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LATVIA http://www.getonlineweek.eu/latvia/ GOW 2016 in Latvia was organized by LIKTA in cooperation with the Ministry of Regional Development and Environmental Protection. 103 municipalities were involved as regional coordinators. More than 150 partners–state organizations, universities, IT companies, NGOs–have participated in GOW 2016 organization in Latvia. During the campaign 788 events were organized all across Latvia attended by 21,952 participants. The campaign focus by days: • • • • • • Mon day: Digital security day Tuesday: Digital skills for entrepreneurs Wednesday: Digital skills for young people Thursday: Digital skills for education Friday: Digital skills for e-Services Saturday: Digital skills for all. LITHUANIA http://www.getonlineweek.eu/lithuania/ Association “Langas į ateitį” engaged with more than 300 organisations to partner and run the campaign activities. A nationwide publicity campaign was organized together with the news portal 15min.lt where an introduction to GOW2016 and a number of articles about security on social networks, skills for jobs or online banking were published. Press releases were distributed with the help of BNS news agency to other news portals. A combination of public libraries’ web sites and local news portals helped to reach 67,595 people. Network (LITNET). Both webinars hosted around 15,900 people. Three radio stations (Opus3, Žinių radijas and LRT radijas) broadcasted interviews about GOW 2016 activities as well as its mission and purpose. A total of 350,000 people were reached via these media channels. More than 970 events took place across the country in public libraries, youth job centres, schools, NGOs and other institutions. One of the largest events was a technological creativity festival ROBOTIADA 2016 held in LITEXPO Exibition Centre. The organisers prepared a lot of interesting activities for youngsters such as interactive robotics, LEGO and technology exhibition, many workshops. YouTube was used to broadcast two webinars one from the National Library of Lithuania and the second one by Lithuanian Research and Education 17