Go ON NI
United Kingdom
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Finland · Helsinki · Transnational · See the Finland profile
The aim of this project is to foster digital inclusion of people whose lack of digital skills impedes their participation in society. European Commission data shows that almost half of Europeans (44%) do not have basic digital skills, and at the same time it is predicted that 90%
Details
- Maturity
- Pilot
- Promoter
- Suomen kirjastoseura — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Elderly people, Marginalised young people and children, Migrants, People with disabilities, Unemployed and those facing social problems
- Period
- 2020-02-01
- Keywords
- digital skills, jobs, vulnerable groups, inclusion
Context
European Commission data show 44% of Europeans lack basic digital skills, while 90% of future jobs are expected to require them. Public libraries are positioned as a trusted, accessible channel to reach digitally excluded people, particularly older citizens, migrants and people from underprivileged backgrounds.
Objectives
Train a sample of 80 librarians and equip them with resources to in turn train 4,000 digitally excluded people across the four pilot countries (Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and Poland), and demonstrate that this train-the-trainer model can be replicated by other European partners.
Activities
Librarians from Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and Poland are trained and given resources (available online under Creative Commons licences, in English and local languages) to then deliver digital-skills training to excluded groups such as older citizens, migrants and disadvantaged residents, adapted to each partner country's local context.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k)
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years) — Pilot launched February 2020 across four countries, intended for wider European replication.
- Staffing & skills
- Public librarians as trainers (train-the-trainer model), Suomen kirjastoseura (Finnish Library Association) and partner library associations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland
Conditions for success
- Availability of librarians willing to be trained as trainers
- Open-licensed (Creative Commons) resources translated into local languages
- Coordination across four national library associations/partners (Libraries Without Borders, Public Libraries 2030, FRSI, National Library of the Netherlands)
Where it fits
- Governance type
- library-association-led transnational partnership
- Scale
- transnational (4 EU/EEA countries)
- Income level
- high-income (EU)
Commonly funded by
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
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