While theAisne is already hit by a rate ofilliteracy record and by one unemployment endemic, the department is positioning itself to succeed indigital inclusion of its inhabitants, not forgetting that for ten years, it has entered into the development of optical fiber, one of the first departments in France.
Digital inclusion is moving forward in Aisne
On November 28, the Digital in Common Day was held in Sissonne; This was the 3rd departmental meeting of digital inclusion stakeholders, co-organized by the Department, the Illiteracy and Illectronism Resource Center of Aisne and the Connected Social Centers of Pays Picards.
This meeting was an opportunity to share good practices, discover new tools, and strengthen collaborations in the service of digital inclusion in the Aisne department.
Thus, 120 digital players, such as digital advisors or mediators, France services agents, trainers, Aidant connect enablers, digital referents, and others, responded. Alain Ngouoto, secretary general of the Aisne Prefecture, Thomas Dudebout, one of the vice-presidents of the Aisne Departmental Council (transition and digital strategy), and Léa Gislais, co-director of the Digital Society Program at the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion, opened this day by emphasizing the importance of common time for the network of actors to build a digital system of general interest.
Media education
The morning was devoted to Media and Information Education (EMI) with a conference by Laurence Gaiffe from the Lille Higher School of Journalism (ESJ Lille) to better understand the issues linked to information in a constantly evolving digital world.
Then, a round table bringing together experts, mediators and digital players was organized to discuss the challenges and opportunities of EMI and AI with Laurence Gaiffe from ESJ Lille, Louis Magnes from the National Digital Council ( CNNum), Margaux Benchehida of Bibliothèques Sans Frontières and Théo Vilain, of the Aisne Education League.
In the afternoon, various workshops allowed participants to explore a wide range of themes, share good practices, discover new tools and strengthen collaborations in the service of digital inclusion: Artificial Intelligence with the AI cafés of the National Digital Council, the Teaching League and GamelinR; EMI: educational tools and practices with the ESJ and Bibliothèques sans Frontières; parenting and digital tools with Pix; the discovery of the new RELAX resource from the Aisne Departmental Council; interactive escape game on cyberbullying carried out by the Réseau Canopé de l’Aisne; inclusive tools and solutions with Connect&vous from APF France handicap; skills enhancement with Open Badges; exploration of digital commons and swarming with the Les Assembleurs hub; reconditioning of Centre-Social Vermandois digital equipment and finally support for the establishment of digital workshops with the PRINT URIOPSS Hauts-de-France project.
Furthermore, the France Numérique Ensemble de l’Aisne roadmap was adopted on October 14. Co-supported by the Department and the Prefecture, it aims to structure and strengthen digital inclusion in the territory from 2025 to 2027, with 3 strategic priorities:
- Provide a support response adapted to each resident of the region.
- Facilitate user access to the service offering.
- Equip yourself with long-term or at least medium-term financial resources to meet the region’s ambitions.
