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Transcript of Devon Rural ICT Hubs
Julie HarrisChief Executive, COSMIC
Devon - Rural ICT Hubs
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq7TKIhrGNA
• Everybody Online – Newlyn
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzyLzV55j9A
• Age Action, Ireland
Key issues for rural Devon
• Loss of local services• Transportation• Cost of services• Ageing population• Economic downturn• Underused venues
• village halls, learning centres
• Underused facilities• ICT, mobile units
Employment and Trends
• Mismatch between labour market for ICT workers and ICT literacy
• Workers over 60 unlikely to have received on-the-job ICT training
• Up to 60% of 50-64 year-olds may face difficulties (physical or cognitive) in using ICT
Digital inclusion= Social inclusion= Financial inclusion
Over 30% of adults are considered digitally excluded – and most of them also socially and economically excluded
“Marry social justice and economic agendas much more closely”
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“Use technology as a means to an end – not the end itself”
• Learning• Selling• Communicating• Accessing services
- Dorset- Somerset- Shropshire
and next …Devon – even better!
Village ICT Hubs – • health support – online and virtual
surgeries (e.g. Cybermoor)• access to services – online, interactive
– e-government for all • learning support – e-learning, mentoring• business support – online assistance,
returns• video conferencing - communications
The Changing Times
• Cultural • Technological • Demographic• Economic
In the News – last week :
www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/mar/14/workandcareers.worklifebalance
Jo Causon from the Chartered Management Institute on its study on the future of work -
• “Within a decade millions of workers will be at home juggling their careers with caring for children and older relatives”
• “an exodus from the traditional workplace caused partly by environmental pressure to reduce the carbon footprint of commuting and partly by the demographic pressure of an ageing population”
• “a proliferation of "virtual" companies, often small community-basedenterprises without conventional business premises”
Learn from other projects : • Don’t just throw more money at hardware purchase
– plan strategically for effective use of ICT • Identify key people in each community to engage
(Village Champions) and links within communities e.g. Parish Councils and voluntary organisations
• Recognise and alleviate fears – security, responsibilities, management, maintenance, costs of connections
• Provide a central support service to offer ongoing support to managers, users, volunteers
A vision for the future in rural Devon: • Any person, living anywhere in the county, with
whatever level of skill has access to :• Local sources of support
– access information, services and support – help them to develop their skills, engage them in local
democracy, involve them in community regeneration, – enhance their business and employment activities.
• All of these activities will revolve around the development and support of local ICT hubs or points based in our villages.
Links• www.epractice.eu • www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzyLzV55j9A • www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq7TKIhrGNA• www.citizensonline.co.uk• www.citizensonline.org.uk/everybody_onli
ne• www.youtube.com/user/EverybodyOnline
Contact Details
COSMICwww.cosmic.org.uk
Julie [email protected] www.slideshare.net/cosmicjulie
www.swict.wordpress.com – SW Regional ICT Champion Blog
www.socialenterpriseambassadors.org.uk/harris- Ambassadors Blog