Two KAPI of Piraeus, where the Digital Education and Empowerment of the Elderly programme is being implemented, were visited today by the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family, Domna Michailidou, together with the Mayor of Piraeus, Yannis Moralis, in order to closely follow the progress of the courses and talk to the beneficiaries.
The minister, who had visited the Piraeus KAPI at the launch of the programme, returned to see the progress of the courses in practice, talking to the elderly beneficiaries and the instructors about the skills they have acquired, the difficulties they are overcoming and the way in which familiarity with technology is beginning to facilitate their daily lives.
Michailidou systematically monitors the progress of the programme at the sites where it is implemented to see first-hand how the courses are progressing, what needs are being highlighted and how digital education is responding to the everyday lives of the elderly.
The All Digital programme for Digital Education and Empowerment of Older People and People with Disabilities was designed to respond to a new form of inequality: Digital. It aims to empower older people and people with disabilities to acquire basic digital skills so that they can use digital services more safely and autonomously in their daily lives.
The project aims to help older people and people with disabilities acquire basic digital skills so that they can use digital services more safely and autonomously in their daily lives.
After her visit, the Minister said: “We returned today to Piraeus KAPI, not to talk about digital empowerment in theory, but to see how it is progressing in practice. We were here at the beginning of the programme and today we see people who are already taking steps: They are learning to use the internet more safely, to log on to gov.gr, to communicate more easily with their children and grandchildren, to be served without always depending on a third party. This is the core of the program. Digital knowledge is not a luxury. It is a tool for autonomy, dignity and participation in modern life. We want our older citizens to feel confident about technology and to be able to use it to their advantage.”
“For us it is very important to monitor the programmes where they are being implemented. Seeing what works, listening to beneficiaries and trainers, improving where necessary. Because social policy is about making sure that actions reach the citizens and change their daily lives,” Michailidou added.
