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BackDrammen, 17-19 July 2008. During the meeting of the representatives of the International Taskforce on Women and Information and Communication Technology (ITF) and its European grouping, ITF-Europe, the European members have formally approved and signed the Statues of the European Centre for Women and Technology, thus creating a new force to boost the role and place of women in defining the direction of technological change in the European Community, and globally.
"Getting more women into ICT careers would be a force for change and a major boost for this key economic sector in Europe" (Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media Directorate)
The European Centre for Women and Technology will function as a sustainable European multi-stakeholder organisation, linking, promoting and consolidating initiatives and efforts designed to enhance women’s role, place and contribution to a knowledge-based society and innovation-based economy.
The creating of the European Centre kicks-off the formation of a hub of 10 regional such centres across the globe, to provide a framework for bringing together top-level expertise and experience to promote women’s full participation in driving economic growth and a more effective response of technological change to societal needs.
A High-level Advisory Committee, led by Dr Rosalie Zobel, former Director of the Directorate for Components and Systems of the Commissions DG Information Society and Media will guide the strategic goals of the European Centre for Women and Technology, the delivery of its Action Plan, and its role in the International Taskforce of Women and ICTs.
Ms. Claudia Morrell, Chair of the ITF said, “For the world to address the global challenges we now all face, we must ensure our best and brightest minds are engaged in finding innovative solutions, and that includes women. I'm delighted that the Europeans have provided the needed leadership to establish the first of the ten Regional Centres that will actively work to implement concrete solutions to ensure women and men are fully engaged in the knowledge society for their own benefit, as well as the benefit of us all.”
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