Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-20-Speech-1-143"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:e-Learning (2004-2006)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031020.10.1-143"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-20-Speech-1-1442
lpv:speaker	lp:Brian Crowley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I too would like to join in congratulating the rapporteur on his speed and efficiency with regard to this programme and also to thank the Commissioner for her initiative in recognising the opportunities offered by information technology. I think the two more important points, as mentioned by the Commissioner herself in her address, are, firstly, the question of finance: it is vital for any programme that it be properly budgeted for and given the resources to ensure that all can benefit from it. Secondly, I think the whole question of school-twinning is important, utilising best practices to bring up areas that have fallen behind and guaranteeing that the digital divide does not get any wider, because we now have the new illiterate, who are people of a certain age group – and I do not want to be ageist when I say this – who have a fear of technology and a phobia with regard to the use of it, and who risk being left behind because of a lack of access. In so many ways we see our education systems as older people passing information and knowledge onto younger people. Yet this is the one area where young people could actually be the teachers for older generations, giving them the skills and resources they require to utilise fully the opportunities afforded by this brave new world created by information technology. Obviously, the new job opportunities that are going to be created in the future will be based very much on technology. It is quite interesting when you look at the figures, which show that 70% of the workforce that will be employed in the year 2010 is already at work, but only 20% of the technology which will be used in that year is available at the present time. It is also quite interesting when looked at in another way: of all the scientists and inventors that have ever existed, 92% are living today. So the rate of change and the types of change which will take place in the future will be even greater and more vast and our capacity as human beings to cope with that change will be determined by the skills, knowledge and training that we are given in the interim period."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-09-02--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Crowley (UEN )."1

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