European Get Online Week 2016 | Page 7

THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT TRUST ONLINE AND DIGITAL JOBS Aimed at enabling more and more citizens to benefit of the increasingly advanced online services, this year Get Online Week was raising awareness about confidence online. Also, the campaign brought stakeholders together at national and local level to provide training and support to youth and unemployed towards digital careers. ADDRESSING TRUST AND CONFIDENCE PROMOTING DIGITAL CAREERS As trust and confidence on the internet is becoming a more complex and hard to address issue, the campaign partners organised events to educate people about cyber-security, online identities, e-commerce, social media, and ICT tools to become confident Internet users. Europeans need the right skills to get the most out of the digital economy and digital single market. Thousands of events were organised to raise awareness about the skills gap and related employment opportunities. It is also important that SMEs are well informed about relevant ICTs to go digital: to do so they first need to upgrade the digital skills of their employees. Among many activities, some examples include: • Informative events about personal data, online banking and safety online • Multimedia workshops for beginners and migrants • Awareness raising workshops and seminars about the use of social media • Events on active citizenship and available tools to engage with local and EU politicians • Teaching accessible web for people with disabilities. 7 The following activities took place across Europe: • Training events using CISCO Networking Academy to teach basic IT knowledge • Workshops to create online portfolios using YouRock.jobs and boost youth’s employability • Workshops for young people to assess their skills on Skillage.eu • Coding classes for kids and teenagers from underprivileged areas to explore ICT related careers • Other awareness raising events (conferences, career fairs, awards, seminars, meeting ICT professionals, etc.).