Digital inclusion programs: the case of the Basque Country (original) (raw)

Policies and Strategies for Digital Inclusion

Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality

E-government has enhanced the availability of government information, and expanding access to services, offering greater transparency and accountability for public administrations. However, previous research indicates that there are significant barriers for citizens, assuming major obstacles. In this sense, the EU and, in particular, the Spanish government has formulated policies and legal frameworks to introduce in the field of the provision of public sector services, in order to customize and to access these services. These initiatives seek to promote the development of networks and services, to improve the e-administration and the adoption of digital solutions for efficient delivery of public services, and to promote the inclusion and digital literacy. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to obtain a vision of government strategies adopted by Spanish regional governments to reduce the digital divide.

Digital citizenship, literacies and contexts of inequalities

Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2021

The project "Educational Centres with Digital and Civic Competences" − DiCi-Educa aims to make a humble contribution thinking of today's digitised society's demands. Institutionalized children and young people are among the most excluded citizens, regardless of their world geography. They suffer from different kinds of segregation and, while they are institutionalized, they face digital exclusions. With this in mind Dici-Educa aims to contribute to the improvement of civic and media competencies of young people in compliance with the measure of internment in Educational Centres (EC) of Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services − DGRSP, by providing and articulating skills of adaptability in relation to the surrounding context at the level of communication, creative thinking and problem solving. To reach these goals, we privileged collaborative and participatory strategies and the "learning by doing", ending up being a learning process for all the parts involved, in the most serious or relaxed moments. The project has benefited immensely from the field experience DiCi-Educa Methodologies

FROM DIGITAL COMPETENCE TO THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

2012

""Currently the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an essential role. We might even say that they have become indispensable, for both economic and social development of citizens, as also of regions, nations... This requirement represents a serious risk of marginalization for people who do not have access to these technologies and a decrease in their opportunities of social participation. We are living in the information society and this implies also changes in social interaction, teaching, learning... Therefore, one of the key elements in guaranteeing equal opportunities is the access to information and, for that, it is also necessary to have personal tools and resources. This paper shows our point of view about the schools can not simply perform functional literacy training in the use of ICT but it is necessary to train new generations to be able to lead self-directed lives and generate processes of empowerment, awareness and civic engagement on the basis of these technologies to get a real impact on the society and the people’s life.""

Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy in the Conditions of Social Crisis

Computers

In the present day, Internet technology and social media totally dominate as a means of communication. The media and social interaction have a two-sided nature, as the important role is not only those of the media messages to the users, but of the users to the media, too. This article aims to present the dominant importance of digital media, digital literacy transformation into a precondition for social inclusion, and an indicator of professional competence and social skills. Digital citizenship is a term that reflects the level of training and competencies, with a view to active participation in social, professional, and civic life. The article is based on two methods: Focus groups that were conducted in late 2019, which includes: Students, young mothers, pensioners, and unemployed. The second method used is the documents analysis—publications, materials, and quantitative results of research on social reactions to digital media as a source of information in the context of the COVID...

Institutional Policies for Digital Inclusion in Spain

Handbook of Research on Comparative Approaches to the Digital Age Revolution in Europe and the Americas

This chapter describes the evolution and results of the Spanish Policies of digital inclusion, since its inception in 2000 in the framework of the EU Lisbon Strategy (eEurope 2002) to the present, with special emphasis on cases of greater relevance. It reviews the different plans implemented at the country successively during that period of time. As a result of the Spanish political organization into Autonomous Communities, the direct application of these policies has corresponded to each of them, which adapted the outline to their interests and needs. So, it analyzes the situation in three of the Autonomous Communities, Catalonia, Andalusia and Extremadura, with different demographic and economic characteristics, providing recent indicators and the programs that are in development just now.

Digital competence to the civic engagement

EDULEARN12 Proceedings, 2012

Currently the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an essential role. We might even say that they have become indispensable, for both economic and social development of citizens, as also of regions, nations... This requirement represents a serious risk of marginalization for people who do not have access to these technologies and a decrease in their opportunities of social participation.

Digital literacy: The quest of an inclusive definition

Reading & Writing

Forces of globalisation and economic competition enhanced by, among others, the digital technologies, are radically transforming the social context. Digital technologies are characterised by a powerful and pervasive Internet as well as the related information and communication technologies. Globalisation is facilitated by the universally accessible, reliable and inexpensive communication assisted by these digital technologies. However, there is growing and valid scepticism regarding the digitally influenced socio-economic emancipation. This scepticism is mainly driven by a lack of understanding of digital literacy as a holistic process of creating the necessary social, economic and political changes within a given context. The understanding of digital literacy therefore needs to join a number of seemingly divergent views of digital technology when dealing with these technologies’ benefits in socio-economic emancipation. This understanding of digital literacy should therefore be shap...