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Data economy
Growth from Data programme accelerates business renewal
Data economy

Growth from Data programme accelerates business renewal

Collaborating with significant stakeholders TIEKE is to design and develop a national, business-oriented, and cost-effective data business training model, aiming to enable more companies to leverage the opportunities of data economy.

Digital competences
Minors in photographs – do parents have unlimited power in posting photos?
Digital competences

Minors in photographs – do parents have unlimited power in posting photos?

Managed to take a shot worth sharing of your child’s hobby with your mobile? Or would you like to spread some cheer by sharing an unintentionally funny photo of your child and their friends? If the answer is yes, you should take a minute to think about whether you have the right to share such photos to your acquaintances or friends on social media.

Terhi Rehtonen
Digital competences
Skills for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Building a Fairer Labor Market
Digital competences

Skills for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Building a Fairer Labor Market

On September 13th, 2023, the “Skills for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion” seminar brought together experts, academics, and other professionals in the field of business management and education. The event aimed to shed light on the pressing need for a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive labor market. This article provides insights into the discussions and findings of the day, which focused on addressing competence gaps, training needs, and best practices in the pursuit of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

Hanna Vuohelainen
Hanna Vuohelainen
Sustainability
Sustainable and Future-proof Tech at Mindtrek 2023
Sustainability

Sustainable and Future-proof Tech at Mindtrek 2023

Get ready to embrace future-proof digitalization that takes into account climate, environment, legislation, and ethics! The Sustainable and Future-proof Tech program at Mindtrek Conference 2023 in Tampere, provided expertise and insights into these critical considerations. In this blog post, we’ll give you a glimpse of the program, and encourage to explore the recorded sessions to dive deeper into the topics.

Hanna Vuohelainen
Hanna Vuohelainen
Data economy
Boosting circular solutions with blockchain
Data economy

Boosting circular solutions with blockchain

A survey by the Finnish Information Society Development Centre (TIEKE) shows that opportunities that blockchain technology offers are not yet widely recognised. Blockchain may offer significant benefits for certain applications. An example of this are blockchain-enabled digital product passports. They can help sharing product information between producers, consumers, recyclers and regulatory bodies more effectively.

Petja Partanen
Digital competences
European perspective on EDI and the example of Pay Transparency Directive
Digital competences

European perspective on EDI and the example of Pay Transparency Directive

One of the highlights of the current term of the European Parliament has been Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission’s activity on equality, diversity and inclusion. During the last 4,5 years, Commission has launched numerous legislative proposals regarding equality, rule of law and promotion of human rights.

MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen
MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen
Sustainability
Processing children’s health data in hobby activities
Sustainability

Processing children’s health data in hobby activities

Based on the initial survey of the GDPR4CHLDRN – ensuring data protection in hobbies project, people have questions about the processing of children’s health data, especially data on allergies, in hobby activities. This article is meant to provide some guidelines for the appropriate processing of children’s health data in hobby activities.

Emmi Iivonen
Sustainability
Check out these games and materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people
Sustainability

Check out these games and materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people

Many organisations are working to improve children’s awareness of personal data processing and data protection legislation. For this GDPR4CHLDRN blog post, we compiled some useful websites we have come across during the project. These sites offer teaching, guidance and independent study materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people.

Mikko Eloholma
Digital competences
Enhancing Digital Skills for Teaching Staff: The Digi Teachers Working Online Project
Digital competences

Enhancing Digital Skills for Teaching Staff: The Digi Teachers Working Online Project

The Digi Teachers project is a collaborative effort between several European organizations, dedicated to training teachers of students with special needs. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shift to online education highlighted the urgent need for special education staff to enhance their digital skills. With DigCompEdu as a point of reference, the project responds to the challenge by developing a syllabus, a training course and a toolkit for teachers.

Hanna Vuohelainen
Hanna Vuohelainen
Digital competences
The EDIFY-EDU project is devising an open learning environment fostering EDI competencies
Digital competences

The EDIFY-EDU project is devising an open learning environment fostering EDI competencies

The EDIFY-EDU project responds to shifting work life needs by developing equality, diversity, and inclusion competences of business managers and management students. An online seminar in September showcases good practices from various European countries and addresses future competence needs.

Hanna Vuohelainen
Hanna Vuohelainen
Data economy
Why should entrepreneurs be interested in data?
Data economy

Why should entrepreneurs be interested in data?

Data is an important enabler of new business in micro businesses and SMEs. In a data-driven business coaching programme developed by Sitra and implemented by TIEKE, entrepreneurs in the travel and restaurant sector realised the benefits of data in boosting customer insight.

Katri Korhonen ja Jari Salo
Digital competences
Data protection is a fundamental right for minors – what does it mean?
Digital competences

Data protection is a fundamental right for minors – what does it mean?

Everyone, regardless of age, has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her and everyone has the right to their own personal data. Minors can exercise their data protection rights themselves, but their custodians may also have the right to exercise these rights on behalf of their child. In this article, we tell you when a custodian is permitted to exercise data protection rights on behalf of their child and when this is not possible. What does the controller have to consider before disclosing a minor’s personal data to their custodian?

Terhi Rehtonen