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EM CITIZEN a new way in making ICT training accessible amongst generations.

EM Citizen (Electronic Mobile Citizen), an innovative community-training project aimed at adults and elderly people, aged 50+ years. Currently more than 1100 participants have applied and are attending this course hailing from all over Malta and Gozo.

In a modern digital society were Smart Phones and Tablets, are practically taking over PC’s and Laptops, TCTC has evolved this innovative and informal type of education for our audience.

In the coming 2-3 years, technology advancements with focus on mobile and i-cloud computing rather than the conventional way of ICT. We will hardly be using laptops and PC’s, but all our digital activities will be based on such handheld devices.

Speaking to Mr. Ray Abela, a pioneer in ICT training for the past 30 years expressed his philosophy. “ It is our responsibility to encourage all citizens to engage themselves in the use to EM services today. This will improve the quality of life as well give them the edge to obtain services from the comfort of their home. It has been many years inventing projects under my brand TCTC and thanks to all those who invested in my ideas. TCTC has managed to train thousands of people over the past years, not only through our training centres but also from TV.”

Such projects are not only accessible financially by all, but also are organized closer to home in a network of computer labs by TCTC at many local councils.

TCTC has teamed up with various partners and organisations including Hilltop Gardens, Smart City, Mediterranean Bank, Melita plc, Intercomp-DELL-HUAWEI-Europharma to sustain this project.

EM Citizen has been launched today at Hilltop Gardens, Naxxar, one of the venues that will host EM Citizen participants for their Technology Outings.

EM Citizen is a 6 weeks course, during which 4 lectures will be held in class groups at councils, and 2 outings i.e. Technology Mornings/ Afternoons. The training will focus on digital life situations such as Facebook, Video Conferencing, APPS like Quddies, Exercise-Calories, Currency, Investment, Banking, e-gov, travel booking, newspapers, IPTV, Whatsapp, Appstore & Playstore, i-health gadgets-apps to check cardio/ glucose and much more.

During the launch, Dr. Maria Deguara, President of the Northern Region, expressed the importance of such training courses by local councils and her region. “We have taught hundreds of people at Naxxar, and thousands in our region, and maybe many more nationwide”.

Ms. Jacqueline Camilleri, CEO Hilltop Gardens expressed the satisfaction of being part of this project with TCTC. During the first meeting I had with Mr. Ray Abela, I could immediately see that his approach towards the provision of community services was in synch with Hilltop Gardens’ objectives in terms of active ageing and lifelong learning. We welcome TCTC, EM CITIZEN and all participants with great pleasure”.

Mr Ray Calleja, Head of Consumer Banking – Mediterranean Bank spoke about the idea of sponsoring this project. “Across our banking experience in Malta, we note that many people do not fully maximize the potential of internet banking services, especially in investment opportunities. When this idea was put forward to my team, we agreed that this is was what we have been waiting for. TCTC represents the right player for reaching out the community. Experience, vision and excellent services made us accept the proposal without any hesitation.”

Hon David Agius, Opposition spokesman for Local Councils, Youths and Sports, hailed such idea in communities. “We should take the example of such synergy in aide towards our society. How can we live today without the use of technology, when most of the services are available online? Well done for such projects that are being done by Ray Abela and his team”.

 Hon Dr. Stefan Buontempo, Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government praised local councils and regions for participating in this initiative. “Such initiatives are a tangible sign of how local councils can be of service to their communities, even when in collaboration with private concerns. Our communities stand to benefit from local councils both in their capacity as service providers, as well as the entity, which facilitates the direct provision of services to the community. Thus, it is upon all local councils to be proactive and collaborate with both private and public entities for the good of their communities.

The Hon. Dr Justyne Caruana, Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Ageing Justyne Caruana commented on the Government’s commitment to implement the Active Ageing Strategy, by means of collaboration of several Government Ministries and entities as well as the private sector. She said that older persons can benefit from Information Technology to help them live a more independent life. She remarked that around 70 older persons from Gozo will benefit from this initiative.

Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth, Dr Jose’ Herrera spoke about corporate social responsibility. “EM Citizen is the right example of the business corporate social responsibility to provide such free educational opportunities. The more we have citizens using ICT and APPS, the more we can interact with the various electronic mobile services that the private and public entities provide. We are committed to provide all this in accordance with the Digital Malta Agenda. We need a modern society with diligent and electronically aware citizens of all ages. We don’t need bridges but paths towards a successful and modern nation for the generations to come. It is thanks to people like Ray Abela that many people today have the confidence and know-how in becoming an electronic citizen, irrespective of age or background.”

After the EM Citizen launch, participants attended a workshop during which many of the above-mentioned services were demonstrated, many of which asked for assistance to TCTC staff to setup apps and procedures to maximize the use of their handheld devices.

Thanks also to TCTC, participants where also offered with easy payment terms to achieve this technology such as tablets and smart phones.

Dated Monday, 25^th April 2016 @ Hilltop Gardens, Naxxar