ePractice.eu is the one stop place for the exchange of advice, experiences and events on practices of eGovernment, eHealth and eInclusion, offering the most complete information and exchange opportunities for these areas in Europe. Real life cases, insight and lessons learnt are shared. Thus, ePractice.eu represents a real bridge between these communities, as there is a high potential of interesting lessons to be learnt on all sides. There is a growing presence of eInclusion practical cases in the portal, and our aim is to involve the eInclusion community actively. In order to foster this increasing area, ePractice.eu has created this special information page for the eInclusion community.
In case you are an eInclusion practitioner we strongly encourage you to sign up to ePractice.eu and submit your experience.
eInclusion - an Introduction
eInclusion ('e' standing for electronic) aims to prevent social and economic exclusion, especially of already disadvantaged people, due to divergences in knowledge and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), notably internet-allowed services. eInclusion also means tapping new 'digital opportunities' for the participation of less-favored people and areas.
The fact that more than 40% of the European population still makes little or no use of the internet and other ICT is becoming an increasing obstacle to well-being and progress for individuals and society as a whole. For this reason, many initiatives to fight digital exclusion are taking place all around Europe, from local to national level, with a significant involvement of civil society organizations, along with public administrations, private companies and others. More than 30 European States have agreed through the Riga declaration on six major areas for action.
In 2008 a broad campaign "eInclusion: Be part of it!" promoted by the European Commission will aim at accelerating progress in the priorities of the Riga Declaration and other possible issues relating to e-Inclusion, overcoming fragmentation of efforts and insufficient awareness. To keep updated on the campaign and other news, we encourage you to subscribe to the eInclusion newsletter of the EC. If you have already registered to that portal, just go straight to the services page to subscribe to the newsletter. Information on "eInclusion, be part of it!" will be also provided through the ePractice newsletter.
Keep updated with the latest news in eInclusion
Keep yourself informed about news and developments in the e-Inclusion field, new funding opportunities and forthcoming events. Within the DG Information Society newsroom service, you can subscribe to receive an automated e-Inclusion Newsletter, which will keep you regularly updated with news, events and funding opportunities from the European Commission. Subscribe to the DG Information Society newsroom newsletter.
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Relevant Documents
Collection of national strategies for eInclusion in the European Union, aimed at assessing the status and exchanging practices of eInclusion policy approaches across the diversified European context. Document presented at the Lisbon Ministerial Event (2-3 December 2007)
Document containing results of the call for contributions on eInclusion and an analysis of 30 initiatives that were considered to be particularly valuable.
Relevant UE Activity
European Commission Information Society page on e-Inclusion
