our core, statutory activities such as Board and Advisory Board meetings, General Assembly, Annual Summit; contributed to the employment costs of key personnel, and provided additional funding to a number of key activities. In 2017, with the support of the operating grant, we implemented the following activities: 1. 2. EU policy in the fields of education, employment, digital technologies, citizenship and innovation, and collected evidence from members on a continuous basis and brought it to policy level 8. 9. ALL DIGITAL Awards: our annual recognition to organizations and professionals in the field of digital inclusion and who bring digital opportunities to people in their communities General Assembly in Brussels (March) European Affairs Service: the other side of the policy and advocacy coin, we informed members about current developments in EU policies, providing them with opportunities to participate in pan-European exchanges Four face-to-face Board meetings in Brussels (March), Malta (June), Barcelona (October), and Brussels (December) and one Advisory Board meeting in Brussels (December) 10. I-LINC stakeholder platform on ICT for Learning and Inclusion for youth employability and entrepreneurship (www.i-linc.eu) 3. Annual Conference in Barcelona (October) 11. 4. European Get Online Week (www.getonlineweek.eu) 12. Membership development 5. Maintaining the Skillage online self-assessment tool (www.skillage.eu) 13. Revision of the strategy and re-branding 6. 7. Study visits and trainings for members: aimed at knowledge sharing between member organisations, three bilateral study visits among members based on mutual interest took place with the support of ALL DIGITAL Policy monitoring and advocacy: with the main objective to raise the profile of digital competence centres in the policy debate as key actors in providing digital skills to everyone, we monitored Supporting National Digital Skills and Jobs Coalitions As can be seen, the operating grant annual work plan reflects both statutory activities, and key thematic project- related activities. At the end of 2017, we applied for the next three-year framework agreement for 2018-2020. The new work programme keeps most elements from 2017, but also introduces new activities, such as coding for inclusion.