The document describes the ICT-Go-Girls project, which aims to promote entrepreneurship among secondary school girls through information and communication technology (ICT). The project is coordinated by the Galicia Supercomputing Centre in Spain and involves partners from Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, and Belgium. It seeks to empower girls with ICT skills and knowledge to create future opportunities.

1. ICT-Go-Girls!
Promoting Entrepreneurship among
Secundary School Girls through ICT
526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
Multilateral Project co-funded by the
European Commision, under LLP
programme / Comenius
ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
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2. Project Partners
Galicia Supercomputing
Centre, Spain Franhoffer IAO-
(Coordinator) Stuttgart Uni, Germany
Santiago de Donau-Universität
Compostela Uni, Spain Krems, Austria
Die Berater, Austria CVO Antwerpen-Zuid.
Belgium
Społeczna Akademia
Nauk, Poland
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3. Project Partners
Galicia Supercomputing
Centre, Spain Franhoffer IAO-
(Coordinator) Stuttgart Uni, Germany
Santiago de Donau-Universität
Compostela Uni, Spain Krems, Austria
Die Berater, Austria CVO Antwerpen-Zuid.
Belgium
Społeczna Akademia
Nauk, Poland
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4. Associated Partners
• Educational Administrations:
– Galicia Ministry of Education. Spain
– Galician Gender Equality Office. Spain
– Dept of Education and Training of
Queensland (Australia)
• 2 Public Secondary Schools
– from each country: Spain, Austria, Poland,
Germany, Belgium
• Companies:
– IBM Spain
• Associations:
– Galicia Computer Engineers Association.
Spain
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5. Main Goal
Empowering girls with the knowledge, skills
and values to help them be able to create
future opportunities for innovation and
quality ICT related employment.
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6. Objectives (I)
• Produce a methodology and learning toolkit for
secondary schools to promote ICT and
entrepreneuship among their female students
• Improve teachers methodologies to promote
entrepreneurship and ICT skills among school
girls and deliver them support tools
• Increase ICT skills for educational issues among
school girls
• Show the empowerment potential of ICTs to girls
in order to face their future choices in studies and
work.
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7. Objectives (II)
• Improve the following cross-curricular skills:
Initiative, Group work, Language learning
• Encourage cooperation between the worlds of
education, training and work.
• Establish a sustainability plan involving
business, ICT related institutions, schools and
administrations to create a stable network to
pursue the main goal of the project Europe-
wide.
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8. Working methodology
• Research and analysis of previous initiatives.
• Develop methodology
• Development of social platform & pilot course
contents
• 2 pilots in 5 countries for secondary school girls
• Evaluation of experience, tools, project
• Dissemination & exploitation plan
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9. European added value
ICT-Go-Girls has a European approach rather
than a national approach.
Many national studies and experiences have
been made, but today work and
entrepreneurship cannot be understood
locally but Europewide or Worldwide,
learning methodologies should also focus
this way.
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10. Work Packages
WP1. Project Management
WP2. Analysis previous studies / initiatives
WP3. Methodology Development
WP4. Learning and Teaching Resources
WP5. Social Web Based Platform
WP6. Pilot experiences in Schools
WP7. Evaluation
WP8. Exploitation
WP9. Dissemination & Outreach
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11. Calendar
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