Our Aims
Research Institute for the Development and Promotion of Digital Access focus on social research for the development and promotion of:
- Access in new technologies and Internet
- Fight e-exclusion
- Internet technologies for social institutions of any kind
- E-governance
- E-governance and community programs
- European Union completion through internet and new technologies
More specifically we take actions by:
- Doing social research in order to understand in which ways we can use new technologies and internet in every day life.
- Organizing campaigns, in collaboration with other scientific and social institutions aiming to fight the Digital Divide
- Developing programs that increase citizens participation and collaboration in the information society and in e-democracy
- Promoting and applying new technologiess in other institutions and organisations
- Developing social networks between institutions and organizations for the exchange of scientific and educational information
- Organizing scientific conferences and workshops in the relevant areas of interest
- Publicating journals and newsletters
- Participating in research programs in collaboration with national and european institutions and organizations
- Organizing short and long term programs for consulting and educating students, unemployed people, local authorities
- Developing techno-economical studies and applications following technological innovations, mainly in the field of virtual organisation and e-governance
- Using technological acievements and applications for the study of special cases (case studies) in local authorities, small enterprises etc. The study concerns the policies that should be taken for the development of virtual organising and e-democracy
- Promoting e-culture
- Using new technologies and Internet as a mean against any kind of social exclusion and discrimination
- Supporting virtual communities. Producing educational applications based on the needs and the expectations of each social group. In this way sharing knowledge is easier and new technologies are more user friendly
The operationalization of our aims comes through:
- Social research for measuring the multiple dimensions of Digital Divide
- Strategies in order to face and reduce Digital Divide
- Real and Virtual Organization and Social Networking of individuals and social groups in the fields of Sport, Culture and Science
- On line and off line activities in the fields of Sport, Culture and Science with the support of the above social networks
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