04 Digital Inclusion Wales: 2008 Conference Report
Keynote Address: Leighton Andrews AM
Continued
PCs, e-mail, internet, digital The clear success of Communities Commission Communication
cameras, multimedia editing @One is that it seeks to reach on Media Literacy as well.
or office-based applications. people through the things that
interest them: understanding how There are some areas where we
There has been an active bias to use the technology is therefore in Wales are far in advance of the
within the programme for projects a means to an end, not an end in rest of Europe. One of the areas
to deliver mentoring to their itself. supported by Communities @One
beneficiaries. Training too, has – digital storytelling. Of course,
been delivered to a number of I was able to explain the working thanks to BBC Wales, Wales leads
projects, by Communities @One, of our Communities @One Europe in digital story-telling.
on a range of topics including programme recently when
One example of this, supported by
>There are some areas where we
the Heritage Lottery Fund, is
Rhondda Lives! Since I was in at
in Wales are far in advance of the
the beginning of this project, I can
talk about it with some knowledge,
rest of Europe
and no little enthusiasm. This is run
by Valleys Kids, a charity working
online safety and the engagement I attended the Portuguese with disadvantaged children and
of hard-to-reach groups. Presidency’s E-inclusion families in the Rhondda valleys, in
conference in Lisbon in December, association with BBC Wales and
I want to pay tribute to the advisory where I observed at first hand the the National Screen and Sound
body that has guided the initiative. importance attached to digital Archive of Wales.
The body is comprised of statutory literacy by Ministers and leaders
and private sector organisations of business and the public sector Rhondda Lives! allows individuals
including BBC Wales and BT. This from other countries across in the Rhondda to access archive
group has worked collaboratively, Europe. Sharing experience and film clips about their communities
without hierarchy and has provided good practice internationally is an and then contribute their own
a dynamic and creative important dimension of this work, memories around those film clips.
environment, as well as providing as the Ministerial Statement from The final pieces will be exhibited on
wise counsel. that conference concludes. Since the National Library of Wales and
then, we have also had the BBC Wales's Where I Live/