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Telecentre Europe Summit Istanbul, 14 Oct 2009 e-Inclusion forparticipationandinnovation Paul Timmers Head of Unit EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate General.

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1 Telecentre Europe Summit Istanbul, 14 Oct 2009 e-Inclusion forparticipationandinnovation Paul Timmers Head of Unit EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate General « Information Society and Media » Unit H3 – ICT for Inclusion

2 Social and economic challenges Sustainability Demographics Diversity Rights and benefits in the digital society Competitiveness

3 Digital divides decrease but remain and evolve

4 Maturing of the information society?

5 The remaining 30%... Ever more difficult to include? – Non-users – Ex-users – Proxy users Exclusion factors: age, income, education, disability, social isolation, … Non-use factors: not interested, too expensive, no computer/internet,... European Commission Digital Competitiveness Report, 2009; Oxford Internet Institute, The Internet in Britain, 2009

6 How to tackle the remaining and future digital divide? By focusing on usage situation – job, living at home, social activity, health, … – Access, skills Through intermediairies, case-by-case: – telecentres, third sector, family carers, home service SMEs, local authorities Through innovation

7 Moving to the next stage: inclusion and innovation ICT is enabler for inclusion ICT can be catalyst for innovation: – Social innovation – Economic innovation – Technological innovation Bridging the gap Telecentres for innovation:

8 From: President Barroso’s Political guidelines for the next Commission

9 Challenge for Telecentres Actor for inclusion and innovation Showing and measuring impact Sustainable business model

10 Thank you for your attention ec.europa.eu/einclusion paul.timmers@ec.europa.eu


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