Substantial financial support Nij Begun for digital coach project Groningen and North Drenthe

Not everyone can keep up in the increasingly digital society. And those who miss the connection are facing a growing disadvantage. A large project around digital coaches is changing that. In all municipalities in Groningen and North Drenthe, there will be room to train people with a distance to the labor market to become digital coaches. The initiative for this comes from the Digital Literacy Coalition (DLC): a network of organizations that are committed to increasing digital skills in the region.

Marcel Broersma, professor of Media and Journalistic Culture and chairman of the DLC, is extremely pleased with the financial support from Nij Begun. Broersma: ‘There are 2.5 million people in the Netherlands who lack the basic skills to really have access to the online world. The same number lacks the critical skills to understand what works and what doesn't, what the dangers are, but also what the possibilities are of online communication. And as a result, you as a citizen are increasingly sidelined. With this project, we can strengthen existing local networks and involve many people in our digital society again.’

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