“Excellent reception ” to the initiative ‘The Grand ICT of the summer: villages that learn in digital’, which already has the active involvement of 85 municipalities of Castilla y León, which highlights the growing commitment of the rural territory with the Digital transformation.
This training challenge, which began on June 10 and will run until September 30, is part of the Cyl Digital program, a commitment to the regional government through the Ministry of Mobility and Digital Transformation to promote the digital competences of citizens throughout the community, especially in municipalities of up to 20,000 inhabitants.
The challenge raises a Innovative and participatory dynamics: The municipalities compete to achieve the highest percentage of neighbors who complete at least one online course, among those offered by the Digital Cyl catalog.
A Free and accessible proposalopen to people from the age of 14, which allows participants to improve their digital skills through useful and current content, from the management of office tools or the digital certificate, to the creation of content in social networks with artificial intelligence or the protection of minors on the Internet.
The “notable” response of the 85 participating municipalities evidences, according to the department he directs José Luis Sanz Merinothe territorial roots of the program and its Efficacy as a tool To bring digital training to all corners of Castilla y León, thus promoting equal opportunities and territorial cohesion.
“Through this challenge, we encourage digital literacy, And we value the active role of the local scope as an engine of change, “says the counselor.
The municipalitiesin addition to mobilizing their neighbors, they can access technological kits valued at 3,000 euros, which will be given to the best classified municipalities according to their population category. These kits, composed of equipment such as computers, projectors or screens, will allow to create or improve municipal digital training spaces.
For their part, citizens who complete at least one course will enter the Draw of individual technological awards, such as tablets, mobile phones, smart speakers, electronic book readers and other daily utility devices.
Sanz Merino encourages all the residents of the municipalities registered to continue actively participating in this training experience during the next Mese, and invites new municipalities to join the challenge, formalizing their registration through the form available on the official website of the program: Cyldigital.es/grandtic