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E.citizenship Development Through Public-Private Partnership. Window to the Future case Baltic IT &T 2006 Forum, Riga Loreta Križinauskienė, Window to the Future. Main items of the presentation. Why have we started Who are the founders Goals and mission Fields of activities 3 year results - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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E.citizenship Development Through Public-Private Partnership. Window to the Future case
Baltic IT &T 2006 Forum, Riga
Loreta Križinauskienė,Window to the Future
Main items of the presentation
● Why have we started● Who are the founders● Goals and mission● Fields of activities● 3 year results● Future perspectives
Why have we started?● We feel concern for the educated society● We go for competitive Lithuania in EU and the
whole world● Encourage Internet usage – encourage the
development of the economy● We want to decrease the growing digital divide in
the society● We seek for mutual cooperation between
business, governmental and other institutions encouraging society to use IT
Window to the Future is a Society modernization initiative launched by private companies and focused on the promotion of the Internet usage in Lithuania
Mission
To promote the use of internet in Lithuania and in
this way stimulate the growth of the standard of
living, as well as Lithuania’s competetive ability
among European and World countries.
Goal - to achieve EU’s
average Internet
penetration in Lithuania within three
years
Omnitel – mobile market leaderSEB Vilniaus Bankas – largest commercial bankHansabankas – second largest commercial bankLietuvos Telekomas – fixed communications incumbentSonex group and Alna – largest Lithuanian IT companies
Business alliance Window to the Future to support Knowledge Society development (2002 May)
New Partners Joining
Lithuanian Government Joined the Alliance
Cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Interior to increase the number of W2F public internet access points
Agreement with the Ministry of Education on cooperation in organizing large-scale internet trainings.
It is only co-ordinated efforts of business and the government
that can create a synergy effect,
which will help to change the
situation substantially.
• Municipalities
• Information Society Development Committee
• Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
• Lithuanian Labour Exchange
• Local communities
• Private supporters
Other supporters of the initiative/ social partners
Fields of Activities since 2002
AccessInternet access for all layers of the society
• TrainingEducating society and training people in using computers and the Internet
• E-ContentEncouragement to develop and use electronic content and services relevant to the society
In 3 years 175 Public Internet Access Points are opened
What is a “Langas į ateitį” PIAP?● 2-3-4 PCs with Internet access located in local government offices,
libraries,community centers,museums, hospitals, post offices, sale points SIMAS
● The PIAP provides free Internet access to the visitors● The PIAP is likely to be a key institution for the local rural
community● The PIAP (and/or local government) is responsible for the
expenses to run the PIAP (premises, part of an Internet monthly fee, staff)
● Main activities: Information search,e mail for communication,PIAP is used for local community purposes (OSF, EU projects); computer literacy courses; LIBIS – library info search; games
3 stages of PIAP development
Integrating private, state and EU Funds it is foreseen to establish a net of nearly 1000 PIAPs in the nearest 2 years
2002 200720062005175 PIAPs
300 PIAPs 400 PIAPs
475 PIAPs 875 PIAPs
Window to the Future at Infobalt 2005
Public e.services were exposed by the Min of Internal affairs and Information Society development Committee together with the PIAP projects -
20 000 of adults got free training on Internet Basics in 2003
Age groups
35 - 6066%
60 and more5%
18 - 35 29%
18 - 35
35 - 60
60 and more
About the participants
19 452 answers
Residents of regional center, town 87.61 %Residents of the rural area 12.39 %
Men 20.05 %
Women 79.95 %
Participants education
(19 452 answers)• A – university education 50.87 %• B – some years at the university 5.66%• C – higher education 25.98 %• D – secondary education14.49 %• E – primary education 3.01%
Would you recommend the training to your friend?
(19 452 answers)• Yes 99.46 %• No 0.54 %
Trainer evaluation
Training to PIAP administrators and their changing role
In 2005 m. 6 seminars were run in : • Vilnius (2)• Klaipėda, • Kėdainiai• Panevėžys• Klaipėda
“A small PIAP Library” ( 4 different issues to help the PIAP visitors and administrators in their everyday duties published in cooperation with the Lithuanian Adults Education and Information centre):
W2F promoting the usage of Internet
Internet Penetration Rate (%) Growth
2002 20062005
75 PIAPs 475 PIAPs
2003 2004
175 PIAPs
20 000 of adults training
Training to PIAP administrators
11
35,9
24
34,829,5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2002 m. 2003 m. 2004 m. 2005 m. 2006 m.
50 000 of adults training
Computer Literacy Basics to the Lithuanian e-Citizen
• Project duration- 27 months• Project value – 8,4 mil. Lt• Project geography – all municipalities• Project goal – 50 000 adults trained• Training Programme – corresponds to the
General Computer Literacy Standard and goes with e-Citizen program
The Rolling Snowball Model:From Idea to Massive Movement
Even very strong business enterprises alone are not capable of essentially changing the situation in Lithuania.Central and local government institutions, businesses and foreign funds to support this initiative will help to change the situation substantially
The initiative is gaining a strong momentum because of effective cooperation with local and central governments as well as inclusion of local communitieswww.langasiateiti.lt
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