Technology and Volunteering

INTERNET:  SECOND EDITION OF THE KNOWLEDGE VOLUNTEERS 3.0 COMPETITION FOR THE DIGITAL LITERACY OF ELDERS KIKCS OFF (ANSA) – ROME, 30 NOV – kicking off a a digital literacy process for elders, with they younger generations, especially students as tutors. The “Knowledge Volunteers 3.0" International Competition is promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale in collaboration with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department of Youth, with the patronage of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the support of Intel Italy.“This initiative allows us to relaunch and promote the use of modern technology in the field of volunteering, as well as ideally connecting and uniting two European years addressing social policies: the Year of Volunteering 2011 and the Year for Active Ageing 2012, whilst also keeping in mind the European Year against Poverty 2010.”  The competition also aims to develop an “International Network of Knowledge Volunteers" that is already present in 13 Italian Regions (Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzi, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia) and in other 8 countries (Ireland, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Romania, Greece, Switzerland and Turkey). The “Knowledge Volunteers 3.0” Competition is open to all the protagonists of inter-generational learning projects points out FMD Director General Mirta Michilli "eith the objective of fully exploiting the experiences accumulated in the best cases of web and new technology training by youth for elders." Six awards will be presented in a series of categories: This first international edition of the competition is open to all the protagonists of inter-generational learning projects promoted in Italy and Europe to fully exploit the experience of web training and new technology courses held by students for elders. Six awards will be presented: 2 scholarships for the best student tutor in school (€500) and elderly centres (€1000) and four netbooks for the best volunteers.  Candidatures must be submitted by April 15, 2012. The Awards Ceremony will be held at the Rome Campidoglio on May 11, 2012. (ga)