e-STAS. Symposium de las Tecnologías para la Acción Social

Symposium de las Tecnologías para la Acción Social

24^th-25^th April 2008. Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga.

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e-STAS

Description of e-STAS | Why e-STAS? | Goals

Description of e-STAS

e-STAS is a Symposium about the Technologies for the Social Action, with an international and multi-stakeholder nature, where all the agents implicated in the development and implementation of the ICT's are appointed to exchange their experiences and knowledge, in an aim to finish with the digital breach.

The aim of e-STAS is to promote, foster and adapt the use of ICT's for the social action.

Magisterial lectures will be divided in two parts:
The first one by themes:

Infrastructures and low-cost tools
Services and contents
The ICT and the Objectives of the Millennium
Corporate Social Responsibility NGO's, Volunteers and ICT
Programmes of access and use of the ICT in groups / areas with the lesser chances for access

And the second one by Geographic Situation:

Europe
South America
North America
Asia
Africa

After its first edition, which took place last May 2006, e-STAS has succeeded at becoming a National and International referent in the Social Action and ICT field. Attendance to e-STAS in 2006 reached more than 200 people, from which at least a 20% belonged to International entities.

The 3rd edition of e-STAS is being held from the 23rd to the 25th of April 2008 in Malaga (Spain).

Organized by the Cybervolunteers Foundation, e-STAS counts with the Local support of the Government of Andalusia and the International support of the Club of Rome.

Attendants range from entities to individuals, including Local Authorities, Companies, NGO's and Universities, and all of them are implied in the development and implementation of the ICT, by means of social projects.

Both the beneficiary population with the lesser chances of access to the Information Society, and volunteers, indirectly benefit from e-STAS, so that the promotion of the use of the New Technologies reaches NGO's and those groups with the higher risk of digital exclusion.

PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

It is divided into three areas:

CONCEPT AREA

Goals to be achieved: Exchange and generation of ideas, innovation and projects to be implemented.

Main activities:

Lectures
Conference Panel
Round tables and discussions
Research, study and analysis
From the concept the project

BIRDS & NETS AREA

Goals to be achieved:Creating a social network among the attendants, gathering and strengthening a hard-working team of about 50 people.

Main activities:

Exchange between the entities who work in this area
Social Network
Setting and discussion of a good practice code

EXPOSITIVE AREA

Goals to be achieved:Expose what is being done in the symposium

Main activities:

Exposition multimedia arts and photos
Social area interactive and expositive
Training Workshops

EXPECTED RESULTS

Attendance to the Symposium of about 250 people, from any kind of entities, and at least a 25 % of them working at an International level.
Edition of a good practise code manual, including all content from e-STAS lecturers, workshop directors and attendants.
Keeping on setting a National and International guideline in the field of ICT's and the Social Action, and reinforcement of their joint field of work.

Participation at e-STAS is a declaration to society of your compromise and will to eradicate the digital breach by betting for the innovative strategies related to the ICT's and the social action.