Computer Literacy Basics For a Lithuanian E-citizen

Acronym of the case:

W2F

Web address of the case:

http://www.langasiateiti.lt

Country of the case:

Lithuania

City/region:

Vilnius

Posting Date:

13 August 2007

Last Edited Date:

07 January 2010

Author:

Loreta Krizinauskiene (Association Langas i ateiti/ Window to the Future)

ecitizens | literacy | digital-divide

Type of initiative

Project or service
Strategic initiative
Promotion/awareness campaign

Case Abstract

The purpose of the project â€œComputer Literacy Basics For a Lithuanian E-citizenâ€ was to reduce the digital divide between rural and city areas of Lithuania, leading to the development of the Information Society in the country, i.e. increasing the computer literacy level of the adult population, encouraging their competitiveness in the labor market, improving their possibilities to get information needed for their job as well as widening their possibilities for life long learning. The objective of the project was to provide fundamentals of computer literacy to 50,000 citizens of Lithuania, older than 16.

Description of the case

Domain

eInclusion

Topic

Digital literacy and competences | Geographical eInclusion | ICT and Aging

Sector

Education, Science and Research

Date

March 2006 to May 2008

Date operational

January 2009

Target Users

Target Users Description

Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania 16 or more years older who have no or very poor knowledge and skills in computer literacy.

Scope

National

Status

Operation

Language(s)

Lithuanian

Policy Context and Legal Framework

In March 2000, the European Council in Lisbon proposed the initiative "eEurope" and set the goal for making the European Union the worldâ€™s most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy, where each citizen will have access and skills to use new information and communication technologies. With a view to develop the capacities of Lithuanian population to use information technologies and create conditions for all the residents to seek general computer literacy adequate to their education and professional qualification, the government approved the General Program for Computer Literacy on 15 September 2004. This program is aimed at developing the computer literacy of the population and to fund their training. The project â€œComputer Literacy Basics For a Lithuanian E-citizenâ€ was performed as a part of the General Program for Computer Literacy. Since March 6, 2006 the Window to the Future (W2F) alliance had been implementing the project "Computer Literacy Basics for a Lithuanian E-Citizen", sponsored by EU Structural funds. The objective of the project was to provide fundamentals of computer literacy as well as the knowledge about safe internet usage to 50,000 citizens of Lithuania using a direct education method (training in computer classes).

Project Size and Implementation

Type of initiative

Not applicable/not available

Overall Implementation approach

Public administration

Technology choice

Not applicable/not available

Funding source

Project size

Implementation: €1,000,000-5,000,000

Yearly cost:

€500-999,000

Implementation and Management Approach

The "Window to the Future" initiative has drawn attention of different companies as well as of several foreign funds. Today it associates 13 private companies and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania. Multi-channel issues: As the project is organized on the national level in all 60 municipalities at a time, with more than 200 trainers at the starting phase of the project, a Database Management System has been developed. It is used by the project team, the call centre, trainers and supervisors of the project for the following needs: to record available trainers and classrooms, to schedule classes, to register course participants, to help trainers to follow the examination proceeding, to enable every course participant to take the final test, to enable every W2F web visitor to take a computer literacy tryout test, to help the project team to effectively coordinate the public campaign on the project and to have general statistical data about every course participant. The DMS enables the project team to follow the training process online, evaluate the quality of trainings, summarize the data about course participants and efficiently organize the advertising campaign.

Impact, innovation and results

Impact

The project had been in progress since March 2006. The final project results as of May 2008 are as follows: 50,008 people graduated from W2F courses, with an average age of 45 years. People over 60 years of age make 13% of the graduated, and 77% of all participants are women. As far as the participantsâ€™ education: 34,5% have a university degree and 4,1 % have not completed secondary school; 12,2% are unemployed. Innovation: The innovation lies in the enormous number of the project participants (over 400 trainers and 50,000 students) and the geographical coverage (all 60 municipalities of LT).

Lessons learnt

Lesson 1 - ICT skills become more and more important in our life, Lesson 2 -The monitoring of the project should be performed using Data Base Management System or similar, Lesson 3 - Always think about the follow up of the project.

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