ITALY
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The key event of the campaign in Rome was the
RomeCup: Excellence in Robotics that is promoted
every year in March, in collaboration with the
Municipality of Rome and the National Headmaster
Association.
The extraordinary 10th edition brought 5,000
participants and was extensively covered by media.
156 student team from 58 schools in 17 regions
were competing in the first Robotic Olympics. 20
labs for students aged 6-19 in a variety of areas and
a lab for teachers were organised. 100 prototypes
were designed and developed by students.
In the second GOW run in Emilia Romagna by the
Pane e Internet (PeI) network 62 live events were
organised with over 1,600 participants. Open
Group–one of the new GOW partners–opened the
week with the ABC Digitale event on March 11-12.
Almost 400 children, young people and parents
attended digital activities, including a YouRock
presentation, organised in collaboration with
Bologna’s CoderDojo, FabLab, ASPHI and others
during the two days. On March 14, Radio Città del
Capo devoted a weekly radio program Pensatech
to digital technology and innovation. Altogether,
24 PeI digital literacy courses attracted 350 people,
mostly adults, the elderly and unemployed
people. Six “Internet in the library? Easier
together” were organised to present PeI’s
digital facilitation services and recruit
volunteers. In the Rimini and Pavullo PeI
Points, digital facilitators were trained on
digital employment services and how to
exploit the Internet for job search.
the professionals” events, aimed at showing
new work opportunities created by the ever
evolving digital economy. They could meet 30
professionals, entrepreneurs and researchers from
big data analysts, to food and Google certified
photographers, to social media managers, to data
journalists and urban digital planners.
Parents, including migrant parents, were invited
to several events devoted to safe Internet use
and personal data protection, organised with
Proteggiamo.org and AICA, the Italian national IT
professionals association.
About 400 secondary school students
attended nine “Digital Jobs: meet
Photo credits: Eugenio Giovanardi
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