What is getbusy? It is a local coalition that was formed in September 2012 among Greek NGOs, industry and academia. With youth unemployment raising above 60% the coalition aimed to enable Greek youth, especially unemployed youth, to adapt an active rather than passive behavior. The coalition was led by HePIS, Microsoft Greece and Peoplecert; it was financed by the global Microsoft Youthspark program and carried out via the cooperation of: The American College of Greece (Deree College), the ALBA Graduate Business School and 13 more stakeholders and sponsors.

1. THE GREEK COALITION
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2. www.getbusy.gr
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A joint effort by Greek, industry, educational and training institutions, startups and HR agencies,
aiming to motivate young people to improve their e-skills and employability, increase their
entrepreneurial skills and learn about new technologies.
The motto of Getbusy.gr is “unleash your potential” and achieves that by giving free access to
informational and educational material, by informing youth about educational events or seminars
that hold value and by urging everybody to give it a shot and develop that innovative idea.
During it’s first phase (November 2012 – April 2013), getbusy was open to youth aged 17 to
28. Getbusy, addressed most of the policy themes of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
launched by the European Commission on March 2013.
What is getbusy?
an alliance for opportunities

3. www.getbusy.gr
 getbusy.gr |  @getbusygr
educational subjects
offered by getbusy.gr
Getbusy.gr offers free access to informational & educational material on four categories:
Basic concepts of ICT,
office applications,
browsing, web editing,
image editing, project
management, Security
Business plan, model
innovation, startup
lifecycle, fundraising,
case studies
CV & cover letter, self
branding, networking,
job interview, mobility,
career counseling, gap
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New technologies &
sustainability, Green
ICT, carbon emissions,
ICT ecolabels, green
entrepreneurship
Ict skills (ECDL+) entrepreneurship development New technologies
Personal
Professional

4. www.getbusy.gr
 getbusy.gr |  @getbusygr
After studying the educational material,
users can try the getbusy quiz and claim
great prizes including two scholarships
for Bachelor’s degrees, two scholarships
for Master’s degrees, 200 free ECDL
Core + certifications, career counseling,
educational seminars and more.
Innovative learning: In the quiz a wrong
answer triggers a popup of the material
(a pdf file) relevant to the question; the
file can be added to a study basket, thus
enabling efficient & effective learning.
The getbusy quiz
available on the website and the facebook fanpage
3 levels of questions from all
categories (20 per level).
Pool of 600 questions.
Wrong answer gives a catchy
comment to encourage the user
Results dashboard: a good ratio of correct answers and time spent on each question, gives a
good score. The top-30 scorers secure a position at the getbusy finals
All material related to wrong
answers can be added to the
study basket for future
reference
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5. www.getbusy.gr
 getbusy.gr |  @getbusygr
Getbusy Scientific committee
Responsible for the quiz algorithm, the review of the educational material
and the preparation of the getbusy finals (rubric evaluation).
The getbusy finals
top-30 scorers competing for the scholarships
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Getbusy finals 1st stage
Harvard Case study (40% weight): Individual assessment based on questions
derived by a Harvard Business School case study.
GETBUSY FINALS 2nd STAGE
Teamwork (60% weight): Team/individual assessment on a presentation of the
team’s choice on the topic: “An innovative idea that could change the world”.

6. getbusy
impact
Getbusy in 5 operative months
achieved outstanding metrics
and won the European CSR
Award
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7. www.getbusy.gr
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8. www.getbusy.gr
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EUropean CSR AWARDs 2013
distinction for getbusy.gr

9. www.getbusy.gr
 getbusy.gr |  @getbusygr
EUropean commission
grand coalition for digital jobs
Getbusy presented as best practice
The Greek local coalition getbusy.gr, was presented
as a best practice at Workshop 5 of the Grand
Coalition for Digital Jobs conference (March 4-5
2013).
Addressing e-skills shortages the official launch of
the Grand Coalition included commitment of actions,
pledges from stakeholders, shared roadmap and
implementation plan.

10. www.getbusy.gr
 getbusy.gr |  @getbusygr
Training & matching
Currently we are in discussions with two
international HR agencies that will help us
develop the 2nd round of getbusy focusing
on offering actual jobs to Greek youth.
Awareness raising
Getbusy offered greater visibility to ICT
education, training, jobs and careers. We
presented Greek university students the
span of ICT jobs (290 job descriptions,
86 different skills)*.
certification
To improve professionalism as well as the
recognition of qualifications earned via
getbusy we offered 200 free ECDL Core+
certifications to the top-200 scorers.
learning & teaching
Getbusy is a web-based learning platform
that turns education into fun. The quiz
was built around the innovative study
basket which assisted candidates in both
efficient and effective studying.
Grand coalition alignment
how getbusy.gr addresses GC Policy Themes
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* Skills framework for the information age

11. getbusy
future
The plans to retain and expand
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getbusy the next day
Retain and
expand
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Offer additional HR benefits
from prestigious agencies
(career advice, coaching..)
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Retain last year’s prizes;
initiate cooperation with
Greek companies and offer
actual jobs to Greek youth.
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Add advanced ICT topics to
the educational material (IT
security,development,cloud)
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Further develop the local
coalition in the context of
EC’s Grand Coalition for
Digital Jobs
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Secure more sponsors and
donations, hence achieving
additional benefits to as
many youth as possible
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Rollout Getbusy to other
countries (know-how and
quiz engine are transfer-
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13. www.getbusy.gr
 getbusy.gr |  @getbusygr
Connecting ict professionals
HePIS is a non-profit, non-goverment organization
aiming to connect all ICT Professionals in Greece and
meet the expectations of both professionals and
scientists in the field of ICT.
HePIS is the only member of CEPIS and IFIP in
Greece.
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t (+30) 210 3729161
f (+30) 210 3729164
Email
info@hepis.gr
visit
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Athens, Greece
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