MUDA EM CASA

The MUDA EM CASA project was launched in response to the covid-19 pandemic but its overwhelming success has ensured that it will stay online and running.

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Abstract

The digital exclusion that has resulted from the evolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) continues to widen as people with limited digital capabilities are gradually left further and further behind.

MUDA (Movement for a Universal and Digitally Active citizenship) was launched in Portugal in 2017 with the objective of contributing to a more advanced, inclusive and participative country. MUDA aims to reduce the number of citizens who have never accessed the internet and to increase the number of citizens with advanced digital skills. MUDA also means CHANGE in Portuguese.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a very significant impact on the daily lives of people who now have to stay at home in social isolation with their families or even completely alone. Many Portuguese have started to work or study from home. MUDA launched the MUDA EM CASA (”Change at Home”) – a digital inclusion project in the midst of the State of Emergency to help all Portuguese people take advantage of internet usage from their home and to combat the digital exclusion that was clearly amplified by covid-19.
MUDA EM CASA was designed to meet this objective by providing three key services:
1. A platform that aggregates more than 500 videos and articles to help both basic and advanced users develop their digital capabilities with helpful daily digital tips and suggestions on how to use the internet to work, learn, communicate, use public services, shop, utilize homebanking, and many other services.
2. Challenge people to become volunteers from their homes and to teach their family members who have no digital skills, using our 8 digital manuals (ebooks).
3. A weekly newsletter that disseminates carefully curated articles from our partners and other current news sources with relevant digital tips and suggestions for all citizens.

The MUDA EM CASA project was launched in response to the covid-19 pandemic but its overwhelming success has ensured that it will stay online and running.

Country

Portugal

Target Group

Elderly people

Website

mudaemcasa.pt

Stakeholders involved

MUDA is composed of more than 40 of the top public and private organizations in Portugal.

Further Information

Muda.pt

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