Joint activities of NSK founders and partners:

  • participation in the preparation and evaluation of Lithuanian strategic documents (eg the digital skills part of the Lithuanian Digital Development Program 2021-2030, OECD recommendations for Lithuania in developing a skills strategy, etc.);
  • Together with other EU NSCs, promote the European platform for digital skills and jobs in Lithuania.
  • Meetings of NSK partners during which we do project presentations, share the challenges of COVID 19, etc.
  • Research info on changes in the digital skills level of the EU and LT population

Activities and projects of NSK members

Dissemination events

Safer Internet Week

Goal

Organize and actively participate in Safer Internet Day every year during International campaign “Safer Internet Week”.
The main aim is to encourage people to play their part in making the most of the positive opportunities offered online, while giving all technology users – but especially children and young people – the skills, knowledge, resilience and support they need to navigate any online risks they may encounter.

Financing
50% funding from EC project and national resources by NDC partner.
Organizers
Centre of Information Technologies in Education by the Ministry of Education and association “Langas į ateitį”
Date
-
Target group
All citizens

All Digital Week 2018

Goal

Organize and actively participate in events, seminars, webinars and other awareness raising activities during Telecentre Europe campaign “All Digital Week 2018”.
Two main goals:

  • Build trust in technology by developing critical thinking and media literacy
  • Develop a lifelong learning approach to enhancing digital skills
Financing
NDC partners and local business support
Organizers
Association “Langas į ateitį"
Date
-
Target group
All citizens

Girls in ICT day

Goal

Awareness raising on importance of ICT for women and girls.
The idea of such activities is to inspire, encourage and support women in technology. One of the aims of the event is to motivate and to encourage young girls to study in ICT or STEM.

Financing
To be confirmed
Organizers
NDC member NDMA, dr. Danguolė Rutkauskienė
Date
Target group
School girls and educators

CodeWeek

Goal

Awareness raising on importance of computer thinking, coding and programming.
The idea of such activities is to make programming/coding more visible, to show youth, adults and elderly how you bring ideas to life with code, to demystify these skills and bring motivated people together to learn.
Organize and actively participate in events, seminars, webinars and other awareness raising activities during International campaign “CodeWeek”.

Financing
N/A
Organizers
CodeWeek ambassador in Lithuania: Digital Champion Renata Danielienė
Date
Target group
All citizens, especially youth

Connected Lithuania

Goal

The project seeks to stress the importance of digital skills as well as motivate and encourage the Lithuanian society to acquire the necessary digital skills, to use the Internet and e-services efficiently, comprehensively, safely and responsibly.
The project will add to the increase of internet users in LT till 84%. The target group is reached through the active involvement of 500 local communities and 1200 Public Internet Access Points in public libraries starting with local community members needs and 2000 digital leaders selection. In order to encourage the target group to discover the benefits of the Internet, ICT products and services, a national campaign will inform the target group in the digital divide, about the benefits and possibilities offered by ICT, 100 000 non users and low skill users will be invited to trainings in 1200 Public Internet access Points. Young e-scouts will be invited to become volunteers in Public Internet access Points.

Project results at the end of 2018

Network of 500 digital leaders.

Financing
ERDF
Date
Partners
Information Society Development Committee
State Regulatory Authority
Ministry of Interior
Association “Langas į ateitį”
M. Mazvydas National Library
Target group
Non-users and limited users

Safer Internet Week

Goal

Organize and actively participate in Safer Internet Day every year during International campaign “Safer Internet Week”.
The main aim is to encourage people to play their part in making the most of the positive opportunities offered online, while giving all technology users – but especially children and young people – the skills, knowledge, resilience and support they need to navigate any online risks they may encounter.

Financing
50% funding from EC project and national resources by NDC partner
Organizers
Centre of Information Technologies in Education by the Ministry of Education and association “Langas į ateitį”
Date
-
Target group
All citizens

Get Online Week 2017

Goal

Organize and actively participate in events, seminars, webinars and other awareness raising activities during Telecentre Europe campaign “Get Online Week 2017”.
Three main goals:

  • Cybersecurity: use technology and the internet safely, manage your (digital) identity
  • eServices: learn to keep up with eServices (eGovernment, eBanking, eHealth, eCommerce)
  • Employment and entrepreneurship: learn new skills for jobs and for starting businesses
Financing
NDC partners and local business support
Organizers
Association “Langas į ateitį”
Date
-
Target group
All citizens

The Digital Agenda programme implementation action plan

Goal

The goal of the Digital Agenda programme implementation action plan is to implement projects for the information society development.

Funding source

Public.

Project start/end date

Start: 2018 January

Project results at the end of 2018

Actions planned and in process.

Participants (target group) involved

Coordinator – the Ministry of Transport and Communications, actions implementators – public institutions, social partners and NDC.

Partner’s name

Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Date

CodeWeek

Goal

Awareness raising on importance of computer thinking, coding and programming.
The idea of such activities is to make programming/coding more visible, to show youth, adults and elderly how you bring ideas to life with code, to demystify these skills and bring motivated people together to learn.
Organize and actively participate in events, seminars, webinars and other awareness raising activities during International campaign “CodeWeek”.

Financing
NDC and local business
Organizers
CodeWeek ambassadors in Lithuania: Digital Champion Renata Danielienė and Petras Slėkys.
Date
-
Target group
All citizens, especially youth

Girls in ICT day in Lithuania

Goal

Awareness raising on importance of ICT for women and girls.
The idea of such activities is to inspire, encourage and support women in technology. One of the aims of the event is to motivate and to encourage young girls to study in ICT or STEM. During this conference organizers will use innovative communication tools and environments by involving more girls from different regions of Lithuania.

Financing
EC
NDC
NDMA
Organizers
Coordinator of parallel session of ITU conference: NDC member NDMA, dr. Danguolė Rutkauskienė
Date
Target group
School girls and educators

Advanced Learning Technologies and Applications

Goal

Awareness raising about the new trends of distance learning, lifelong learning benefits, educating using distance learning tools, providing distance learning courses.

Financing
Own contribution
Organizers
National Association of Distance Education.
Date
Target group
Scientists
Academia
Educators and other e-learning services providers

Biennial multi-event “Computer Days – 2017”

Goal

The main objective of the “Computer Days – 2017” is to provide a forum for presentation, discussion and dissemination of technological, research, educational accomplishments in the field of Information Society Technologies. The multi-event traditionally brings together educationalists, teachers, students, computer scientists, engineers, SME personnel and managers, public sector representatives and politicians to summarize the recent achievements and to discuss further directions in the field.

Financing
Registration fee
Support by business community
NDC
Organizers
Lithuanian Computer Society
Date
-
Target group
School teachers
Students
Academics
Researchers
ICT business and public sector representatives
Politicians

Simulation game (workshop) based on ITIL

Goal

Strengthen cooperation among business and government professionals using IT management good practices.

Participants (target group) involved

Selected business and government institutions’ representatives.

Financing
UAB Baltijos kompiuterių akademija
Organizers
Baltijos kompiuterių akademija, UAB.
Date

YOUTH WORK HD

Goal

Create a common ground for youth workers in 21st century that would set a standard in terms of cooperation between organisations in the field of youth work and open it up to cross-sectoral cooperation. We will foster the improvement of quality of youth work which will allow greater permeability across all fields of action concerning young people, especially NEET.

Project results at the end of 2017

Introduction of the toolkit and online course to Youth Job Center staff.

Project results at the end of 2018

Introduction of the toolkit and online course to 37 Youth Job Centers staff.

Financing
Erasmus+
Date
-
Partners
Association „Langas į ateitį“
Target group
Youth workers in YOUTH JOB CENTRES (State Employment Agency)

Training in 3D Printing To Foster EU Innovation & Creativity

Goal

The main objective of the project is to increase the 3D printing skills proficiency among students, youth and adults from Romania, Poland, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Malta.

Project results at the end of 2017

Courseware and certification tests.

Project results at the end of 2018

Courseware, certification tests in partners languages, performed pilot and feedback.

Financing
Erasmus+
Date
-
Partners
Public institution Information Technologies Institute
Target group
VET organizations
Educational organizations with VET activities
VET students
Companies, in particular SMEs
Post-tertiary graduates in the fields of design, engineering, architecture
Intermediaries and intermediary organizations

Connect Seniors to the Digital World

Goal

Seniors@DigiWorld, wants to empower senior citizens to use tablet computers independently and profit from this usage in daily life. For this purpose multipliers will be trained, who work in libraries, telecentres as well as retirement homes.

Project results at the end of 2017

Pilot training material developed and tested in Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Germany.

Financing
Erasmus+
Date
-
Partners
VIPT association
Target group
Seniors
Retirement homes
Telecentres
Multipliers, who work in libraries

ICT programme in Primary School

Goal

Create new ICT programme for primary schools and pilot updated ICT content in primary schools.

Project results at the end of 2017

10 schools will be selected in order to get feedback.

Financing
Public
Date
-
Partners
Member of NDC Information Technology Centre
Education Development Center by the Min of Education
Target group
Primary school teachers

Women Go Tech

Goal

Attract women to choose ICT career path to requalify from social science into IT through training and mentorship program.

Project results at the end of 2017

45 employed in ICT sector abd awareness raising in LT.

Project results at the end of 2018

55 employed in ICT sector and awareness raising in LT.

Financing
Telia and Infobalt
Date
-
Partners
Infobalt
Target group
Girls and women

Infobalt Academia

Goal

Formally prepare junior developers in 10 months period which includes theory and practice in ICT companies.

Project results at the end of 2017

75% employed after completion.

Financing
Public, Infobalt, local business.
Date
-
Partners
Infobalt
Target group
Junior developers

Up2U

Goal

The key objective of the project is to bridge the gap between secondary schools and higher education & research by better integrating formal and informal learning scenarios and adapting both the technology and the methodology that students will most likely be facing in universities.

Project results at the end of 2017

The Integrated Application Toolbox developed by Up2U will facilitate the availability of tools and services for the learning community. It is expected to enable both educators and learners to create cross-boundary digital learning paths by interacting with the infrastructure services and OERs via their own devices.

Project results at the end of 2018

The Integrated Application Toolbox developed by Up2U will facilitate the availability of tools and services for the learning community. It is expected to enable both educators and learners to create cross-boundary digital learning paths by interacting with the infrastructure services and OERs via their own devices.

Financing
H2020
Date
-
Partners
Kaunas University of Technology
Target group
High school students
Teachers

GYIT Get Youth into IT: Encouraging and Supporting Young People in their IT Career

Goal

The key objectives of the project are to encourage and anchor the interest of children in education in IT from an early age, help them in education to acquire new digital skills and facilitate the transition of children from school to the next stage of their IT training via career guidance balance.

Project results at the end of 2017

The IT Taster Course pack will give students and introduction to various areas of IT to students and let them try them out. Taster Course Follow on Pack will help to maintain and build the new found interest in IT and IT Career Guidance Pack will help to guide the young person on their path to an it Career.

Project results at the end of 2018

The IT Taster Course pack will give an introduction to various areas of IT to students and let them try them out. Taster Course Follow on Pack will help to maintain and build the new found interest in IT, and IT Career Guidance Pack will help to guide the young persons on their path to an IT Career.

Financing
ERASMUS+
Date
-
Partners
BETI
Target group
Students
IT teachers
Career Counselors