Dear all,
Get online week can begin!
The campaign was officially launched yesterday at Brussels, during an event organized by Telecentre-Europe AISBL and Interface3 asbl. Our special guest, Neelie Kroes, the Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the Digital Agenda, was the first participant of Get online week registered through the online counter. The symbolic gesture is cheering and gratifying, as it suggest the importance of Get online week within the European Digital Agenda.
Laure Lemaire, Director of Interface3 and Gabi Barna, Chair of Telecentre-Europe opened the event and provided background information about the strong commitment of telecentres across Europe to work together and bridge the digital gap, and introduced Get online week as a best example of how a synergism at European level can impact so many offliners.
Neelie Kroes acknowledged in her speech that Digital Agenda critically needs partners like the telecentre organizations across Europe, and that Telecentre-Europe has managed to voice this need and to facilitate this partnership. Mr Philippe Courard, Secretary of State for Social Integration and the Fight Against Poverty in Belgium, congratulated the initiative and stressed that national partners are key to the success of Get online week.
A press briefing and soft reception ended a successful event, that brings more visibility and added-value to our campaign.
