THE PORTUGUESE DIGITAL AGENDA 2006-2009: USING TECHNOLOGY TO CHANGE A COUNTRY
WHY A DIGITAL CHANGE AGENDA FOR PORTUGAL?
PORTUGAL Area: 92,391 sq kmpopulation: 10,707,924 (July 2009 est.)age structure: 0-14 years: 16.3%; 15-64 years: 66.1%; 65 years and over: 17.6%*Population growth rate: 0.275%*Birth rate: 10.29 births/1,000 pop.*death rate: 10.62 deaths/1,000 pop.**net migration rate: 3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 pop.*infant mortality rate: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live birthslife expectancy at birth: 78.21 yearstotal fertility rate: 1.49 children born/woman* *2009 est. **2008 est. (source: CIA - The World Factbook)
Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of its wealthiest colony of Brazil in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986. (source: CIA - The World Factbook)
IN 2005, ECONOMIC GROWTH WAS SLOW
PORTUGAL (ALREADY) NEEDED TO CHANGE With the Euro currency, The enlargement of it became impossible to European Union brought sustain competitiveness by new competitors to the devaluating the currency same playing field The Pact for Stability and Globalisation made it Growth limited the impossible to compete possibility of using public based on low wages expenditure to sustain growth and jobs
PORTUGAL NEEDED A DIGITAL AGENDA TO TURN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE INTO AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
WHAT DIGITAL CHANGE AGENDA FOR PORTUGAL?
KNOWLEDGE qualified individuals TECHNOLOGY flexible communities INNOVATION a competitive society An action plan, whose coordination reported directly to the Prime Minister (2005-2009), getting the whole Government as well as private partners involved in making it happen
A DIFFERENT KIND OF PLAN WAS REQUIRED... Condition for the economic activity Economic competitiveness Scientific and Technological Qualifications & Infrastructure Human Resources Entrepreneurship Network society Financing Systems
A DIGITAL AGENDA ABLE TO EVOLVE AND ADAPT
SIX MAIN FOCUS FOR CHANGE: SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT QUALIFICATIONS BETTER ADMINISTRATION LESS BUREAUCRACY INNOVATION NETWORKS DIGITAL DIVIDE Partnerships with the MIT, CMU, Harvard, Austin, Fraunhoffer, etc. New Opportunities to enroll 1 million people in lifelong learning Rising from 16 th to 1 st in the EU ranking of online public services availability On the spot firm to create a company in less than one hour Public initiatives for collective efficiency embedded in Structural Funds support Providing access and training to those excluded from the information society
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: EDUCATION 2.0
IN 2005, 6 IN EVERY 10 FAMILIES DIDN T HAVE A PC Computer with dialup Internet Computer with broadband Internet Computer with no connection 2005: Technology usage in Portuguese households (%) Source: INE, 2005 Households with no computer at home
WHAT IS IT? The e-escola is a public programme, funded through a public-private alliance with the 3G telecom operators (it was part of their license agreements to promote the information society) The e-escola programme is framed in the Portuguese Government s Technological Plan as the key initiative to bridge the Digital Divide
LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2007 The e-escola programme makes available for the subsidised price of 150 (about US$200) a cuttingedge laptop to 750.000 people: Students from the 5th to the 12th year of schooling, 10 to 18 y.o. Teachers of primary and secondary education Adults involved in lifelong learning The laptop comes bundled with software, training and mobile broadband at a discounted rate (17,5 per month) for 2 years
ONE STEP FURTHER: Expanding the e-escola initiative, the Portuguese Government announced in July 30th 2008 a strategic partnership with Intel to develop the Magalhães initiative.
ONE STEP FURTHER: Introducing the Magalhães laptop, made in Portugal based on the Intel Classmate platform Making it available to the 500.000 students enrolled in primary education, who pay 0 to 50 for the laptop
ONE STEP FURTHER: In October 2008, Microsoft joined the Magalhães Alliance, unveiling the Magalhães Software Suite "This is a unique, amazing and wonderful program on a global scale" Steve Ballmer
1,7 MILLION LAPTOPS IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS Laptops delivered by the e-escola Programme Source: MOPTC
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WORKING TOGETHER FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION Public initiatives Private initiatives Technological Plan for Education (400M to develop the schools technological infrastructures and upgrade teachers skills) (broadband-connected laptops for over 1 million teachers, students and adults in lifelong learning) Nation-wide broadband coverage IT Academies promoted by the industry Digital literacy development Web-enabling the whole education system, updating teaching and learning strategies to this new connected world: Education 2.0
2009
PISA 2009: Confidence in completing high-level ICT tasks Source: www.pisa.oecd.org
PISA 2009: Ability to create a multi-media presentation Source: www.pisa.oecd.org
PISA 2009: OVERALL RESULTS 510 500 500 500 501 500 500 500 500 496 498 493 494 493 490 492 489 487 480 478 474 470 470 468 472 466 466 460 459 450 454 440 430 2000 2003 2006 2009 Source: www.pisa.oecd.org Portugal was the only one that improved in all three PISA assessment areas PISA 2009 (Volume V, page 69) Reading OECD average Science OECD average Mathematics OECD average
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