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The 29th of September 1999 will be Senior Surf Day all over Sweden - one of the national activities during the UN International Year of Older Persons in 1999.
Senior Surf Sweden is supported by the Government, local authorities, and corporate sponsors.
The purpose of SeniorSurf Sweden is to- increase the number of active Senior Internet users in Sweden
- show the possibilities of the Internet to Senior Citizens
- through public libraries all over the country, involve a large number ofSenior Citizens in activities using computers and the Internet
- show the importance of libraries in the Information Society
- promote other activities, inter-activities, products and services on the Internet in co-operation with the SEB-bank, Swedish Telecom, Microsoft and others
- be one of the major activities co-ordinated by the Department of Social Welfare during the United Nations Year of the Elderly 1999
- become a yearly event in order to show the importance of Senior Citizens in society
- promote the idea of Senior Surf in Europe during the Year of the Elderly 1999
All public libraries in Sweden are being invited to participate. SeniorNet Sweden has arranged seminars during spring 1999 to train responsible Senior Tutors in libraries all around the country. 300 public libraries have made a commitment to take part of the event.
During Senior Surf Day, members of SeniorNet Sweden will act as Internet Guides at the libraries. They will work to get as many interested Senior Citizens involved as possible and surfing on the Internet. Senior Citizens will be teaching other Senior Citizens. After Senior Surf Day, study circles and short introductory courses will be arranged at local level for interested Senior Citizens.
Significant advantages in the telework context of ensuring that older people become active users of the Internet and other networking tools include:- from the individual`s perspective: providing the means to enable workers contemplating retirement to slowly decrease their active involvement in the labour market rather than simply come to a complete stop
- from the employer`s perspective: as many elderly workers possess much needed expertise and skills, teleworking and other forms of flexible working enable employers to retain access to these skills for a much longer period and often on an as needs and flexible basis
- from society`s perspective: retaining, if only on an ad-hoc and part-time basis, the involvement of older workers in the labour market instead of taking early retirement, which many do today, benefits both the economy by retaining skills and expertise in short supply (many of which will become even scarcer as fewer young persons enter the labour market over the next 10 to 20 years) and the social services by reducing potential payments and keeping elderly persons more active and integrated in society
List of participating public libraries ( in Swedish)
Contact for questions: info@seniornet.se
The web-site being used is http://www.seniornet.se
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| Sponsors of SeniorNet Sweden and the Senior Surf Event |
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