[webcast-l] Fwd: European e-Inclusion Awards Launched

[Bill Best]

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European e-Inclusion Awards 2008

The European Commission has just launched the first ever European
e-Inclusion Awards. As part of the European Commission's e-Inclusion
Initiative, the Awards will celebrate the best and most imaginative
uses of Information and Communications Technology to reduce digital
and social exclusion.

Digital technologies are an essential part of daily life. We use them
at work, in day-to-day relationships, in dealing with public services,
and a lot more besides. They touch our lives in ways which we are
often unaware of, or don't even think about. Yet an estimated 1 in 3
Europeans fail to benefit from new technologies.

Overcoming this 'digital exclusion' is not just a social necessity, it
is estimated that it could be worth up to €85 billion to European
companies and governments over the next five years. The European
e-Inclusion Awards aim to inspire progress and to encourage industry,
governments and other organisations to exploit information and
communication technologies to combat social and digital exclusion.

The European e-Inclusion Awards are open to organisations in the
public, business and voluntary sector or civil society. There are
seven competition categories:

- Ageing Well
- Marginalised Young People
- Geographic Inclusion
- Cultural Diversity
- Digital Literacy
- e-Accessibility
- Inclusive Public Services

Entries will close on the 12th September 2008 and five finalists from
each category will be invited to exhibit at the Ministerial Conference
on E-Inclusion to be held in Vienna on 1 December 2008 as part of the
"e-Inclusion: Be Part of It!" campaign (see
http://ec.europa.eu/einclusion). The overall winners will be announced
at the Awards dinner and ceremony.

For more information on the Awards or to register, contact the awards team on:

Tel: 0207 234 3538   info at e-inclusionawards.eu or visit the website
http://www.e-inclusionawards.eu

Regards

Jacquie Linton
Marketing and Communications Manager

jacquie.linton at citizensonline.org.uk
http://www.citizensonline.org.uk