1. ATK Seniorit Mukanetti ry Is an association for senior citizens to master the new information technology. A member have to be more than 50 years of age

2. Association Mukanetti The assosiation promotes equality between different generations by training elderly people to master the new information technology in every field of life. Learning new things adds to senior citizens activities, improves the quality of life as well as helps them manage everyday life more easily

3. A brief history The activities began 1995 with courses in computing skills for elderly people These students began to get together discussing problems according to computing The association Mukanetti was founded in spring 2000

4. Projects City of Tampere and eTampere project, enabled the continuation of activities since year 2000. ”Tikapuut”, since 2001, the project for creating a network of organications who train computer skills. They work together to train elderly people. RAY´s (Finland´s Slot Machine Assosiation) funding 2003 – 2005 to Tutor project, enable training, supervision and arrangement of peer tutor activities

5. Courses Away with fears (32 h) Refresher of basic skills (32 h ) Internet (8-16 h ) Word (16 h) Excel (16) Image Editing I and II Windows, Genealogy, Camera, etc.

6. Training statistics

7. Peer tutoring Tutoring at different computer courses Tutoring at several posts Tutoring at homes (for members only) Tutoring by telephone Tutoring how to use mobile telephone

8. Tutoring posts

9. Statistics of peer tutoring 2004

11. Sponsors

12. Eija-Riitta Kortesluoma, executive manager Sorinkatu 3 A, 33100 Tampere FINLAND tel: +358 3 223 5898 email: tikapuut@mukanetti.net