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Develoment of a Limerick Digital Inclusion Strategy

Develoment of a Limerick Digital Inclusion Strategy. Transforming lives through technology education and communities. Who we are?. Limerick Community Connect 2001 PAUL Partnership and VEC Limerick City Community ICT Steering Group Initiatives Family IT 2004-2006

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Develoment of a Limerick Digital Inclusion Strategy

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  1. Develoment of a Limerick Digital Inclusion Strategy Transforming lives through technology education and communities

  2. Who we are? • Limerick Community Connect • 2001 PAUL Partnership and VEC Limerick City Community ICT Steering Group • Initiatives Family IT 2004-2006 • E-Information and Learning Initiative 2006-2007 • Commissioned research 2008 • Input to Regeneration Master Plan • Techfast 2008 • Limerick eInclusion 2009 • SimpleIT • Digital Upskilling • Formation of Limerick Community Connect and a Strategic Group • Dell Winning Culture Initiative 2011 • Community sites www.limerickcommunities.ie • 2012 Limerick Digital Strategy widening of the focus of a digital inclusion agenda

  3. Why should you care? Why we can’t fail • Avoid the creation of a Digital underclass • Avoid Limerick becoming a less attractive city for “everything” • Keep ahead in a changing world • Must bring hope to the excluded disadvantaged Youth, Unemployed, Elderly

  4. Opportunity for LimerickA digital strategy • Continue leading in the area of digital inclusion • To take greater advantage of the resources within the city • A chance for all partners to work together for there own and common good

  5. Digital Inclusion means different things to different people • Closing the divide • Getting basic ICT skills • Technology accessible for disabled and elderly • Preventing economic exclusion • Digital technology to tackle social exclusion • Improve the lives and life chances of any citizen

  6. Context • Changing economic circumstances • Less money • Large scale restructuring of public services • Rapid changes in digital technologies accessibility, cost, social media, digital based services

  7. A Changed Mindset

  8. Draft e-inclusion strategy • Our Goal:To make Limerick Ireland’s leading digitally inclusive city - with engaged citizens, resourced communities, digitally skilled students and workforce, targeted service provision and opportunities for everyone to learn and share their knowledge.

  9. Principles Network readiness: • Community focus • Partnership • Collaboration • Sharing

  10. A word on Technology Technology is getting there Digital infrastructure Convergence of devices Tipping Point Digital –means malleable :– clay to a Potter!

  11. Focus of our Inclusion • Awareness • Learning • Partnership

  12. Awareness • Knowledge through awareness • Information Access • Responsibility • What’s possible Examples: • www.cdi.org.br • www.esd.org.uk/solutions4inclusion

  13. Learning • Journey to participation We are all only at the beginning!

  14. Learning Path Ways

  15. Partnership

  16. Strenghts of Limerick • Spirit of Limerick • Educational excellence • Vibrant community ICT programmes and delivery expertise • Infrastructure

  17. Developed by the LCC e-inclusion Strategic Group

  18. Our Strategic Framework Engaged Citizens & Communities AWARENESS ENGAGE PARTICIPATION Digital Literacy's, Skills & Options SHARED RESOURCES Supports, Facilitators, Networks, Systems, Tools SUPPORT LEAD PILOTS & FLAGSHIPS Partnerships, Best Practice, Innovation, Scale

  19. Pilot Projects • To continue outreach digital competence programme at community level • Royal Digital Media Hub VEC • Coordination of digital learning progression. LIT, MI, UL, VEC • Limerick Inclusion Expo

  20. Pilot Projects • Volunteer Buddy System (Inter-generational support) 3rd level / Business • Cloud based Infrastructure City Council /Shannon Broadband/ BT • Open Innovation Digital Platform for the unemployed in Limerick • EU pilot site of choice for Inclusion projects

  21. Basic Resources • e-facilitator • Monitor needs and demands • To market what’s possible (evangelist) • Coordinate the partners Digital Inclusion Resource Centre One full time facilitator • Network of community facilitators/ Champions within partners

  22. Partners:Enabling the resources of Limerick • Community groups • Limerick City Council • Education LIT, MIC, UL, VEC • Shannon Development • Business • EU Digital Agenda for Europe

  23. Open and shared vision

  24. Impact • Limerick open for digital engagement and business • Social • e-health • E-gov • e-education • What we want? • Economic • 20% only on line Jobs • Cheap goods • Information • digital skills shortages

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