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Shape technology – Realise equal opportunities
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Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances
Shaping technology – Making equal opportunity a reality
The non-profit organization Competence Center
Technology – Diversity – Equal Chances
develops and carries out a wide range of
initiatives and projects that exploit the potential
of women as well as men to realise equal
opportunities in all spheres of society and work.
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OBJECTIVES
• use diversity as a success factor in achieving gender and generational equality
• benefit from women´s potentials to shape technology, science and the information society
• create a broad social dialogueand promote a change of consciousness
• involve the public with broad campaigns
• get companies, research centers and universities involved into gender and diversity-related projects and public action
Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances
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Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances
The activities are bundled into three areas of expertise:
OUR GOAL: to strengthen media literacy and increase Internet use
OUR GOAL: to foster new ways of thinking about career orientation and life planning,
OUR GOAL: to promote equal opportunity and excellence in higher education and research.
Digital Integration
focuses on equal access to changed lifestyles and labor markets.
Training, further education and careers
concentrates on gender-oriented vocational and life planning and the transition from
school to work.
Higher education, science and research
intensifies efforts to promote talented young women in academic subjects and research.
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Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances
SERVICES
• Target-group oriented project and campaign
development
• Event and project management
• Studies and expert opinions, series of
publications
• Consulting and benchmarking
• Development of course and training concepts
• Networking
To accomplish those goals we offer the following services:
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Women to Web Campaign gives access to the Internetwww.frauen-ans-netz.de
Selected Projects - eInclusion
50plus-to-Web gives access to the Internet for the (N)ONLINER-Generationwww.50plus-ans-netz.de
1999 – to 2005• more than 160.000 women participating in 17.600 courses• together with 400 organisations throughout the country
2004 – to 2005• more than 37.000 participants taking part • 58 % between 60 – 70 years old
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Online-Year 50plus – Internet connects
● program of events for senior citizens of both genders
● to raise the level of Internet participation and media competency of the 50-plus generation
Ursula von der Leyen, German
Federal Minister of Family Affairs,
Senior Citizens, Women and
Youth acts as patron of the
Online-Year 50plus
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25. April 2006 – Girls‘Day started in the
office of the federal chancellor Dr.
Angela Merkel.
Selected Projects – Girls’Day
Girls‘Day – Future Prospects for Girls● Every 4th Thursday of April technical enterprises, universities, research
centers and other organizations invite to an open day for girls – the Girls’Day
● The nationwide campaign presents a wide range of professions in technology, ICT, natural sciences and crafts to girls from grade 5 to 10
● The vocational choices of girls are influenced in a very positive way
● The Girls’Day encourages the surroundings of young women - families, school, media and employers – to participate and change their common attitudes
● The next Girls’Day is on the 26th of April 2007
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Participation 2001-2006
• 24.000 enterprises, universities, research centers and public authorities organized the Girls’Day
• More than 500.000 girls took part
• 12 coordinating institutions in the federal states and 267 local supporting networks were involved.
Media
• 27.000 articles in print media
• 1.000 reports on TV
• 750 reports on radio
• 7.000 articles in online media
Selected Projects – Girls’Day
•Website: 23.000.000 Page Impressionswww.girls-day.de
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Project Partners for the Girls`Day are:
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research• German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth • Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA )• Federation of German Industries (BDI) • German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)• Federal Employment Agency (BA)• German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)• German Confederation Of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)• Initiative D21
University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld
Max-Planck-Institute Stuttgart
An Impulse for Europe: based on the German model a Girls´Day is organized in Austria, Luxemburg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Cross-border Activities take place with Austria, Luxemburg and Poland.
Selected Projects – Girls‘Day
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Selected Projects – New Paths for Boys
New Paths for Boys - Expanding Future Opportunities in Work and Family LifeNationwide Project for initiatives dealing with thecareer- and life planning of boys
• Service bureau for empowering initiatives and setting up a network • Helping to build or find new local initiatives supporting men and boys• Database for good practice• Breaking new grounds for boys by supporting new male role-models• Giving information about „new“ professions for boys• Strengthening the social skills of men and boys• Helping teachers to implement new concepts for boys into the curriculum
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Since 2003: Integrating Gender Activities into Science Years
• With concepts and strategic advice for people organizingthe Science Years
• With information and creative support for the Women-Technology and Women-Science-Networks
Year of Chemistry 2003:• Conference “Women in Science“.Year of Technology 2004: • 85 nationwide eventsEinstein Year 2005• Winning qualified women for careers in sciene, Experiments created for girls,
being most useful for boys, tooInformatics Year 2006• Presenting women in informatics, female award winners and innovators, gender statistics, studies and best practice pro- jects and hands on workshops for girls
SCIENCE YEARS of Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Science in Dialogue and Research Organisations
Selected Projects – Science Years
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Kompetenzzentrum Technik - Diversity - Chancengleichheit
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Wilhelm-Bertelsmann-Straße 10
33602 Bielefeld
Fon +49 521 106-7322
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Contact
The Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances is associated to the University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld. It is located at the department of mechanical engineering, electro-technology and information technology.