European Get Online Week 2016 | Page 4

GOW SINCE 2010 170,000 Europeans used the Internet for the first time 900,000 + Europeans gained relevant digital skills and improved their chances to be employable 15,000,000 + Europeans heard about e-skills and telecentres thanks to the campaign QUICK FACTS • Run in March 2010 for the first time as Get Online Day • Campaign originated from the UK, where it is still organised every year by the UK Online Centres • GOW was replicated in the Philippines in 2010 and in MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) in 2014 EUROPEAN MAP OF PARTNERS IN 7 YEARS OF GOW • 60 partner organizations • 34 European countries • 15,000+ community telecentres 4