Inclusive information society in Latvia
2012
Balina, S., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia)
There are several aspects which are critical for the successful formation of an inclusive information society – accessibility, skills and content. In this article these aspects are analyzed as well as the projects which have made their contribution in inclusive society in Latvia and which are carried out in collaboration between private and public sector. All these projects are important also in a sense that they decrease the digital gap between urban and rural areas in Latvia. One of these projects is “Father's Third Son“ by means of which the Internet access was made available at all public libraries in Latvia, had librarians trained in digital skills and client oriented attitude as well as eContent was developed. Another project analysed in this article “is Latvia @ World“ which also was aimed to diminish the digital and social gaps in society by means of providing acquisition of digital skills for almost 100.000 members of disadvantaged groups. The third project is “Get Online week“ which is a Europe-wide campaign to get new computer users online. More than 200 governmental, industry and municipal partners in 2010 were involved in organization of this campaign in Latvia, ensuring Latvia to be the most active of all of the European countries. In Latvia, we are ready in collaboration with private and public sector to contribute to Digital agenda goals and achieve that every citizen of Latvia is digitally literate.
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