Derry City Council has launched a campaign to recruit 1,000 “digital champions” across the North West region and make Derry the “most digitally capable place in the world.”
The campaign, in partnership with the CultureTECH Festival, has been developed in support of the Go ON NI initiative, which is aiming to address a lack of digital skills across Northern Ireland.
Over 50 community organisations have so far signed up and are committed to recruiting over 1,000 participants to take part in a series of free training workshops during the CultureTECH week in September.
More than 345,000 adults in Northern Ireland currently lack basic online skills needed to send and receive email, use a search engine, browse the internet and complete online forms.
Mayor of Derry, Cllr Brenda Stevenson, said the council’s “mission” was to make Derry the “most digitally capable place in the world.”
She said: “This partnership approach will supercharge our existing digital activity making it easier for people to build their digital skills and confidence, with the aim of reducing the number of people offline.
Our mission is to make this city the most digitally capable place in the world to help boost our economy and strengthen our communities.
“I would urge everyone in the public, private and voluntary sectors to play their part in tackling digital exclusion and join the campaign.”
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