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Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) presents its unique research project – Digital Literacy in Slovakia. This project has the aim of assessing one of the key pre-requisites of a successful transformation to an information society and a knowledge-based economy – the preparedness of the general public to use modern information and communication technologies. It has been supported by six key actors on ITC market – Accenture, Alcatel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Siemens and Slovak Telecom. Methodology, statistical processing of data and analysis prepared by Marián Velšic, analyst of IVO.

The analysis provides answers to crucial questions and issues, such as:

• Perception of importance and role of ICT in everyday life
• Access to and use of ICT Modern ICT equipment in households
• Present and future adaptation strategies of the population
• Summarizing data on the level of digital literacy - Digital Literacy Index (DLI)
• Basic structure and depth of the “digital divide” in the society as a potential source of social problems
• Digital literacy and the labor market
• Perception of political responsibility for the development of information society.

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