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Relying on digital technology to reduce inequalities: In less than 20 years, digital technology has actively participated in the transformation of French society. Fundamental social phenomena accompany industrial and economic transformations. Employment, training, consumption and production are being reconfigured, directly and indirectly, by digital technology. This profound transformation calls for an equally radical reconfiguration of our approaches to the link between digital technology and social inclusion. The question of access becomes residual which does not mean that it disappears. The question of appropriation better accounts for inequalities in the face of digital technology, but everyone realizes that it is more complex, more multidimensional, than that of access. If digital technology has taken such a central role in our society and our economy, then it becomes co-responsible for the state of this society. “Einclusion must now take on a positive, offensive meaning. Digital technology can be put at the service of a more equitable, fairer, more united, more participatory society. As long as we think about the conditions. Overcoming the “digital divide, thinking about the einclusion of today and tomorrowFaced with these observations, a digital society is not only more or less exclusionary, it complicates the very conditions of inclusion. Action against digital exclusion must embrace this complexity and free itself from the reductive and ineffective concept of “digital divide.” Access to terminals and the Internet to which it most often refers constitutes a necessary condition for einclusion, but not a sufficient condition and it is not necessarily the most difficult condition to fulfill! This concept of digital divide locks the political imagination into anachronistic devices, and leads to frustrating policies. Consequence: the resolution of public actors weakens, those who work on the ground feel both destabilized by the evolution of things and little supported, attention and funding are gradually wrongly focused on other subjects. We therefore invite both decision-makers and entrepreneurs, both digital mediation practitioners and social workers, and the general public to change their outlook on social and economic inclusion in the digital age. We define einclusion as "the inclusion social in a society and an economy where digital technology plays an essential role. Digital inclusion is no longer limited to the use of digital tools, with which a significant part of the population gets by without fully mastering them: it designates the ability to function as an active and autonomous citizen in society as it is. There is not an “einclusion” on one side and an “inclusion on the other: the two merge. The issue then is not to know how many people use digital technology or not, but rather to know who digital technology helps to play a role in society and who it puts in difficulty; to whom it offers the conditions for their emancipation and to whom it removes the prospect. From einclusion to the digital social elevator: we rely on digital technology as a real lever for individual and collective transformation. What we observe on the ground encourages us in this double ambition. Indeed, many experiences and actions are no longer content to invite their recipients to cross the "digital divide. 5 areas are priorities with regard to the work of "e-inclusion: - Work and employment - Access to rights and essential services - Access to knowledge and knowledge - Dignity and well-being - Participation in society A tool at the service of e-inclusion: The Digital Public Space within socio-cultural centers.
Smarter Europe / Information and communication technology / e-Inclusion, e-Accessibility, e-Learning and e-Education services and applications, digital literacy