I-LINC - PLATFORM FOR ICT LEARNING AND INCLUSION FOR …activities for ICT learning and inclusion, I-LINC Deliverable D2.1 (Internal Working Paper). 26/11/2015 Eva Wascher, TU Dortmund

I-LINC - PLATFORM FOR ICT LEARNING AND

INCLUSION FOR YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY AND

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

27 November 2015, eapril, Luxembourg

Eva Wascher

Social Research Centre

TU Dortmund University

www.i-linc.eu

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Develop a wide, rich and active community of stakeholders — representing different

target groups of young people (aged between 14 and 30) - aspiring to become a large

European community in the field of ICT (for) learning and inclusion devoted to

ameliorate youth employability.

Objective

I-LINC Project consortium


ICT (for) learning and inclusionTechnology-enhanced learning (including MOOCs);

Digital literacy; Digital competences and e-skills training;

e-Inclusion (understood as digital training and empowerment as well as the active socio-

economic participation of socially-disadvantaged people enhanced by means of ICT);

or ICT platforms created by public/private/third sector organizations for youth employability

Employability & entrepreneurshipconcerns the process of matching individual interests and aims of employed and unemployed

people with (possible) employers

encompasses the most common modalities that can result in active participation of young people

into the economy: employment contracts, internships, apprenticeships, volunteering, self-

employment and entrepreneurial activities

Themes

Analysis Framework & Methodology

(Digital) Social InnovationSocial innovation encompasses “new practices — concepts, policy instruments, new forms of

cooperation and organisation — methods, processes and regulations that are developed and/or

adopted by citizens, customers, politicians etc. in order to meet social demands and to resolve

societal challenges in a better way than existing practices.” (Howaldt et al. 2014: S. 152)

Multi-sector collaboration

Project Partner Survey (02/2015)

European Stakeholder Survey (10/2015)


Please specify the type of organisation/project you are going to

describe in the survey. Choose one of the following answers.

Source: I-LINC Online Survey 2015


Does your organisation focus on the following topics? Please rank all

items according to "no focus", "slight focus" or "important focus".


Source:

I-LINC Online Survey 2015


What is the direct target group of the organisation/project? Check any

that apply.


Where is the organisation/project located? Check any that apply.



What is the geographical range of activities? Check any that apply.



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Activities on www.i-linc.eu


Providing informationShort articles about studies, projects etc.

Linking content, people, projects…Repository of stakeholders, best practice examples and policy initiatives

Exchange and collaborationCommunity section, wikinclusion, collaborative challenges

ReferencesGareis, Karsten; Hüsing, Tobias; Birov, Strahil; Bludova, Inna; Schulz, Carola; Korte, Werner B. (2014): E-Skills for

Jobs in Europe. Measuring progress and moving ahead. empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und

Technologieforschung mbH. Bonn.

Hardy, Cynthia; Lawrence, Thomas B.; Phillips, Nelson (2006): Swimming with sharks: creating strategic change

through multi-sector collaboration. In: IJSCM 1 (1/2), S. 96.

Howaldt, J.; Butzin, A.; Domanski, D.; Kaletka, C. (2014): Theoretical Approaches to Social Innovation. A Critical

Literature Review. A deliverable of the project: ‘Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change’ (SI-DRIVE).

Sozialforschungsstelle. Dortmund.

Hoyos, Maria de; Green, Anne E.; Barnes, Sally-Anne; Behle, Heike; Baldauf, Beate; Owen, David et al. (2013):

Literature review on employability, inclusion and ICT. Luxembourg: Publications Office (EUR, Scientific and technical

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MENON Network (Ed.) (2014): ICT for Learning Innovation. From Micro Innovation to Large Scale Adoption. Available

online at http://www.eden-online.org/nap_elgg/mod/file/download.php?file_guid=10077, checked on 3/18/2015.

Misuraca, G.; Colombo, C.; Radescu, R.; Bacigalupo, M. (2015): ICT-enabled Social Innovation in support to the

Implementation of the Social Investment Package. European Commission Joint Research Center Institute for

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Pelka, B.; Kaletka, C.; Wascher, E. (2015): DELIVERABLE 2.1 - Identification of existing platforms, networks and

activities for ICT learning and inclusion, I-LINC Deliverable D2.1 (Internal Working Paper).


Thank you for your attention!


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 645909

I-LINC Project consortium

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