Human resource development of local communities

Objective: Support for activities designed to increase the potential for accumulation of knowledge by means of information and communications technology (ICT). Improving the stock of digital literacy in the community to facilitate its use of electronic services offered through the project, and establish their skills to launch and implement local projects.

General: Gaining an optimal level of skills, knowledge and skills in ICT, which will ensure a high quality of implemented network services and sustainability. This subcomponent will support training for digital literacy and implementation of local cultural projects designed to support the development of communities targeted by the project.

Project process

• A total of 512 persons within the beneficiary communities were trained in ICT (network managers and IT managers) but also in other areas such as: marketing, communication, public relations and local economic development;

• An e-Learning facility was created on the portal www.ecomunitate.ro, providing members of the beneficiary communities with access to online training courses in ICT;

• In the period January to December 2008, 170 courses were supported by PAPI – RECL, to which have been invited 4.071 people, 3.311 persons were enrolled and 2.445 persons graduated*.

  
  
  *Note: The data is collected from a monitoring project conducted during the EBC from the 1st of January 2008 – 31st of December 2008 by IMAS

• Campaigns organized by RECL*:

  

• Distribution of categories of services offered by PAPI*

  
  *Note: The data is collected from a monitoring project conducted during the EBC from the 1st of January 2008 – 31st of December 2008 by IMAS

• A new training session was conducted (5100 students), entitled “Basic training in ICT for local communities – in school and the business environment ”, and for the 255 communities from the EBC project which are in the implementation stage. About 20 students of each beneficiary community of the EBC project formed their basic skills in ICT and their application in areas such as educational and business process management. Students come from most different categories: teachers, administrative staff, local entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens. This approach comes as a direct consequence of the experience learned from the implementation of the pilot phase, where 20 people from the 9 pilot communities were involved in training sessions in ICT, 20 teachers have accumulated knowledge of the the application of ICT tools in the education project and another 20 in development of ICT projects. The conclusions drawn, national training session will include an integrated methodology,at the local community level.

  

  Map: A Teachers, B Librarians, C Entrepreneurs, D Prospective entrepreneurs, E Public administration, F Other people in the community, G Fresh graduates;

Perspectives

• Accreditation of 25 of local ICT training centers (basic skills). The NATB certification will give local centers the opportunity to organize training programs in ICT literacy for members of local communities. The long-term impact is to facilitate information society skills, low cost, in local communities. Dates: July-October 2009;

• Organizing a series of 7 information seminars on the use of ICT in business and facilitating working sessions on accessing structural funds for entrepreneurs in EBC communities. Dates: September-October 2009;

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