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My organization

Instytut Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu (Responsible Business Institute)

Website

http://www.iob.org.pl

Address

Main Office:
ul. Kreta 56E/8
15-345 Bialystok, Poland
Phone +48 22 4894210
Fax +48 22 4894205

Office of the Community Computer Education Centers project
ul. Swietojanska 22 lok. 1
15-082 Bialystok, Poland
Phone +48 85 8710350
Fax +48 85 8710352
http://www.spolecznepracownie.pl

What we do as an organization (100-word description)

Responsible Business Institute is an a association that network professionals working in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and Social Entreprenurship area in Poland.


Community Computer Education Centers is the project that aims is to fight IT exclusion in the Podlasie region in Poland and targets the unemployed and those in danger of losing a job, so that, by acquiring basic computer/Internet literacy skills, they improve their qualifications and consequently their employment possibilities. The overall idea is to provide equal opportunities to all members of local Podlasie community in access to knowledge and ICT skills.

Our centers are set up in 9 locations in the Podlaskie region: in Augustów, Białystok, Łapy, Rudka, Sokółka, Zambrów and in Zawady. More than 100PC's with full Microsoft software were delivered. Till now more than 1500 people get free training in basic computer skills.

We also incorporate to our work libraries across the region, where in 2003 Microsoft set up 118 Public Internet Access Points "Ikonk@" (with 3PCs and WiFi in each point, they serve for more than 65000 people each year). Librarians works as ambasadors of our program in local communities, they recruit volunteer trainers, beneficiaries and do the most of administration work around trainings.

My function in the organization

President, Programme Director

What ICT or e-Skill training programs does your organization offer?

Microsoft Digital Literacy

What other training services does your organization provides?

Train the Trainers

Other services and activities:

Benchmarking,
Finance Education,
Youth Empowering,
Telecentre Volunteers Exchange

Number of telecentres linked to my organization

15

Target groups

- Youth
- Woman
- Rural

Partners: (other NGOs)

Second Hand Bank

Partners: (private sector)

Microsoft

Partners: (government)

City Council of Bialystok

Other partners:

How we contribute to the network

Best practices/Success stories, Training materials, Evaluation tools/methodologies, e-learning resources, Data and statistics, Research, Benchmarking tools, Resources for training instructors/teachers, Business and management training for NGOs

How you got in touch with this social network site?

I got involved through a telecentre-europe event

My personal areas of interest or expertise

Corporate Social Responsibility,
Social Entrepreneurship

Skype

pawel_telecentre