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ICT Programmes for the Elderly

Over the years, the Government has been striving to take forward various digital inclusion initiatives to encourage wider adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). In 2012, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provided funding support to non-profit-making organisations (NPOs) for organising various activities for the elderly to enhance their capability and interest in using digital technology.

OGCIO has introduced several rounds of ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly (the Outreach Programme) since 2014, providing funding support for NPOs to help the elderly learn in using tablets and other mobile devices, and let them understand how digital technology could improve their quality of life. With the support of professional social workers and volunteers, the elderly are encouraged and assisted in adopting digital technology to broaden their social circles and integrate themselves into the digital society.

The Enriched ICT Training Programme for the Elderly (the Training Programme) was first introduced by OGCIO in 2019 to offer free advanced digital training courses for the elderly who have the basic digital knowledge. Furthermore, the Elderly IT Learning Portal (www.it2.gov.hk) was launched in October 2019 to facilitate the elderly to learn more about digital technology online.

New rounds of the Training Programme (2021-2023) and the Outreach Programme (2023-2025) have successively been launched in December 2021 and April 2023. Funded organisations under these two programmes are now organising training courses and outreach activities respectively.

The programmes include:
ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly (2023-2025)
Enriched ICT Training Programme for the Elderly (2021-2023)
ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly (2021-2023)
Two-year Enriched ICT Training Programme for the Elderly (2019-2021)
Two-year ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly (2018-2020)
ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly 2017-18
ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly 2015-16
ICT Outreach Programme for the Elderly 2013-14
Encouraging ICT Adoption among the Elderly 2012

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