Bridging the IT-knowledge gap in Turkey: Spark for Women Project
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Bridging the IT knowledge gap in
Turkey
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Some Facts about Turkey
Population: almost 70 million
Young Population: median age 28 years
High unemployment rate: 14,5 % much higher among younger people and women
Poverty issue: population below poverty line 18%
Internet expanding: Internet users: 26-28 million (2009)
IT Market in 2009: 27,5 Billion USD
IT market in 2010: 30 Billion USD
(apprx 8% growth whereas this is 1% in Europe)
Highest demand for advanced networking technology experts in Europe (IDC2005)
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What is SPARK (Youth Movement in Informatics)?
Aim: improve the level of IT expertise among youth while encouraging volunteerism.
A youth movement where young instructors teach networking skills to economically disadvantaged and unemployed young people.
In a unique example of volunteerism, NetAcad trainings are given by the youth for the youth.
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SPARK in numbersInitiated in 2006;
Has graduated over 2.400 people so far;
Takes place in 25 cities scattered all
around Turkey using Habitat Centers for
Informatics;
Active in over 20 different cities in
Turkey,
Has over 300 NetAcad volunteer
Instructors,
Providing Cisco IT Essentials and CCNA I
and II Trainings for free
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SPARK Project Partners
An increasingly powerful social responsibility project that is run in partnership with Habitat
Center for Governance and Development, UNDP, and Cisco in 2006.
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Partners of SPARK40,000 members around Turkey
Project Management
Government connections
Bringing IT companies together
UN Volunteer – 4th year
Developing more initiatives around SPARK basis
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SPARK Model
SPARK Regional Academy
NetAcad Participants
IT EssentialsAcademies
CCENTAcademies
To train students and general public
Cisco NetAcad Graduates
SPARK Graduates
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Instructors and Training Performance in Years
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What’s in it for Instructors?
NetAcad graduates can apply Instructor fast track course Work as volunteer instructors to teach
underserved communities in their area Immediate work experience Deepening knowledge of Networking
Technologies Be internationally valid Cisco Certified
Instructors Building bonds with their peers
The best way to learn is to teach.
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Some More OpportunitiesFor the communitiesBridging the digital gap for underserved communities
Encouraging Volunteerism
Acquiring a profession for the disadvantaged
For NetAcadA global network of NetAcad volunteer instructors
A forum for further idea generation and program development
Grow the program in areas that are usually difficult to reach
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With NetAcad the participant…
•gets up-to-date and hands on knowledge on network and IT,• learns about team work,• joins the world’s biggest e-learning community, • gets ready for the internationally valid certification examinations•Acquires a profession
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Spark for Women
www.bilisimdekadinhareketi.com/en
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Women in Turkey – Facts
Women’ active participation to labor force: 26%
Women employment rate: 22%
Gender Gap Index: When compared with European countries, in areas of economic participation, equal opportunities, access to education, and political participation last quartile
UNDP Gender Report: Out of 157 countries, Turkey: 79th.
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What is Spark for Women?
Main aim:Empower women through IT education and soft-skills trainings;
Facilitate women’ integration to active labor force;
Encourage women to have their economic independence and empower their social conditions by being more conscious of their rights and roles within their society
3 main pillars of the Project: IT Essentials Train the Trainers Training(70 hours)
Resume writing and Interview Techniques Seminars(3 hours)
Labor Law and Common Law Legal Trainings (3 hours)
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Project Target in Numbers and by Region
Provide 6 IT Essentials Train the Trainers Education in different cities of Turkey Total: 120 women IT instructors
Wide geographical scope- pilot cities: İzmir, İstanbul, Diyarbakır, Denizli, Artvin;
Each Instructor will train minimum 20 other women in their region
–Target: 2400 women graduates
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Survey Results
The participants have been;
% 91 Utilizing the info they got in their daily lives
%34 Help the participants in finding a job
%70 Have started following IT industry developments both in Turkey and world
%85 They know the concept of ‘social responsibility’
%80 Want to enroll in a Project run in a spirit of volunteerism
%81 Want to widen the scope of SPARK project
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SPARK has contributed to participants in other dimensions as well
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More than 70% project participants say
They find NetAcad trainings highly beneficial;
Want to continue their trainings in IT;
To pursue a career in IT industry;
That SPARK project has been highly important for their career choices.
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