Digital Spring of Hungary is Finished
The 8th Grandparents-Grandchildren Informatics Competition in Budapest – organized by Inforum – closed with great value of awards. The Competition was the closing of a chain of events titled “Spring of Digital Hungary” which is linked with the “e-Inclusion: Be Part of It!” campaign initiated by the European Commission.
Inforum initiated the “Spring of Digital Hungary” in May, 2008. The aim of the chain of events was to draw internet users’ attention to support those on the other side of the digital gap.
The chain of events included: 50+ Internet User’s Party, Internet Ship (Professional Conference on the River Danube), meeting of the Global Telecentre Alliance and the Grandparents-Grandchildren Informatics Competition. In addition to these the Hungarian Parliament began to discuss the issue of setting up the eInclusion Parliamentary Committee.
The Grandparents-Grandchildren Informatics Competition is an intergenerational solution for involving people over 50 to the information society. This competition’s second aim is to popularize the cooperation between grandparents and grandchildren while the latter as “digital natives” show the advantages of Internet to their grandparents.
Children under 14 and their grannies above 50 could apply for the competition. Altogether 120 competitor-pairs registered and solved the test which included common knowledge-based questions. The competitors were allowed to search on the internet while choosing the right answers.
The first 3 winners have received a great value of awards offered by the 17 supporters. It is essential to mention that the oldest competitor is an 86 years old lady.
Inforum is an umbrella NGO in the field of information society. This organization coordinates all civilian “e-Inclusion movements” and activities in Hungary. Inforum initiated and prepared the parliamentary decision on eInclusion in Hungary. The aim of the parliamentary decision is to set up a temporary committee on eInclusion in order to help the civil and company activities to involve minimum one million persons to the Internet-users’ society and bridging the digital gap in Hungary.
