INSTITUTO MUNICIPAL DE FORMACIÓN Y EMPLEO Municipality of Granada

The Local Institute for Training and Employment (IMFE) is an administrative Local Autonomous Organism, created by the City Council of Granada (Spain) to promote the municipal policy on local development, through the arrangement and integration of training programmes, employment promotion, and economic promotion. Its aims are the improvement in Granada of training, non formal education, guidance and access to the labour market, economic promotion, support to companies and employment promotion. Central Office of IMFE – Municipality of Granada

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Work Outline 1.Socioeconomic and Territorial Characterization of the field 2. Diagnosis of the situation of the ICT in the territory. 3. Analysis of training and professional needs in ICT in the territory As a municipal Instrument for the development of the society of Granada

Diagnosis Ayuntamiento de Granada - Instituto Municipal de Formación y Empleo WEAKNESSES Technological and Social Aspects Political Aspects Training Aspects Delay on the implementation process of ICT Resistance of SME’s Digital Divide Problems of infrastructure Lack of local policies for the implementation of ICT Lack and limitation of training offer Ignorance of ICT by local political representatives As a municipal Instrument for the development of the society of Granada

Diagnosis Ayuntamiento de Granada - Instituto Municipal de Formación y Empleo STRENGHTS Technological and Social Aspects Political Aspects Training Aspects Advance on the implementation and use of ICT Upward trend of Internet users’ percentage Location in the territory of ICT lider companies Socialization of new generations on NTIC Close models of best practices Wide public offer on ICT Increasing demand of extra training on ICT Increase of training offer by Internet As a municipal Instrument for the development of the society of Granada

Diagnosis Ayuntamiento de Granada - Instituto Municipal de Formación y Empleo THREATS Weak demografic growth. Ageing population Economic and technological delay Weak industrial infrastructure Dependence on the service sector Lack of big companies Limited labour force Slowness on political decision making Strictness of local administrations Problems of citizens and SME’s to adapt to market demands As a municipal Instrument for the development of the society of Granada

Diagnosis Ayuntamiento de Granada - Instituto Municipal de Formación y Empleo OPPORTUNITIES Positive economic trends Projects on tecnological modernization Development of ICT infrastructures Reduction of ICT resources’ prices Awareness of public actors on the digital divide Participation in European projects Widened offer on e-learning Plans, programmes and iniciatives at national and regional level for the spreading of the use of ICT Involvement of the Junta de Andalucía in the development of the information society As a municipal Instrument for the development of the society of Granada

EVALUATION Local Institute of Training and Employment – Municipality of Granada 4 As a municipal Instrument for the development of the society of Granada 1.OBJECTIVES 2.CONTENTS 3.TARGET GROUP 4.NETWORKS 5.TRANSMISSION