Digital Bridge “Experimenting with Cooperation 2.0"

 

Rome, 6 October 2010, 10:00 am

Regione Lazio, sala Tirreno, via R. R. Garibaldi 7

Videoconference with Africa

 

Thanks to Project Digital Bridge, four highschools in Fontem, Cameroon, are studying Italian and Computers via web, while the municipalities can now process requests on-line. Sixteen operators have been trained on site for technical assistance to schools and public offices.

 

Notwithstanding the hostile conditions of the Algerian desert, a higher education institute is about to be opened and for the first time, students will be able to pursue secondary education without having to leave the refugee camps. The project has already attracted 8000 Saharawi and 500 Italian students.

 

Digital Bridge is an operative plan for digital and social inclusion implemented for the schools in the Lebialem Region of Cameroon and the Saharawi People. The project is coordinated by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, financed by the Regione Lazio and implemented locally by Scuole in Rete di Roma (SIR), the Lebialem Association for Twinning of Schools (LATS) and Bambini+Diritti onlus. In Cameroon, the project also features the collaboration of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Act Now Alliance.

 

The eleven schools that are involved in the project (7 twinned with schools in Cameroon and 4 with Saharawi students) animate the project with training videoconferences, exchange of didactic materials, awareness-raising campaigns and fundraising.

 

Speakers present at the event include:

 

Headmasters, teachers and students will also participate in the videoconference with the local authorities and schools in Fontem and the Saharawi Refugee Camps.

 

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