1. Unite-IT
Uniting Europe through digital empowerment
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

2. Unite-IT
The objective of the Unite-IT project is to create and
establish a network in order
• To collect and share practices and findings on how digital
competence can assist groups at risk of exclusion to
reconnect with learning, as a mean to foster employability,
social inclusion an social cohesion;
• To create new links and dialogue across societal domains
to promote joint initiatives to tackle digital divides;
• To empower organisations and individuals about their
contribution to overcome the challenge of digital divide in
Europe
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

3. 1.
Establishing the network, providing the operational and
Unite-IT
administrative ground on which the members can act by exchanging
practices, sharing resources and visions on digital competence for
inclusion, as well as to take advantage of successful practices
already in place.
2. Developing an online portal to serve the network, containing
information, news, materials, access to network databases of
practices and policies in Europe with specific regard to ICT for
inclusion and social cohesion;
3. Pooling resources both in terms of documents and practices,
collected and coded by means of structured tools;
4. Establishing working groups in identified sub-areas related to
digital competence for inclusion, i.e. employability, access to
education for groups-at-risk, access to ICTs, gender equality in digital
competence funded with working groups Lifelong
This project has been etc.: these the support of the will be enriched by the
participation of relevant stakeholders coming from business, society,
Learning Programme of the European Union
policy fields during the running of the network;

4. Unite-IT
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Raising awareness about the value of digital competence for
inclusion and social cohesion purposes, dealing with policy makers
and stakeholders at all levels, national and regional authorities,
others concerned with the field;
Promoting links and positive synergies at a horizontal level
(between policy makers, between practitioners in Europe, between
stakeholders), and at vertical level (between policy and practice)
Providing updated state-of-the-art reports on yearly basis;
Organising a yearly conference Digital Empowerment
All-Inclusive, bringing together policy makers, stakeholders, and
education and training organisations.
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

5. Unite-IT
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

6. Unite-IT
WP1 Network design is aimed at setting the ground on which the
network is to be built.
WP2 Network building is the operational outcome of WP1,
developed on the basis of the designed framework.
WP3 Pooling of resources
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collecting practices on successful cases and strategies that
lead to an improvement of social inclusion for those
suffering from digital divide;
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pooling present policies, initiatives, trends, policy agendas
addressing digital divide in Europe, and related documents,
from local to European level, covering the 27 members
states, EEA countries, accession countries.
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

7. WP4 Network running Unite-IT
Having established the formal and operational background,
prepared the tools and resources, established the first core
working groups, the network will be officially launched by means of
the first conference.
The networking action will include
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continuous updating of the website and of the databases,
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keeping contacts with policy and decision makers and with
other organisations concerned by the topic to involve them
within the activities,
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organisation of webinars,
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writing of yearly reports and sending them to the targeted
audience, and
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coordination of transnational working groups debates on
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
specific topics.
Learning Programme of the European Union

8. Unite-IT
WP5 Dissemination. Aims at ensuring that the project outputs
and outcomes reach the target groups, promoting involvement of
new members in the network, positive synergies across policy
makers, practictioners in the field and all concerned stakeholders
across Europe, and raising awareness about the addressed topic.
WP6 Exploitation. Aimed at promoting mainstreaming of the
results, therefore access and active contribution to by organisations
and individuals outside the consortium, enlargement of the
network.
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

9. WP7 Evaluation and quality assurance is aimed at
ensuring formative and summative monitoring and evaluation
as a support for project management and to quality control.
WP8 Project management. This WP groups the
management activities, aimed at ensuring legal, ethical,
financial and administrative management, and the
achievement of the objectives in time and in the budget.
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

10. Project duration: 36 months
Start/end date: 01.11.2012-31.10.2015
Total eligible budget: 547 582 EUR
EU grant: 407 736 EUR (74,46% )
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union

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Partner
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Telecentre-Europe AISBL
Belgiu
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Malta Communications Authority
Malta
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IAN International Aid Network
Serbia
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Foundation for Development of Democratic
Rights /DemNet/
Hungar
y
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Latvian Information and Communication Techology
Association /LIKTA/
Latvia
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INTERFACE3
Belgiu
m
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EOS Foundation – Educating for an Open Society
Romani
a
This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning 8
Programme of the Union of Students in Europe
The National European Union
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