Telecentre-Europe Summit 2012 - Parallel Session of Marek Kosycarz: "Supporting Youth Opportunity in Europe"

1. Supporting Youth
Opportunity in
Europe
Marek Kosycarz
CorporatePoland Citizenship Director
Microsoft Citizenship
Telecentre-Europe Summit
Warsaw 2012
17-18 October 2012

2. Tackling the Skills Mismatch
• Only 53% of the EU labour force is confident that their level
of computer skills are sufficient to look for a job or change
job.
• 1 out of 3 students in Europe are taught by teachers for
whom participation in ICT training is compulsory.
• By 2015, there will be a forecasted 700,000 unfilled job
vacancies in the area of ICT.
• There is a declining interest in ICT careers, despite the sector's
good career prospects & high youth unemployment rates.
Although the number of ICT graduates in the EU increased
from 71,000 per year in 2000 to 127,000 in 2006, it decreased
in the following years, dropping to 114,000 by 2009.
EU Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2012

3. Industry is active: Microsoft YouthSpark

4. Industry is active: Microsoft YouthSpark Students
17,000
connected to Jobs via
Student to Business
program
350,000 Students in 183 16,000 new
countries participated in start-ups
the 2011 Imagine Cup supported in
Europe via
630,000 trained & Certified
via Microsoft IT Academy Bizspark
on Industry needed skills, in
last 10 years.
11Million reached via Microsoft
Community Technology Skills
program since 2008 in Europe

5. Transforming and modernizing education
The way we learn is changing
• Innovative education is critical to long-term global competitiveness
• Technology is engaging students / empowering educators, connecting learning communities and
improving operational efficiency
Which teaching ‘Anytime, anywh
practices are ere learning’
successful at
equipping
students with
21st century skills?

6. Increasing employability: IT Academy
• Microsoft IT Academy provides youths with the
future technology skills & certification they
need to be successful in 21st century jobs &
careers and to increase long-term economic
opportunities.
• IT Academy provides educators & staff with
professional development opportunities
• There are more than 10,000 IT Academy
members in more than 160 countries

7. Increasing employability: partnering with NGOs in
Europe
Creating
opportunities
for youth

8. Unleashing Future Innovators: Imagine Cup
Imagine Cup
• Encourages developers of the future through an annual technology competition.
• Challenges students to use technology to address the United Nations Millennium Development
Goals
• IT Innovations on healthcare, development, disability, environment, disaster response…
350,000 students
from 183 countries
participated
worldwide in 2011

9. Increasing Entrepreneurship: BizSpark
BizSpark tech start-up program
• Accelerating the success of young entrepreneurs.
• Provides early stage start-ups with access to development tools & connections with industry
players, including investors, to help young entrepreneurs start a new business.
16,000 innovative
start-ups
supported in
Europe.

10. In Conclusion
Public/private Enhanced Exposure to
endeavours to agenda on Technology
improve science Innovation &
Digital Skills for
& technology in Entrepreneurship
Education Youth

11. Be the spark of change.